Navajo Expedition: Journal of a Military Reconnaissance from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to the Navaho Country, Made in 1849 - Couverture souple

Simpson, James H.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0806135700 ISBN 13 : 9780806135700

Editeur : University of Oklahoma Press, 2003

Synopsis

In 1849, the Corps of Topographical Engineers commissioned Lieutenant James H. Simpson to undertake the first survey of Navaho country in present-day New Mexico. Accompanying Simpson was a military force commanded by Colonel John M. Washington, sent to negotiate peace with the Navaho Indians. A keen observer, Simpson kept a journal that provided valuable information on the party's interactions with Indians and also about the land's features, including important pueblo ruins at Chaco Canyon and Canyon de Chelly. His careful observations informed subsequent military expeditions, emigrant trains, the selection of Indian reservations, and the charting of a transcontinental railroad.

Editor Frank McNitt discusses the expedition's lasting importance to the development of the West, and his research is enriched by illustrations and maps by artists Richard and Edward Kern. Military historian Durwood Ball contributes a new foreword.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

James H. Simpson, a first lieutenant during the 1849 survey, was promoted to a brigadier general and named chief engineer of the Interior Department.

Frank McNitt was a leading authority on southwestern history.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Oklahoma Press
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0806135700
• ISBN 13: 9780806135700
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 384
• Éditeur: McNitt Frank
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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