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
1833 · Cincinnati
by Flint, Timothy
Cincinnati, 1833. 240pp. 20th-century calf, original gilt leather label. Light wear to extremities. Bookplate on rear pastedown. Light foxing and soiling. A good, solid copy. 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. (Inventory #: WRCAM25137)