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A particular account of his escape, accompanied by an Indian female; the extraordinary hardships they encountered in their flight; and their safe arrival in London, December the 6th, 1799. Written by himself.

This is a second edition of a…

Travels to the source of the Missouri river and across the American continent to the Pacific Ocean. Performed by order of the government of the United States, in the years 1804, 1805, and 1806. By Captains Lewis and Clarke. Published from the…

Written during eight years' travel amongst the wildest tribes of Indians in North America. In 1832, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, and 39.

George Catlin began his career in law but had always wanted to be a painter and when he decided to pursue this said…

Catlin visited the Mandan in 1832. His month-long, in-depth ethnographic study of the Mandans and their O-kee-pa ceremony is particularly valuable as only a few years after his visit in 1838 the group was decimated by a smallpox epidemic. Only 40…

This is a captivity narrative among the Comanche Indians of Ohio.

Sequoyah was a Cherokee who lived in Tennessee in the early 1800's. In 1809 he began to create a system of writing for the Cherokee language. It was a syllabary, or written characters which are used to represent a syllable. He invented 86 characters…

With an introd. by Dee Brown & wood-engravings by Gillian Tyler.

Translated by A. Chapman from a speech delivered in Washington in 1879. First published in 1925 under title: Chief Joseph's own story. (wood engravings).

This is Hans Staden's account of his captivity among the Tupinamba from 1547 until 1555.

Particularly describing the genius and constitution of the inhabitants, as well Indians as Spaniards (by Monsieur Frezier )

Illustrated with 37 copper-cutts of the coasts ... printed from the author's original plates ... With a postscript by Dr.…

Translated from the German, and Illustrated with Engravings.