History of the Indian wars : to which is prefixed a short account of the discovery of America by Columbus and of the landing of our forefathers at Plymouth, with their most remarkable engagements with the Indians in New England, from their first landing in 1620, until the death of King Philip in 1679 / by Henry Trumbull.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Trumbull, Henry, 1781-1843.

Contributor:

House, E. G. (Eleazer G.), 1780?-1849.

Series:

Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.

Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Wars.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Wars--1790-1794.

New England--History.

New England.

America--Discovery and exploration.

America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 320 p., [4] leaves of plates (1 fold.) ) col. ill., col. ports. ;

Edition:

A new ed., with an entire new arrangement, essential corrections, and large additions.

Other Title:

History of the Indian wars

Place of Publication:

Boston : Phillips and Sampson, 1846 [c1841] (Stereotyped by G.A. & J. Curtis)

Notes:

Preface signed: E.G. House.

"To which is now added a historical account of the sufferings of the inhabitants of the frontier settlements by the savages, during the French and Revolutionary Wars; and also the particulars of every important engagement with the Indians, in the southern and western states and territories, to the present time."

"This book appeared originally, without date, as a History of the discovery of America ... by the Rev. James Steward, and has been republished under different titles many times. According to Dr. J. Hammond Trumbull it 'was written by Henry Trumbull, then of Norwich, when about seventeen years old.' 'It was vigorously denounced in Field's Indian bibliography.'"--Larned.

Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.

Sabin no. 97196.

Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.

OCLC:

12