INDIAN WARS OF THE WEST; CONTAINING BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THOSE PIONEERS WHO HEADED THE WESTERN SETTLERS IN REPELLING THE ATTACKS OF THE SAVAGES, TOGETHER WITH A VIEW OF THE CHARACTER, MANNERS, MONUMENTS, AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE WESTERN INDIANS.
Flint, Timothy:
Cincinnati. 1833. 240pp. Contemporary calf, rebacked, original backstrip laid down. Hinges cracked. Contemporary ownership signature on front fly leaf. Ex-lib., with faint stamp on titlepage. Foxed. Good. The first edition of this modest classic. Flint collects from various primary sources and documents accounts of depredations, heroism, and much general nastiness in the history of Anglo-Indian relations, with a great deal on exploration and settlement in the South and Old Northwest to boot. HOWES F201. FIELD 545. SABIN 24790. BAL 6128. SERVIES 1638.
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