A history of the voyages and adventures of John Van Delure : giving an account of his being left on the n[orth] w[est] coast of America by the misconduct of the ship's company where he lived almost seven years and married the daughter of an Indian chief : his conversion while in that western world and the conversion of the Indian chief and his whole family : together with his return to Holland / written by his own hand and sent to his uncle in Philadelphia in the year 1796.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vandelure, John.

Series:

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

Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indian captivities--Fiction.

Indian captivities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (94 p. )

Other Title:

History of the voyages and adventures of John Van Delure

A narrative of the travels of John Vandeluer on the western continent.

Place of Publication:

Vergennes [Vt.] : J. Shedd, 1827.

Notes:

A fictitious account, but according to R.W.G. Vail's The voice of the old frontier, 1949, this account is based on fact. The Vandelure captivity is also found in Alonso Decalves' New travels to the westward.

Published in 1817 under title: A narrative of the travels of John Vandeluer on the western continent.

Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.

Sabin no. 98470.

OCLC:

10