83. CROSS, Osborne. "A Report in the Form of a
Journal, to the Quartermaster General, of the March of the
Regiment of Mounted Riflemen to Oregon, from May 18, to
October 5, 1849." Pp. 126-240, in: UNITED STATES. PRESIDENT
(Millard Fillmore). Message from the President of the
United States to the Two Houses of Congress at the
Commencement of the Second Session of the Thirty-First
Congress. Washington: SED1, 1851. 444 [Part 1]; 490 pp.
[Part 2], 36 lithographic plates (some folding) of scenes
from the Oregon expedition (by Weber et al.), charts
and other icongraphy not related to Cross expedition in
remainder of vol. Thick 8vo, original black sheep over
marbled boards. Binding with shelf worn, intermittent
foxing.
This is the Senate edition of the Cross report, which was
issued in at least four formats (the information found in
Howes and Plains & Rockies does not fully cover
the various incarnations of this report). Graff 4415. Howes
C923. Mintz, The Trail 112. Plains &
Rockies IV:181:3: "Detailed description of the emigrant
trail to Oregon with thirty-six lithographed views of
scenes along the route from Fort Laramie to The Dalles."
This report is historically important, and the marvelous
plates are among the earliest of the Oregon Trail. There
are many other valuable reports in this volume, including
progress of the Mexican Boundary Survey, border troubles,
reports from Maj. Van Horne on Ben Leaton and activities of
the Glanton gang, Capt. S. G. French’s "Report of
Captain S. G. French, United States Army, Descriptive of
the Route from San Antonio to El Paso," Capt. Harry
Love’s exploration of the Rio Grande, Native
Americans, affairs in New Mexico and California, etc.
($400-800)