Upper Mississippi: or, Historical Sketches of the Mound-Builders, the Indian Tribes, and the Progress of Civilization in the North-West; from A.D. 1600 to the Present Time.
Chicago: Clarke and Company; New York: Oakley and Mason, 1867. First edition. 8vo, original blue cloth, gilt lettering, 460 pages. Frontis portrait, 14 plates (including maps), illus. in text. Cracked at the gutter before one gathering (cords sound) with a gathering a trifle sprung; some rubbing and fraying to the joints and head and foot of the spine; cloth a bit darkened; a good, sound copy. Item #18629
Detailed history of the Midwest, with much on conflict between Europeans and Native populations; also includes much detail on contemporary shipping and navigation of the Upper Mississippi. Howes G-14; Ante-Fire Imprints 1198; Field 779: “The Mound-Builders, Pontiac War, Catholic and Protestant Missions. The Illinois Confederacy. The Winnebago Confederacy. The Sioux Confederacy. The Chippaway Confederacy. The material of this work has been carefully collected, and affords very minute and accurate information regarding the western tribes of Indians.”.
Price: $125.00