676: [ Autograph ] William F Cody he started his career as a rider with the Pony Express and in later years organized and promoted "Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show". Exceptional cabinet S.P. 3.5in x 5.5in b/w, showing Cody three-quarter length in a

677: [ Autograph ] William F. Cody Fine content A.L.S. 'W. F Cody" on a fantastic, color letterhead showing Cody with dozens of mounted soldiers behind him, 2pp. 4to., Chillicothe, Sep. 19, 1916 to Mr. Hersey. In desperate financial trouble, Cody makes

678: [ Autograph ] William F. Cody Fine content A.L.S. "Brother' with transmittal envelope addressed to Cody, Wyoming (thus signing his last name), 4pp. 8vo., Liverpool, May 8, 1903 to his sister Julia Goodman. Cody praises his sister and her efforts on

679: [ Autograph ] Sitting Bull 1831-1890 American Indian leader of the Sioux nation, with Crazy Horse he led the attack at the Battle of Little Big Horn, wiping out George Custer and his entire command. After touring with Buffalo Bill, he was killed by

680: [ Autograph ] (Sitting Bull) Superb cabinet photograph, 4.5in x 6.5in showing the great Indian warrior in a chest, up portrait, glaring at the camera. Backstamp reads: "From Eastman's Studio, Sturgis, So. Dak." One small toned spot on image, away

681: [ Autograph ] Two Guns White Calf 1872-1934 Blackfoot Indian chief, a celebrity at Glacier Park whose portrait was used by engraver James Earl Fraser in his creation of the buffalo nickel. Fine S.P., asepia postcard image, 3.5in x 5.5in showing the

682: [ Autograph ] (An Attack By Cochise) An exceptional A.Ms.S. 19pp. 4to., ca. 1920, the first-hand account of U.S. Army Assistant Surgeonand Medal of Honor winner Bernard J. D. Irwin of his rescue of sixty soldiers pinned down by Chiricahua Apaches

683: [ Autograph ] (Gold Rush Archive) A fascinating, large group of letters and documents chronicling the experiences of Samuel Allen of Boston in the California , goldfields as well as those of the family he left behind. Like many young men of 1849,

684: [ Autograph ] (Indian War Requisition) Indian Wars D.S., lp. 4to., Fort Abraham Lincoln, Dakota Territory, June 16, 1873, a requisition for various uniforms, hats, etc. signed by William Carlin as lieutenant colonel and another 6th Infantry officer.

685: [ Autograph ] (Gold Rush) A.L.S. lp. small folio, St. Joseph, Mo., May 16,1849 Amos Gale, a true "Forty-Niner", writes his brother before setting off West. In part: '...Enclosed you will find a key ofa trunk which I have chosen not to take with me as

686: [ Autograph ] (Gold Rush) Depressing A.L.S. 6pp. 4to., 'Yankee Jim's, Cal. ", Mar. 27, 1855 in which a miner named Smith sadly recounts the last hours and death of his wife from typhoid fever. In part: "..She had a Christian burial, a general

687: [ Autograph ] (Gold Miner's Letter) Good content A.L.S. from a California gold miner, 4pp. 8vo., Forest City, Ca., Jan. 19, 1997 In part: "'..I had not abandoned the quartz claim you are required to doE100 worth of work on your claim in hopes of

688: [ Autograph ] (Fort Bridger) Fort established in 1842 by trader Jim Bridger who fled a Morman posse, it was later occupied and headed by Albert Sidney Johnston and served to guard the Overland Trail. Lot oftwo D.S.'s, Fort Bridger, 2pp. total, 12mo.,

689: [ Autograph ] (Early California) An early California newspaper, the Daily Pacific News, San Francisco, Jan. 22, 1851, 4pp. folio. An interesting issue, with advertisements of assayers and provisioners, and reports on the need for pilots and

690: [ Autograph ] (Texas) Interesting D.S. lp. sm. folio, Navarro Co., Texas, May 6, 1904, a partly-printed bail bond concerning an Alice Brookin indicating her indictment for "Keeping a disorderly house..."This could be a euphemism for a poorly-run

691: [ Autograph ] (Oil Fever) Fine content A.L.S. concerning "oil fever" in Pennsylvania, 4pp, folio, near Oil City, Aug. 28 [n.y.] Emily Lambertson writes a friend: "...oil has almost played out here. They are still in search of it - they are still in

692: [ Autograph ] (Old West- Leadville, Colo.) Fine group of seven letters 20pp. total, 4to., all from Charles A. Hernschicy, a law clerk in Leadville at the town's beginning, from June to August of 1880 Mr. Hernsley, who is very expressive, provides a

693: [ Autograph ] William Clark 1770 -1838 American soldier and explorer in frontier service under Gen. Anthony Wayne against Indians, and who later joined Capt. Meriwether Lewis in leading their famous expedition to explore the Louisiana Purchase and to

694: [ Autograph ] Willlam F. Cody 1846-1917 "Buffalo Bill", American scout and showman, he started his career as a rider with the Pony Express, and in later years organized and promoted "Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show". Fine content A.L.S. 'Uncle Will"

695: [ Autograph ] William F. Cody An interesting Cody item, a fragment ofa broken glass photo negative signed by him in black ink "W. F Cody 'Buffalo Bill' 1907". The photograph once showed several men on horseback, one of whom was presumably Cody. With