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COX, Ross (1793-1853). Adventures on the Columbia River, including the Narrative of a Residence of Six Years on the Western Side of the Rocky Mountains, Various Tribes of Indians Hitherto Unknown: Together with a Journey Across the American Continent. New York: J. & J. Harper, 1832.
8o (235 x 147 mm). 2-page publisher's advertisement at front. Original blue boards, printed paper spine label, untrimmed (spine slightly darkened).
A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, usually considered with the works of Alexander Ross to be the prime source of information on Oregon in the early period. Cox left Hawaii and arrived in Oregon with the Astoria party in 1812, later working for the North West Company. In 1817 he went overland to Montreal. "Cox's narrative gives an excellent firsthand account of the fur trade and of the Indian tribes in Montana, Idaho, and eastern Washington with whom the fur traders dealt and sometimes fought. While Cox was making this journey the tension between Hudson's Bay and Northwest Companies had become very acute and he gives a good account of their rivalry" (Streeter, first edition). "Although Cox arrived in Oregon in 1812 via Hawaii, his return East in 1817 was overland through Canada" (Graff 893, first London edition). Cowan p. 59; Field 377; Hill p. 71; Howes C-822; Judd 47; Pilling 915; Sabin 17267; Tweeny 89, 10; Wagner-Camp-Becker 43:2.
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A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, usually considered with the works of Alexander Ross to be the prime source of information on Oregon in the early period. Cox left Hawaii and arrived in Oregon with the Astoria party in 1812, later working for the North West Company. In 1817 he went overland to Montreal. "Cox's narrative gives an excellent firsthand account of the fur trade and of the Indian tribes in Montana, Idaho, and eastern Washington with whom the fur traders dealt and sometimes fought. While Cox was making this journey the tension between Hudson's Bay and Northwest Companies had become very acute and he gives a good account of their rivalry" (Streeter, first edition). "Although Cox arrived in Oregon in 1812 via Hawaii, his return East in 1817 was overland through Canada" (Graff 893, first London edition). Cowan p. 59; Field 377; Hill p. 71; Howes C-822; Judd 47; Pilling 915; Sabin 17267; Tweeny 89, 10; Wagner-Camp-Becker 43:2.