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, leather label. Moderately rubbed at extremities, rear hinge a bit tender, toe of spine bumped. Usual scattered foxing. Else very 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 of material 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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