"WARRIOR GAP" THE SIOUX OUTBREAK 1868 WITH ILLUSTRATIONS GENERAL CHARLES KING

Description

You are bidding on this vintage Native American narrative novel  book  written by General Charles King U.S.A. It was published by the Hobart Company N.Y.C.It tells the story of the Sioux outbreak of 1868.There are three
wonderful watercolor
illustrations
in the book . They are hand done most
probably
by the books owner sometime after he was made a gift of the book in 1916. Two are Native American
renditions
& one is of a steam
locomotive
of the period.The condition is used but not abused . I would say very good for a 120 year old item.   It was
probably
first published in 1898 . Please ask an questions & read the
description
carefully
& look at the PICs as they are part of the
description
.
Charles King was a United States soldier and a distinguished writer. He graduated from West Point in 1866 and served in the Army during the Indian Wars under George Crook. He was wounded in the arm forcing his retirement from the regular army. During this time he became acquainted with Buffalo Bill Cody. King would later write scripts for several of Cody's silents films. In 1898, he was appointed brigadier general of volunteers and sailed to the Philippines during the Spanish-American War; he also led a brigade during the ensuing Philippine-American War. He returned to the United States and was active in the Wisconsin National Guard and in training troops for World War I. He wrote and edited over 60 books and novels.