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

Creator:

Blue, Daniel

Published/Created:

1860
1859 May 12

Physical Description:

1 folder (14 p.)
25 cm. and smaller

Notes:

Accompanied by 6 pages of a corrected page proof from the second printing of Blue’s Narrative.

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.

Variant Titles:

Letter: to Mr. John Wilson /by Alexander J. Pullman for Daniel Blue, 1859 May 12

Topics:

Colorado --Gold discoveries
West (U.S.) --Description and travel

Topics:

Blue, Alexander, d. 1859
Blue, Charles, d. 1859
Blue, Daniel
Solely, George, d. 1859

Language:

English

Genre:

Annotations
Autographs
Correspondence
Marginalia
Pamphlets
Proofs (Printed matter)

Format:

Text

Rights:

The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Access Restrictions:

Public

Call Number:

WA MSS 37

Orbis Record:

3155611

Yale Collection:

Beinecke Library

Digital Collection:

Yale Collection of Western Americana

oid pointer:

1307154

Extent of digitization:

Complete folder digitized.

OID:

2067578

PID:

digcoll:3623598