A TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE STATE OF OHIO, INDIANA TERRITORY, AND LOUISIANA. COMPREHENDING THE OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, AND THEIR PRINCIPAL TRIBUTARY STREAMS....
Cutler, Jervis:
Boston. 1812. 219pp. plus five woodcut plates. Contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, original leather label and endpapers preserved. Bit rubbed, contemporary ownership signature on titlepage, heavily foxed. Margin of last leaf of text repaired with slight loss of text, else a sound copy. Lacks the errata leaf. Despite the title, the better part of this work is devoted to describing the trans-Mississippi West. The most interesting section is Charles Le Raye's journal of his experiences from 1801 to 1803 as a captive of the Sioux, and his travels to the Rocky Mountains. There is also an essay on Indian tribes between the Mississippi and the Rockies, a description of the Red River country, and the descriptions of Ohio and Indiana referred to in the title. The plates include one of the first views of Cincinnati and two interesting illustrations of Flathead Indians. "One of the most important of Western narratives, and the earliest authentic relation of a captivity among the Sioux" - Eberstadt. WAGNER-CAMP 10. FIELD 395. GRAFF 963. CLARK II:14. HOWES C984, "b." AYER 56. VAUGHAN 82. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 25204. STREETER SALE 1775. EBERSTADT 105:104. SABIN 18170.
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