Maps on endpapers. (8vo) full brown leather, dust jacket. No. 49 of 50 thus bound. First Edition.
Signed by the author at limitation. "In the eyes of the Sioux, the Bozeman Trail ran like a malignancy through the Dakota and Montana territories, spreading its virulence for more than 500 miles. The three forts on the Bozeman Trail, Fort Phil Kearny, Fort Reno and Fort C.F. Smith were a thorn in the side of the Sioux and, for the soldiers who were stationed there, it was a life of constant terror and a state of siege." - From introduction.