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The history of the American Indians / by James Adair ; edited and with an introduction and annotations by Kathryn E. Holland Braund.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Adair, James, approximately 1709-1783.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America--Southern States.
- Indians of North America.
- Indians of North America--Origin.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (604 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A fully annotated edition of a classic work detailing the cultures of five southeastern American Indian tribes during the Contact Period. James Adair was an Englishman who lived and traded among the southeastern Indians for more than 30 years, from 1735 to 1768. During that time he covered the territory from the Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River. He encountered and lived among Indians, advised governors, spent time with settlers, and worked tirelessly for the expansion of British interests against the French and the Spanish. Adair's acceptance by the Creeks,
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Illustrations and Maps; Acknowledgments; James Adair's History: A Note on This Edition; James Adair: His Life and History; The History of the American Indians; Notes to Introductory Essay; Annotations to Adair's Text; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Map on lining papers.
- Originally published: London : Edward and Charles Dilly, 1775.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [549]-569) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8173-8078-7
- OCLC:
- 183207549
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