Mar 15, 2012 - Sale 2273

Sale 2273 - Lot 106

Unsold
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
(CALIFORNIA.) Evening Torchlight. 4 pages, 18 x 12 inches, on one sheet; disbound, tear along center fold, minor wear. Oakland, CA, 19 April 1873
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A local report from one of the major battles of the Modoc War: "A courier arrived from the lava bed at six o'clock this evening, bringing the news up to a late hour last night. . . . Hovey was the only one killed during the day. He was scalped, stripped and mutilated in a horrible manner."