[Rarebooks] FA: 1844 Oregon Territory/ 1889 Oregon Hunting

[Joslin Hall Rare Books, ABAA]

Ending Sunday evening on Ebay, an 1844 Oregon journey with a large folding 
map, and an interesting 1889 Oregon/Washington Territory Hunting Tour-

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"PARKER'S EXPLORING TOUR BEYOND THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS...WITH A MAP OF OREGON 
TERRITORY"

By Rev. Samuel Parker, A.M. Published by Andrus, Woodruff, & Gauntlett, 1844

First published in 1838, "Journal of an Exploring Tour Beyond the Rock 
Mountains" is the journal the Reverend Samuel Parker's 1835 mission to 
preach to the Indians of the Oregon Territory (Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Utah 
and Washington State). Although the author's primary motivation for the 
trip over the Rocky Mountains was the saving of heathen souls, his journal 
is an incredibly detailed log of all aspects of the journey, with accurate 
descriptions of the flora, the fauna and his encounters with the various 
Indian tribes Parker attempted to convert, including the Pawnee, 
Ogallallah, Flatheads, Nez Perces, Shoshones, Utaws, Cayuse, and Paloose 
Indians. He also drew what is considered to be the earliest accurate map of 
the Oregon Territory and a view of a basalt formation on the Columbia 
River, both of which are included in the book.

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"Cruisings in the Cascades. A Narrative of Travel, Exploration, Amateur 
Photography, Hunting and Fishing..."  By G.O. Shields. Published by Rand, 
McNally & Company: 1889.

By the author of "Rustlings in the Rockies", "Hunting in the Great West" 
and "The Battle of the Big Hole, "Cruisings in the Cascades and Other 
Hunting Adventures" is more than a collection of hunting stories. The 
author tells not only of the game, but also his travels throughout the 
American Northwest. He describes the 19th century cities and unspoiled 
landscapes including: Tacoma, Seattle, Vancouver, B.C. ("a quaint old, 
English-looking town"), Port Moody, the Cascade Mountains, Puget Sound, 
English Bay, Crater Lake, Ski-ik-kul Lake, giant firs and cedars, the Rocky 
Mountains, Montana and Northern Wisconsin.

As for the game, he tells of fifteen pound salmon and salmon so abundant 
that ranchers fished them out of the river with pitch forks; heading off 
flocks of Canvas Backs; shooting venison; trout fishing in the mountains; 
hunting the grizzly bear; elk stampedes; hunting the Rocky Mountain goat 
and antelope; peculiarities of the Columbia black tail deer; rounding up 
wild hogs; and Buffalo hunting on the Texas plains.

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