Biography and history of the Indians of North America :

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Document Record

Creator
Drake, Samuel G. (Samuel Gardner), 1798-1875 aut, author
Title
Half title: Book of the Indians of North America.
Biography and history of the Indians of North America : from its first discovery to the present time comprising details in the lives of all the most distinguished chiefs and counsellors, exploits of warriors, and the celebrated speeches of their orators; also a history of their wars, massacres and depredations, as well as the wrongs and sufferings which the Europeans and their descendants have done them; with an account of their antiquities, manners and customs, religion and laws; likewise exhibiting an analysis of the most distinguished as well as absurd authors, who have written upon the great question of the first peopling of America
Published
Boston : Antiquarian Institute, 1837.
Identifier
oocihm.39796
39796
Subject
Indigenous peoples -- North America -- History.
Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Biography.
Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Social life and customs.
Autochtones -- Amérique du Nord -- Histoire.
Autochtones -- Amérique du Nord -- Biographies.
Autochtones -- Amérique du Nord -- Mœurs et coutumes.
Document source
Scanned from a microfiche of the original publication held by Acadia University, Vaughan Memorial Library.
Notes
'"They waste us; ay like April snow ... "--Bryant.'
Fifth Edition, With large Additions and Corrections, and numerous Engravings.
1 online resource (625 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references.
[2], xii, 48, 120, 144, 96, 168 pages, 17 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Collection
Monographs
Language
English
URL
https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.39796