.A TEXAN IN THE GOLD RUSH: THE LETTERS OF ROBERT HUNTER 1849 – 1851.
ONE OF TEN COPIES PER REESE
Robert. Hunter
33pp. Bryan: Barnum & White Publications, 1972. Edited with an introduction by Robert W. Stephens. Designed by Larry Smitherman. Half Morocco over paper boards. In publisher’s slipcase. First edition. According to William S. Reese, this is one of ten specially bound copies from a total edition of 500. SIGNED by Stephens. Fine copy. Hunter left Fayette County, Texas in 1849 and travelled with a company of miners to the California gold fields passing through dangerous Kiowa Indian country on the way. Was part of a Ranger Company established by the Governor of California to combat Indian depredations and mentions that they had several fights with the Indian and taken four hundred prisoners.