[Rarebooks] FS: Eastern American Indian Tribes

[Clare Murphy]

1.  BOYD, JULIAN P. (NOTES BY) AND CARL VAN DOREN (INTRODUCTION BY). 
INDIAN TREATIES PRINTED BY BENJAMIN FRANKLIN 1736-1762 . 
Philadelphia: Historical Society of PA, 1938. Illustrated by a map. 
First edition. One of only 500 copies. . Beige cloth with brown 
leather labels. Folio. [340 pgs] Deaccessioned from a rare book 
library with the following library marks: added matching leather 
labels to both boards, blindstamp to title page and number on preface 
page. Three small underlines on Preface page, in red ink. Minor 
soiling to light-colored cloth. Uncirculated, tight and solid. Much 
about the Mohegan Tribe or "River Indians"<BR> <A 
HREF='http://www.oldbooks.com/images/PHBOOKSBO69883.jpg'>   <BR>. 
$400.00 {69883}

2.  EVERETT, EDWARD.  ADDRESS DELIVERED AT BLOODY BROOK, IN SOUTH 
DEERFIELD, SEPTEMBER 30, 1835, COMMEMORATION OF THE FALL OF THE 
"FLOWER OF ESSEX," AT THAT SPOT, IN KING PHILIP'S WAR, SEPTEMBER 18, 
(O.S.) 1675, AN. Boston: Russell, Shattuck, & Williams, 1835. 
Pamphlet. Wraps. Inscribed by Edward Everett to Lt. Governor 
Armstrong. 8vo. [44 pgs] Very good. Attempts to justify the taking of 
Indian lands by the English by stating that "To barbarous tribes, who 
stand as low in the scale of humanity as the Pequots and 
Narragansets, the Wampanoags or the Nipmucks, who live by hunting and 
fishing, with scarce anything that can be called agriculture, and 
wholly without arts, the removal from one tract of country to another 
is comparatively easy."

Small paper library label to front panel.  $450.00 {90037}

3.  FOGG, JEREMIAH.  JOURNAL OF MAJOR JEREMIAH FOGG DURING THE 
EXPEDITION OF GEN. SULLIVAN IN 1779, AGAINST THE WESTERN INDIANS. 
Exeter, NH: News-Letter Press, 1879. Limited to only 150 copies. 
Wraps. 8vo. [24 pgs] Very good. General Sullivan commanded 5,000 men 
to take revenge against the Indians and the Tories for the massacre 
the previous summer. Sullivan defeated the Indians at Newton. The 
Indians fled to the British garrison at Niagara.Wraps a little worn 
and chipped, reinforced at spine, paper label on front panel. Howes 
F222.  $250.00 {90082}

4.  HARRIS, THOMPSON. S., TRANSLATOR.  GOSPEL OF SAINT LUKE, 
TRANSLATED INTO THE SENECA TONGUE: NE HOIWIYOSDOSHEH NOYOHDADOGEHDIH 
SAINT LUKE, NENONODOWOHGA NIGAWENOHDAH [SENECA LANGUAGE, THE. NY: D. 
Fanshaw for the American Bible Society, 1829. First edition. Full 
original calf. 16mo. Near fine. Two title pages, one in English, one 
in Seneca. 147 pages in Seneca on the left and 149 facing pages in 
English.  Harris was a missionary to the Seneca who also translated 
the Gospel of Matthew and the Sermon on the Mount into the Seneca 
language. PILLING 1665; PILLING, IROQUOIAN, p.76; AMERICAN IMPRINTS 
37782; Shoemaker 37782.  $850.00 {69036}

5.  MORGAN, LEWIS. H.  LEAGUE OF HO-DE-NO-SAU-NEE OR IROQUOIS. 
Rochester: Sage and Brother, 1851. Illustrated by 18 lithos, one 
fold-out and folding table. First edition. Rebound in strong library 
binding. Ex-Lib. First scientific account of an Indian tribe to be 
published.  This copy lacks 2 lithos and folding map. The remaining 
plates are nice and clean, mainly illustrations of Indian artifacts. 
Scarce in any condition. Howes M 808.  $230.00 {29398}

6.  POWERS, REV. GRANT.  HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF THE DISCOVERY, 
SETTLEMENT AND PROGRESS OF EVENTS IN THE COOS COUNTRY (NEW HAMPSHIRE) 
AND VICINITY...1754-85. Haverill, NH., 1841. First edition. Original 
calf. [Index plus 238 pgs] Near fine. Much about American Indians, 
French and Indian War, American Revolution. Folksy history. Howes P 
535.  $150.00 {70441}

7.  ROBERTSON, WYNDHAM AND BROCK, R.A.  POCAHONTAS, ALIAS MATOAKA, 
AND HER DESCENDANTS. THROUGH HER MARRIAGE AT JAMESTOWN, VIRGINIA, IN 
APRIL, 1614, WITH JOHN ROLFE, GENTLEMAN; WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 
AND ILLUSTRATIVE HISTORICAL NOTES. Richmond, VA: J.W. Randolph & 
English, 1887. Illustrated by an original photograph of the portrait 
of Pocahontas. First edition. Gilt embossed dark brown cloth. 
Inscribed by J. Smith Futhey, judge and author of History of Chester 
County, PA and other publications. 10" x 6". [84 pgs] Near fine. 
Robertson was the governor of Virginia, 1836-1837. Small pamphlet 
with list of family names tipped-in, attached to photograph frontis 
which is loose. Includes Commendations and Family nomenclature. 
Previous owner's signature at ffep. Else, clean and tight with bright 
gilt lettering on front board. no foxing. Scarce.  $225.00 {94444}

8.  (SANDERS, DANIEL. CLARK).  HISTORY OF THE INDIAN WARS WITH THE 
FIRST SETTLERS OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE LATE 
WAR; TOGETHER WITH AN APPENDIX, NOT BEFORE ADDED TO THIS HISTORY, 
CONTAINING INTERESTING ACCOUNTS OF THE BATTLES FOUGHT BY GEN. ANDREW 
JACKSON, A. Rochester, NY: George Perkins Humphrey, (1893). 
Illustrated by two plates of King Philip. Reprint of 1828 edition. 
Pamphlet. 3/4 green leather with green cloth on boards, gilt rules 
and design, five raised bands with gilt rules, lettering and 
compartmental designs at spine; marbled end-papers; teg. Tattered 
remains of original wrappers bound-in. 8.5" x 4.75". [196 pgs] Near 
fine. Beautifully bound. Scarce reprint (1893) of the 1828 edition, 
with the omitted infamous Chapter 27, and original wrapper.  Previous 
owner's attractive bookplate at paste-down with black leather 
insignia labels at boards. Front cover of wrapper is split, but 
present.  Earlier bookseller's ad for this book, tipped-in. Contents 
are clean and tight. An excellent history of the Indian Wars of New 
England, written by the first president of the University of Vermont. 
Very sympathetic to the native people. Howes S84; Gilman, 
Bibliography of Vermont, p. 24.  $250.00 {94373}

9.  STONE, WILLIAM. LEETE.  LIFE AND TIMES OF SA-GO-YE-WAT-HA, OR RED 
JACKET. WITH A MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR BY HIS SON, THE. Albany: J. 
Munsell, 1866. Illustrated by two portraits, one of Stone and one of 
Red Jacket and three other plates as called for. Second edition. 
Green cloth with gilt lettering at spine. 9.5" x 5.75". [509 pgs] 
Very good. Complete in original binding. From a private library, 
number stamped at base of dedication page, shadow of label at spine. 
Previous owner's attractive bookplate at paste-down, blind stamp at 
title page and first page of text of the Red Jacket portion with 
black leather insignia labels at boards.   Minor wear at extremities, 
contents are clean and tight. Howes S-1038. Sabin 92138.  $350.00 
{94389}

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