Waiilatpu, Its Rise and Fall, 1836-1847: A Story of Pioneer Days in the Pacific Northwest

Cannon, Miles. Waiilatpu, Its Rise and Fall, 1836-1847: A Story of Pioneer Days in the Pacific Northwest based entirely upon Historical Research. Boise, Idaho: Capital News Job Rooms, 1915. First Edition. [1975] Decorated stiff wraps, 9 x 6 inches, booksellers' ticket inside front cover (Fred Lockley, Rare Western Books), 171 clean pp., illustrated from historic photographs. Small paper label base of spine with call numbers, penciled call numbers within, no other institutional markings (this came from a church historical society). Very good. Paperback. Title page continues: Featuring the Journey of Narcissa Prentiss Whitman, the first American Woman to cross the Continent and Look upon the Columbia River - Her Beautiful Character - Incidents of the Trail - Her Missionary Life with the Cayuse Indians - Her Dreadful Massacre together with Her Husband and Twelve Others - The Taking into Captivity of Two Score Women and Girls, and the Treatment accorded to them by the Savage Indians - The