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Caspar Collins : the life and exploits of an Indian fighter of the sixties

Title
Caspar Collins : the life and exploits of an Indian fighter of the sixties / by Agnes Wright Spring ; with a foreword by Hugh L. Scott ; together with Caspar Collins' letters and drawings, and various photographs and documents connected with his career.
Author
Spring, Agnes Wright, 1894-1988
Publication
New York : Columbia University Press, 1927.

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Additional Authors
Collins, Caspar Wever, 1844-1865
Description
8 p. 15-187 p. illus.; 24 cm.
Alternative Title
Life and exploits of an Indian fighter of the sixties
Subject
  • Collins, Caspar Wever, 1844-1865
  • Collins, Caspar Wever, 1844-1865 > Correspondence
  • 1862-1865
  • Indians of North America > Wars > 1862-1865
  • Indians of North America > Wars > Wyoming
  • Platte Bridge, Battle of, Wyo., 1865
  • Indians of North America > Wars
  • Wyoming
Genre/Form
Personal correspondence.
Bibliography (note)
  • "Sources of information": p. 100-101.
Contents
Part 1: Life of Caspar Wever Collins -- 1. Overland Trail -- 2. Endless caravan -- 3. Ohio home -- 4. On the plains -- 5. Moving the mail route -- 6. Recruiting more troops -- 7. Mother Collins in the West -- 8. Days of '64 -- 9. Fight at Mud Springs -- 10. Troubles with the Indians -- 11. Gathering of the tribes -- 12. Platte Bridge and the Platte Bridge Fight -- Part 2. Caspar Collins Papers.
LCCN
27011731
OCLC
  • ocm00245692
  • 245692
  • SCSB-323566
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library