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Warren explores Dacota 1856 with maps
Warren explores Dacota 1856 with maps
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Author: Warren, G[ouverneur] K.
Title: Explorations in the Dacota Country, in the year 1855
Place Published: Washington
Publisher:A.O.P. Nicholson, Senate Printer
Date Published: 1856
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[2], 79, [1 blank], vi pp. With 3 folding lithographed maps, 1 quite large. (8vo) modern red cloth. First Edition.



Warren was the topographical engineer of the "'Sioux Expedition' under the command of General William S. Harney, [which] was organized in 1855 to chastise the Sioux for the killing of Lt. John L. Grattan and his command of twenty-nine men in the summer of 1853." The largest of the three maps, "Reconnaissances in the Dacota Country," measures 89.5x143.5 cm. Graff 4546; Howes W118; Wagner-Camp 283; Wheat Transmississippi 871.

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