35. [BORDERLANDS]. UNITED STATES. PRESIDENT
(Rutherford B. Hayes). Mexican Border Troubles.
Washington: HRED13, 1877. 244 pp. 8vo, new brown buckram.
One tear and stain to p. 155 (no loss), otherwise a fine
copy.
First
edition. Tate, The Indians of Texas: An Annotated
Research Bibliography 2487. Pingenot: An
important assemblage of letters, documents, and reports
regarding raids from Mexico by bandits, cattle rustler, and
marauding Indians. Military reports include those from Lt.
Col. Shafter at Fort Clark, and department commander E. O.
C. Ord, Major Schofield, 10th Cavalry, Ft. Duncan, Lt. O.
B. Boyd, 8th Cavalry, Camp on the Pinto, etc. Diplomatic
correspondence includes letters from Secretary of State
John W. Foster, Mexican ministers Vallarta and Mariscal,
Mexican General Geronimo Trevino, Commercial Agent William
Schuchardt at Piedras Negras, S. P. Heitzelman, W. R.
Shafter, and many others. Excellent content with a wealth
of information.
($150-300)