Fremont's fourth expedition
Subtitle: a documentary account of the disaster of 1848-1849, with diaries, letters, and reports by participants in the tragedy.
By: Edited, with introductions and notes, by LeRoy R. Hafen and Ann W. Hafen.
Contributors: Hafen, Ann W. 1893-1970.
Series: The Far West and the Rockies historical series, 1820-1875,; v. 11
Publisher: A.H. Clark Co.
Published: 1960
Place of publication: Glendale, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
Subjects: Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890; United States -- Exploring expeditions
Notes: Bibliographical footnotes.
Table of contents: title: The Benton plan for a Pacific railroad; title: Diaries and other accounts by members of the expedition.  Frémont's letter to Benton; title: Diary of Benjamin Kern; title: Diary of Richard Kern; title: Thomas S. Martin's account; title: Micajah McGehee's narrative; title: The Breckenridge reminiscence; title: Charles Taplin's report; title: Participants' letters from New Mexico, and contemporary reports.  Frémont's letters from New Mexico; title: Edward M. Kern's letters; title: Benjamin Kern's letter to Joe; title: Early reports from New Mexico; title: Statements on responsibility for the disaster.  Introduction; title: Extracts from J.H. Simpson's journal; title: Richard Kern's statement, July 3, 1850; title: The Leroux letter of 1850; title: Richard Kern's report as published in 1856; title: Godey's defense of Frémont; title: Benton's essays on the road to India; title: L.P. Lupton's report from Pueblo; title: Fitzpatrick's letter from Bent's fort; title: Edward M. Kern's diary; title: Frémont's notes on the expedition; title: Jessie Frémont's story of the expedition; title: Benton's account of the fourth expedition.