The travels of Peter Williamson, among the different nations and tribes of savage Indians in America : with an account of their principles religious, civil, and military : their genius, strength, ideas of a deity, and notions of the creation : with every thing remarkable concerning their manners, customs, employments, diversions, commerce, agriculture, &c. &c. : also, a description of all the different serpents, and other curious animals in America ..., likewise, an accurate description of the wonderful falls of Niagara, &c. &c., together with a plate, description, use, advantage, manner of making and handling the curious machine for reaping of oats, barley, &c., to which is added a curious alphabetical view of the whole world : the length, breadth, produce, and capital cities of each country, with an account of their inhabitants : and lastly, some general observations on the nature of submissions, and decreets-arbitral / in three parts, written by himself.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williamson, Peter, 1730-1799, author.

Contributor:

Edward E. Ayer Collection (Newberry Library), owner.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Williamson, Peter, 1730-1799--Travel--North America.

Williamson, Peter.

Indians of North America--Social life and customs--Early works to 1800.

Indians of North America.

North America--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.

North America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 184 pages, [3] leaves of plates (1 folded)) : illustrations.

Other Title:

Travels among the Indians in America

P. Williamson's travels through America

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Printed for the author and sold by him ... and by R. Fleming ... and by other booksellers in Great-Britain and Ireland ..., 1768.

Notes:

Indigenous Histories and Cultures in North America was originally published in 2013, as American Indian Histories and Cultures. The title was changed in 2024.