Indian Villages of the Illinois Country: Historic Tribes (Illinois State Museum Scientific Papers, Vol. II, Part 2)

Temple, Wayne C.

Verlag: Illinois State Museum, 1958

Beschreibung

INDIAN VILLAGES OF THE ILLINOIS COUNTRY: HISTORIC TRIBES (Illinois State Museum Scientific Papers, Vol. II, Part 2), Wayne C. Temple, softcover, illustrated with a few portraits, 1958. BOOK CONDITION: very good. The text block and illustrations are in fine condition with no tears, dog-ears, or marks. There is no bookplate but the signature of a prior owner is written at the bottom of page 218. Not a library journal or remainder. The wraps are in very good condition (slight rubbing of front cover). 10 x 6 ¾, 217 pages, 20 ounces XX [From the introduction] The Illinois State Museum is dedicated to the preservation of the past of our state and to making that past meaningful to its citizens. The present volume on Indian Villages of the Illinois Country by Dr. Wayne C. Temple, Curator of Ethnohistory, is an important contribution to this objective. He here brings together from a wide variety of documentary sources, the accounts and letters of explorers, missionaries, traders, and representatives of the Crown, the rich and varied history of the Illinois region and its inhabitants. The Illini, the Miami, the Sauk and Fox, the Potawatomi, Ottawa, and Chippewa, the Shawnee and Delaware, and the Winnebago and Menominee, the tribes who roamed and hunted and fought over the Great Lakes region, are now largely gone but they have left their mark in place names and in history. We usually see them as part of the conflict between France, England and Spain for possession of the North American continent, and they played major roles as allies or pawns in that struggle. But here the Indians are themselves the center of attention, as Dr. Temple follows them across the stage of history. The archeologists are gradually outlining the prehistory of the American Indians from their entrance across Bering Straits into the New World some twenty-five thousand or more years ago. In the Eastern United States there was a long period when hunting and the gathering of shellfish and vegetable foods furnished the major sources of subsistence. Illinois lies between the eastern forests and the central plains; and the mixed prairie and parkland offered additional possibilities for cultural growth and development. The University of Illinois and the University of Chicago, in collaboration with the State Museum, have contributed to the outlining of our archeological past. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 002596

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Indian Villages of the Illinois Country: ...

Verlag: Illinois State Museum

Erscheinungsdatum: 1958

Einband: Soft cover

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket