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Timeless Treasures: 19th C. Native, Western Photographs & French Elegance

Sat, Sep 13, 2025 11:00AM EDT
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Join us Saturday, September 13th at 9am MT in Bozeman, MT for Timeless Treasures: 19th C. Native, Western Photographs & French Elegance. This exceptional auction features a remarkable collection of 19th-century Native American artifacts, rare Western photography by Haynes, Huffman, and other Montana photographers, and an impressive selection of 18th-century French furniture. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to acquire historic and elegant treasures. Browse the full catalog at live.naabid.com
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Lot 97

Ca. 1883 Our Wild Indians Col. R. I. Dodge 1st Ed.

Estimate: $750 - $1,500
Starting Bid
$125

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Presented in this lot is a Rare 1883 of "Our Wild Indians: Thirty-Three Years' Personal Experience among the Red Men Of The Great West" by Colonel Richard Irving Dodge, United States Army, A. D. Worthington and Company Publishers, Hartford, Conn. A Popular Account of Their Social Life, Religion, Habits, Traits, Customs, Exploits, Etc. With Thrilling Adventures and Experiences On The Great Plains and In The Mountains Of Our Wide Frontier. Aide-de-camp to General Sherman. With An Introduction by General Sherman. Fully illustrated with portraits on steel, full page engravings on wood, and fine chromo-lithograph plates. Fascinating late 19th-century account of the lives and customs of Native American Indians written by Richard Dodge, a military aide to General Sherman who spent most of his career in the American West. This book is a broad discussion of practices and lifestyles of Native American tribes including Apache, Sioux, Cheyenne, Arapahoe, Kiowa, and Comanche people. Includes mysterious Indian medicine and sacred rituals descriptions of Indian culture. The brown cloth bound gold gilt stamped illustrated hardcover is in fair overall condition, gold gilt still bright and clean. Fading and scuffing exhibited to cover and edges, spine loose at hinges. Missing title pages, age tanning and foxing noted throughout, decorative endpapers, no other obvious marring observed. Measures 6"W x 9"L x 2"D; 2 lbs 8oz. weight approximate.*

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