Life of Ma-Ka-Tai-Me-She-Kia-Kiak or Black Hawk, Embracing the Tradition of His Nation Indian Wars in Which He Has Been Engaged Cause of Joining the British in Their Late War with America, and Its History Description of the Rock-River Village Manners and Customs Encroachments by The Whites, Contrary to Treaty Removal From His Village in 1831 with an Account of the Cause and General History of the Late War, His Surrender and Confinement at Jefferson Barracks, and Travels Through the United States, Dictated by Himself

Patterson, J.B.

Verlag: H. & E. Phinney, 1842

Life of Ma-Ka-Tai-Me-She-Kia-Kiak or Black Hawk, Embracing the Tradition of His Nation Indian Wars in Which He Has Been Engaged Cause of Joining the British in Their Late War with America, and Its History Description of the Rock-River Village Manners and Customs Encroachments by The Whites, Contrary to Treaty Removal From His Village in 1831 with an Account of the Cause and General History of the Late War, His Surrender and Confinement at Jefferson Barracks, and Travels Through the United States, Dictated by Himself, J.B. Patterson, of Rock Island, Ill. Editor and Proprietor. H. & E. Phinney, Cooperstown, N.Y., 1842, frontis portrait of Black Hawk, 155 pp, full original leather, 7.25 x 4.5 , 12mo. In good condition. Leather rich in color and remains soft. Light wear to extremities with minor scuffing to edges and corners. Front joint tender with minor cracking. Spine creased and slightly abraded. Minor wear to ends. Antiquarian ex-library plate on front pastedown. Fly is torn in half but remains intact. Heavy foxing to end papers with age stains. More moderate foxing throughout text with occasional age stains and minor instances of finger soiling. Free of known markings. Binding remains tight and intact. A sound book. Please see photos. Scarce edition, later printing. Black Hawk s narrative is one of the very few important American Indian autobiographies. In the Spring of 1832, Black Hawk and his band returned to and Indian village occupied by whites at the mouth of the Rock River in Illinois. They massacred nearly a score of whites, carried off two young women and killed several settlers. . Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers COLU1842CDGW

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Life of Ma-Ka-Tai-Me-She-Kia-Kiak or Black ...
Verlag: H. & E. Phinney
Erscheinungsdatum: 1842
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Good
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket