Memoirs of Charles Dennis Rusoe D'Eres, a native of Canada [electronic resource] : who was with the Scanyawtauragahrooote Indians eleven years, with a particular account of his sufferings, &c. during his tarry with them, and his safe return to his family connections in Canada; to which is added an appendix, containing a brief account of their persons, dress, manners, reckoning time, mode of government, &c. Feasts, dances, hunting, weapons of war, &c. Making peace, diversions, courtship, marriage, religious tenets, mode of worship, diseases, method of cure, burying their dead, character o the Scanyawtauragahrooote Indians, particular description of the quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects, which are to be met with on and in the vicinity of Scanyawtauragahrooote Island. Copy right secured.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rusoe D'Eres, Charles Dennis, b. 1761.

Contributor:

Ranlet, Henry, 1762-1807, printer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indian captivities.

Indians of North America--Social life and customs.

Indians of North America.

Nanticoke Indians--Social life and customs.

Nanticoke Indians.

Rusoe D'Eres, Charles Dennis, b. 1761.

Rusoe D'Eres, Charles Dennis.

Genre:

Captivity narratives.

Memoirs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([3], 8-176 p. )

Other Title:

Memoirs of Charles Dennis Rusoe D'Eres, a native of Canada

Place of Publication:

[Exeter, N.H.] : Printed for, and sold by Henry Ranlet, Exeter, 1800.

Notes:

Generally considered to be a fictitious account. However, Vail suggests that it may be to a considerable extent true. Cf. Vail, R.W.G. The voice of the old frontier.

Error in paging: p. 99 minsumbered 90.

Reproduction of original from Library of Congress.

Cited in:

Evans, 37949

Evans, 38422

Ayer Coll., 236

English Short Title Catalog, W36145.

OCLC:

511246646