Incidents and sketches connected with the early history and settlement of the West : with numerous illustrations

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America.

Mississippi River Valley--History.

Mississippi River Valley.

Ohio River Valley--History.

Ohio River Valley.

Middle West--History.

Middle West.

West (U.S.)--History.

West (U.S.).

Physical Description:

72 p. : front., port., ill., 10 pl. ; 26 cm.

Other Title:

Sketches of indicents and adventures in the West

Place of Publication:

Cincinnati, OH : U.P. James, [1854]

Contents:

Early history of the West, emigration

Adventures of Captain Daniel Boon, comprising an account of the wars with the Indians on the Ohio, from 1769 to 1782 / written by himself, Daniel Boon

Mothers of the West / W.D. Gallagher

Valley of the Mississippi, sketches of the olden time / by J.M. Peck

Tale of western chivalry

Pioneer

Song of the prairies

Emigrant's daughter

Last of the Indian fighters, [biography of Simon Kenton] (from the West. Lit. Journal)

Revolutionary reminiscences

Historical sketch of the early American settlements in Illinois, from 1780 to 1800 : read before the Illinois State Lyceum, at its anniversary, August 16, 1832 / by J.M. Peck

Western mothers

Corporal

Prairie / Audubon

White Indians

General Francis Marion

Indian Council / Mrs. Jameson

Chippewa matrimony / Mrs. Jameson

Adventures of Col. James Smith

Farewell of the Seminole chief

Western antiquities (from the Western Messenger) / W.T.

Castle Rock on the Big Prairies, Upper Mississippi

Life in the West

Biography, Hernando Cortex, born 1483, died 1554

Sailing down the Ohio / by Audubon

Power of virtue

Catching wild horses on a prairie

Early habits, customs &c. of the West

American antiquities / J.M.

Notes:

"A collection from newspapers, and other equally authentic sources, of fragments of narratives of border life and Indian warfare. Worthless for historical purposes."--Sabin. Bibl. Amer., no. 34426.

Local Notes:

The Indians Rights Association Complementary Collection.

Cited in:

Sabin, 34426

Howes, 119

Graff, 2096

Field, 748

OCLC:

822057823