JOURNAL OF A TOUR IN THE "INDIAN TERRITORY," PERFORMED BY THE ORDER OF THE DOMESTIC COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF MISSIONS OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH, IN THE SPRING OF 1844.

[Harris, N. Sayre]

Verlag: Domestic Committee of the Board of Missions, New York, 1844

Beschreibung

[4],74pp. plus three maps (two folding). Original printed wrappers. Fore-edge of front wrapper and spine ends chipped. Light foxing, maps somewhat tanned. About very good. "Observation tour in behalf of the Episcopal Church from Arkansas to Ft. Leavenworth. The report had previously appeared in June 1844, with one map, as an Extra to SPIRIT OF THE MISSIONS" - Howes. "This party had been sent to report on the progress and condition of the Indians recently relocated in the West. They left New Orleans by riverboat for the Red River Raft on March 8, 1844, reached Fort Towson on the 21st, then visited Fort Smith, Fort Gibson, Fort Scott, Shawnee Mission, and Fort Leavenworth" - Wagner-Camp. "Contains in addition to the journal, considerable material on the Indians of the region and on the settlement of the Southwest" - Eberstadt. Two of the three maps in this separate edition are from Catlin's LETTERS AND NOTES. The Streeter copy was purchased for $100 by Ken Nebenzahl. HOWES H230, "aa." EBERSTADT 137:233. FIELD 806. GRAFF 1794. RADER 2743. STREETER SALE 555. WAGNER-CAMP 109. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers WRCAM53824

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Titel: JOURNAL OF A TOUR IN THE "INDIAN TERRITORY,"...

Verlag: Domestic Committee of the Board of Missions, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1844