Shoshonean People and the Overland Trails: Frontiers of the Utah Superintendency of Indian Affairs 1849-1869, by Dale L. Morgan and edited by Richard L. Saunders

This exciting collection of primary and secondary sources will serve as an important reminder of the significance of Morgan’s work and establishes itself as the first source of information on Indian affairs in the Great Basin and Snake River Plateau during this era. The essays in this volume represents the highest level of scholarly research and writing. Dale L.Morgan was a man of extraordinary intellectual grasp and writing style. The texts that he produced, and which Saunders has edited for publication, represent a benchmark of scholarship for their topic and time.