Narrative of the Texan Santa Fe Expedition, Comprising a Description of a Tour through Texas, and Across the Great Southwestern Prairies, the Camanche and Cagua Hunting Grounds, with an Account of the Sufferings from Want of Food, Etc.

Author: George Wilkins Kendall (1809–1867)Year: 1845Publisher: Harper and Brothers PublishersPlace: New YorkDescription: 2 volumes. xii-[13]-405 pages with frontispiece, folding map and one lithographic plate; xii-[11]-406 pages with frontispiece and  two lithographic plates. Octavo ( 8" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's brown cloth and blind-stamped gilt titles to spine. and blind stamped pictorial design to covers. (Best of the West 84; Jenkins, Basic Texas Books 116; Graff 2304; Howes K75 "aa"; Wagner-Camp 110:1; Rittenhouse 347; Sabin 37360; Streeter, Texas 1515) First edition, second issue binding with 1845 imprinted on spine.George Wilkins Kendall, journalist and pioneer Texas sheepman. In 1841 at Austin Kendall joined the Texan Santa Fe expedition, launched by Texas President Mirabeau B. Lamar. Near Tucumcari, New Mexico, the expedition, suffering hardships and confusion, surrendered to the Mexican army. Kendall marched as a prisoner to Mexico City, where he and others wer