Mar 26, 2009 - Sale 2174

Sale 2174 - Lot 7

Price Realized: $ 510
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(AMERICAN INDIANS.) Hopkins, Sarah Winnemuca. Life among the Piutes. 8vo, publisher's cloth, very minor wear. Boston, 1883

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first edition, in quite nice condition. Besides the information on the conditions and hardships of her tribe, the work includes Princess Winnemucca''s description of her service as a guide in the Bannock War of 1878. "The author championed her people; her book was among the first by an Indian who had grown up in primitive life . . . The first edition is very scarce"--Paher, Nevada 888. Graff 1950.