Adventures in the Santa Fe Trade, 1844-1847

"It is a story of stirring adventure, of hardship and of financial losses and profits. Webb was an unusual man, as were most of the traders of his day and since, and though thirty years elapsed from the time he began to recount his adventures, the memory of them remained undimmed."—Boston Transcript

"The account Webb has left has a brave accent of history; and Professor Bieber has edited it with Herculean care."—New Republic

Webb's journal "gives data on the character and hazards of the Santa Fe Trail, the varieties of goods and the methods of the trade, the crafty exactions of Mexican officials, and the devices of traders to escape the imposts. There are good descriptions of the houses, business and life in Santa Fe, and of the general conditions in the territory to the southward."—LeRoy R. Hafen, American Historical Review