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A Description Of the English Province of Carolana
By the Spaniards call'd Florida, And by the French La Louisiane. As also of the Great and Famous River Meschacebe or Missisipi, The Five vast Navigable Lakes of Fresh Water, and the Parts Adjacent. Together With an Account of the Commodities of the…
The natural and civil history of the French dominions in North and South America.
Giving a particular account of the climate, soil, minerals, animals, vegetables, manufactures, trade, commerce and languages, together with the religion, government, genius, character, manners and customs of the Indians and other inhabitants.…
The Present State of the European Settlements on the Missisippi
As more people began settling in America and coming more in contact with Native Americans a new genre of fiction sprang up, the captivity narrative. These were accounts of people, often women and children, who were taken captive after violent…
The singular adventures and captivity of Thos. Barry, among the Monsipi Indians, in the unexplored regions of North America: including the manners, customs, etc. of that tribe.
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…
This is a second edition of a…
History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clark
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…
Letters and notes on the manners, customs, and condition of the North American Indians.
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…
George Catlin began his career in law but had always wanted to be a painter and when he decided to pursue this said…
O-kee-pa, a religious ceremony ; and other customs of the Mandans.
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…
An authentic and thrilling narrative of the captivity of Mrs. Horn and her two children, with Mrs. Harris, by the Camanche Indians : and the murder of their husbands and travling companions.
This is a captivity narrative among the Comanche Indians of Ohio.
Sequoyah
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…