Incidents of travel in New Mexico Print
George D. Brewerton; Introduction and commentary by Ferol Egan
- San Francisco, CA Lewis Osborne : Ashland, 1969 1969
- 73 p. Black & white illustrations.
"Originally appeared in the April, 1854 issue of Harper's new monthly magazine."
Not quite twenty-one, Lt. George Douglas Brewerton was ordered to accompany Kit Carson and his dispatch-bearing party as far east as Independence, Missouri; then head south to Mississippi and report for duty with the First United States Infantry. It was the beginning of a muleback ride into history that presents a rare and authentic view of frontier New mexico as seen by a young Yankee soldier.
Travel--New Mexico Description and travel--New Mexico