Thrilling narrative of the adventures, sufferings and starvation of Pike's Peak gold seekers on the Plains of the West in the Winter and Spring of 1859 / by one of the survivors

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Description

Title: Thrilling narrative of the adventures, sufferings and starvation of Pike's Peak gold seekers on the Plains of the West in the Winter and Spring of 1859 / by one of the survivors
Alternative Title: Letter: to Mr. John Wilson /by Alexander J. Pullman for Daniel Blue, 1859 May 12
Creator: Blue, Daniel
Contributor: Blue, Alexander, d. 1859
Blue, Charles, d. 1859
Blue, Daniel
Solely, George, d. 1859
Published / Created: 1859 May 12 and 1860
Abstract: Daniel Blue, too weak to write, dictated a letter to Alexander Pullman. It describes his attempted trip to Pike’s Peak from Whiteside County, Illinois by way of Kansas City, Fort Riley, and Smoky Hill Fork. He records the hardships, deaths, cannibalism, and rescue by Indians.
Description: Accompanied by 6 pages of a corrected page proof from the second printing of Blue’s Narrative.
Extent: 1 folder (14 p.)
25 cm. and smaller
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: WA MSS 37

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format: text
Genre: Annotations
Autographs
Correspondence
Marginalia
Pamphlets
Proofs (Printed matter)
Subject (Geographic): Colorado --Gold discoveries
West (U.S.) --Description and travel
Subject (Name): Blue, Alexander, d. 1859
Blue, Charles, d. 1859
Blue, Daniel
Solely, George, d. 1859

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Identifiers

Orbis Record: 3155611
Object ID (OID): 2067578