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Navajo Code Talkers: America's Secret Weapon in World War II

By: Aaseng, Nathan

Price: $150.00

Publisher: New York, Walker & Company: 2000

Seller ID: 2304126

ISBN: 0802775896

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Signed by six Code Talkers (three on flyleaf, three on enclosed pamphlet from University of Rochester event), with photographs of signing laid in. Sticker on rear wrapper. 2000 Trade Paperback. v, 114 pp. On the Pacific front during World War II, strange messages were picked up by American and Japanese forces on land and at sea. The messages were totally unintelligible to everyone except a small select group within the Marine Corps: the Navajo code talkers-a group of Navajos communicating in a code based on the Navajo language. This code, the first unbreakable one in U.S. history, was a key re...
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The History of Events Resulting in Indian Consolidation West of the Mississippi. [from Annual Report of the American Historical Association for 1906]

By: Abel, Annie Heloise

Price: $125.00

Publisher: [American Historical Association]: 1908

Seller ID: 2187980

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Base of boards faintly stained, free endpapers removed. 1908 Hard Cover. 233-450 pp. 8vo. A separately bound edition of the Justin Winsor Prize winning essay originally published by the American Historical Association in 1906. The author, a Ph.D., was a Bulkley Fellow in History at Yale University, Associate Professor in History at Wells College, and Instructor in History at The Woman's College of Baltimore. She discusses the origins of the plan for Indian removal, unsuccessful attempts during the Jefferson administration, the War of 1812, and removal efforts afterwards, with a chapter focusin...
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History of the Delaware and Iroquois Indians, Formerly Inhabiting the Middle States. with Various Anecdotes, Illustrating Their Manners and Customs.

By: American Sunday School Union

Price: $75.00

Publisher: American Sunday School Union: 1832

Seller ID: 2293124

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Colloquial spine label added, front joint splitting, edges rubbed, light stain to base of a few pages, front and end matter lightly foxed. 1832 Hard Cover. 153, [5] pp. 12mo. Black cloth spine, paper over boards. A history of the Delaware and Iroquois tribes. Woodcut frontispiece and illustrations.
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The Iroquois Restoration: Iroquois Diplomacy on the Colonial Frontier, 1701-1754

By: Aquila, Richard

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Detroit, Wayne State University Press: 1983

Seller ID: 2303882

ISBN: 0814317170

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Two small closed tears to jacket edge. 1983 Hard Cover. 285 pp. Tells the story of power, politics, and relations with Indians and white on the colonial frontier. In part, it is a familiar story of Indian wars, scalping, the fur trade, exploitation, torture, disease, land-grabbing, and alcohol. In addition, it is a story about shrewd diplomats and wise statesmen.
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Massasoit's Town, Sowams in Pokanoket: Its History, Legends, and Traditions

By: Baker, Virginia

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Published by the Author: 1904

Seller ID: 2005865

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Paperback in gold slipcase and chemise. Minor loss from spine. 1904 Trade Paperback. 43 pp. Stapled binding, printed wrappers. A history of the town led by the sachem of the Wampanoag Confederacy, who helped prevent the failure of the Plymouth Colony and the starvation of its settlers. Sowams was a Native American village on the peninsula of Pokanoket (what is now known as Warren, Rhode Island), and site of an early trading post set up by the Plymouth Colony.
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Aboriginal Place Names of New York (New York State Museum Bulletin 108, Archeology 12)

By: Beauchamp, William M.

Price: $125.00

Publisher: New York State Education Department: 1907

Seller ID: 2130087

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Binding repaired. 1907 Trade Paperback. We have more books available by this author!. 333 pp. Wrappers. Comprehensive study of Native American place names in New York State by county, providing an interesting glimpse into the origins of current names for towns, state parks, rivers, etc. Also provides an interesting context for which tribes were settled in which areas of New York State, and their spheres of influence.
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A History of the New York Iroquois, Now Commonly Called the Six Nations (New York State Museum Bulletin 78, Archeology 9) (University of the State of New York Bulletin 329, February 1905)

By: Beauchamp, William M. [Martin]

Price: $95.00

Publisher: New York State Education Department: 1905

Seller ID: 2292856

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Includes map in front pocket. Boards lightly soiled, front pocket and opposite page toned. 1905 Hard Cover. [iii], 126-461, [7] pp. 8vo. A history of the Iroquois of New York, including 18 plates from historical maps, photographs, and illustrations, one of which is a large folding map of the territorial divisions of tribes in New York State.
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The Iroquois Trail, or Foot-Prints of the Six Nations, in Customs, Traditions, and History, in which are included David Cusick's Sketches of Ancient History of the Six Nations

By: Beauchamp, William Martin; Cusick, David

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Forgotten Books: 2012

Seller ID: 2293104

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

2012 Trade Paperback. 154 pp. A facsimile of the 1892 history of the Iroquois and Six Nations, by the American ethnologist and Episcopal clergyman whose research focused on that tribe.
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Notes on the Botocudus and Their Ornaments (Read before the American Philosophical Society, November 16, 1888)

By: Branner, John C.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: .: 1888

Seller ID: 2289505

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Very Good

Presentation copy. A few small chips to edges of rear wrappers. 1888 Stapled Binding. Read before the American Philosophical Society, November 16, 1888. These Indians live near the Rio Doce, about three hundred miles northeast of Rio de Janeiro. They wear but little clothing; their hair is very black and coarse, and their color a light mulatto. The women do not allow their hair to grow upon any part of the body except the head, and in the illustrations it may be noticed that they have no eyebrows, the hairs all having been pulled out. One of the most striking habits of these people is shown in...
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The Unknown Indian

By: Browne, Gertrude Bell

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Albert Whitman & Co.: 1930

Seller ID: 2279324

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. No jacket, bookplate on front paste-down endpaper, pages very faintly toned. 1930 Hard Cover. 299 pp. Illustrated by David Thomas Vernon. As we follow the story of Tan-ta-quid-geon we see the picturesque daily life of the primitive Indians, not only of the Mohegans, but of other Algonquin tribes for, with some variations, their customs were similar. The historical parts are based on Winthrop's Journal, De Forest's History of the Indians of Connecticut and Caulkins' History of Norwich.
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Native American Stories from Keepers of the Earth

By: Bruchac, Joseph; Caduto, Michael; Momaday, N. Scott

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Golden, Fulcrum Publishing: 1991

Seller ID: 2303888

ISBN: 1555910947

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

5th printing. National Geographic article laid in. 1991 Trade Paperback. 145, [1] pp. Includes foreword by N. Scott Momaday and illustrations by John Kahionhes Fadden. Here is a collection of myths drawn from the native cultures of North America--from the Inuit in the north to the Zuni, Hopi, and Cherokee in the south. Collaborator Michael J. Caduto is an award-winning author, master storyteller, poet, musician, educator, and ecologist.
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Behind the Guns with American Heroes: An Official Volume of Thrilling Stories, Daring Deeds, Personal Adventures, Humorous Anecdotes, and Pathetic Incidents... of the... Spanish-American War and Our Battles with the Philippine Insurgents

By: Buel, J. W.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: International Publishing Company: 1899

Seller ID: 2302843

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Board edges lightly rubbed, first couple pages loose but included, ink names on front free endpaper, bookplate. 1899 Large Hardcover. ix,503 pp. Page ridges marbled. Presented in special chapters by Admiral Dewey, General Miles, Lieutenant Hobson, General Shafter, Admiral Schley, General Merritt, Colonel Roosevelt, Captain Sigsbee, Admiral Sampson, General Otis, Captain Evans, General Wheeler, Commodore Philip, Lieutenant Wainwright, and many other noted authorities; to which are added many interesting chapters by soldiers and sailors who were in the thickest of the conflict. Containing also m...
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Symphony Iroquoian: A Symphonic Poem Based upon an Ancient Iroquois Indian Rite and Legend, and Augmented by Musical Folk Themes Directly Transcribed and Adapted by the Author.

By: Burke, Carleton; Parker, Arthur C.; Dah-tah-e-na; Hill, Cephas; Ha-yonh-wonh-ish; Cornplanter, Jesse J.; Noh-sohn-duah; Tahamont, Maisa Parker;

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Rochester, New York, Rochester Museum of Arts and Sciences / The Henry Conolly Co.: 1937

Seller ID: 2303883

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Boards toned. 1937 Hard Cover. x, 70 pp. 8vo. Music, lyrics, and illustrations inspired by a traditional Iroquois rite and legend.
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The Wampum Belt; or, The Fairest Page of History: A Tale of William Penn's Treaty with the Indians

By: Butterworth, Hezekiah

Price: $25.00

Publisher: D. Appleton and Company: 1897

Seller ID: 2289136

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Front hinge loosening, rear hinge starting, front free endpaper loose but included. 1897 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. viii, 276 pp. 8vo. Illustrated by H. Winthrop Pierce. A collection of stories of colonial America, focusing on interactions between William Penn and Native Americans, by the author of The Zig-Zag Series. A Tale of William Penn's Treaty with the Indians. Illustrated in drawings by H. Winthrop Peirce. Historical fiction based on incidents in the lives of the heroes. Story relates to the Wampum Belt, which was delivered by the Lenape Indians on the Del...
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The White Seneca

By: Canfield, William W.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: E.P. Dutton & Company: 1911

Seller ID: 2289138

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Spine edges very lightly rubbed, board corners lightly bumped, pencil mark on rear endpapers. 1911 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. vii, 281 pp. Illustrated by G.A. Harker. In the year 1774, fifteen-year-old Henry Cochrane is captured by a party of Seneca Indians near his home in central New York State. Adopted by the young Seneca, Hiokoto the Hawk, Henry grows to love the Indian ways and becomes Dundiswa - the White Seneca. When Henry is captured by an enemy tribe, he must rely on all the skills he has learned from the Indians, as well as his own courage and determina...
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At Seneca Castle

By: Canfield, William W.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: E.P. Dutton & Company: 1912

Seller ID: 2289139

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Minor general wear. A very nice copy. 1912 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 274 pp. Illustrated by G.A. Harker. In this sequel to The White Seneca, Henry Cochrane, now eighteen, is entrusted with a message from the settlers of the Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania, to the Continental Army. They are suffering under the constant Indian raids instigated by the British and plead for protection. Because of Henry's knowledge of Indian ways, General George Washington requests his services as a scout for General Sullivan in the campaign to forever break the power of the Iroquois Co...
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The Education of Little Tree

By: Carter, Forrest; Strickland, Rennard (Foreword)

Price: $5.00

Publisher: University of New Mexico Press: 1986

Seller ID: 2292442

ISBN: 0826308791

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Reprint. An exceptional copy. 1986 Trade Paperback. 216 pp. The Education of Little Tree is a memoir-style novel written by Asa Earl Carter under the pseudonym Forrest Carter. Since its first publication by Delacorte Press in 1976, the book has been the subject of acclaim. Many people have been drawn to its message of simple living, tradition, and love of nature. However, The Education of Little Tree has also been the subject of controversy after the publication of an article on October 4, 1991, by Dan T. Carter (a history professor and distant cousin of Asa Carter) called The Transformation o...
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Our Life among the Iroquois Indians

By: Caswell, Harriet S.

Price: $110.00

Publisher: Boston / Chicago, Congregational Sunday-School and Publishing Society: 1892

Seller ID: 2303895

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Spine toned and lightly foxed, one plate just beginning to loosen at binding, otherwise an excellent copy. 1892 Hard Cover. xiii, 321 pp. 8vo. Black-and-white plates, including a photograph of Mary Jemison, Mrs. Laura M. Wright, woodcuts of Cornplanter, Red Jacket, the mission house at Upper Station, etc. Several woodcuts of Native American items (baskets, canoes, etc.) in text.
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The Boy's Catlin: My Life among the Indians

By: Catlin, George; Humphreys, Mary Gay

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons: 1910

Seller ID: 2291265

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Boards lightly soiled, ink name and address on front endpaper. 1910 Hard Cover. xx, 380, [4] pp. 8vo. From 1831 to 1837, George Catlin traveled extensively among the native peoples of North America—from the Muskogee and Miccosukee Creeks of the Southeast to the Lakota, Mandan, and Pawnee of the West, and from the Winnebagos and Menominees of the North to the Comanches of eastern Texas. Studying their habits, customs, and modes of life, he made copious notes and numerous sketches of ceremonies, buffalo hunts, symbols, and totems. His two-volume set Illustrations of the Manners, Customs & Cond...
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Letters & Notes on the North American Indians

By: Catlin, George; Mooney, Michael M. (editor)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Clarkson N. Potter: 1988

Seller ID: 2292250

ISBN: 0517520168

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Lacks jacket. Faint edge wear. 1988 Large Hardcover. Originally published in 1844, this collection of letters and observations is here expanded with an extensive introduction and historical notes.
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Heroism of Hannah Duston, together with The Indian Wars of New England.

By: Caverly, Robert B.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: B.B. Russell & Co., Publishers: 1874

Seller ID: 2293116

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

1875 printing. First gathering loose but included, corners a bit rubbed, ink initials on front endpaper. 1874 Hard Cover. 408 pp. 8vo. Original red-orange cloth, gilt titles and rules with Indian chief on spine, blind-stamped triple border. Frontispiece of author. A biography of Hannah Duston, along with an account of the Indian wars in New England. Hannah Duston's fame came as a result of events that occurred in 1697... King William's War had increased fear of Indian attack in this frontier area, and Thomas Duston had been appointed captain of the local garrison. On 15 March 1697 Thomas was w...
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Ticonderoga, 1758: Montcalm's Victory Against All Odds (Osprey Military, Campaign, No. 76)

By: Chartrand, Rene

Price: $10.00

Publisher: London, Osprey: 2000

Seller ID: 2304121

ISBN: 1841760935

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Wrappers faintly toned. 2000 Soft Cover. 96 pp. Osprey's study of one of the decisive battles of the French and Indian War (1754-1763). On 5 July 1758 General Abercromby's expedition against Fort Carillon set off from its camp. Within hours, tragedy struck. Some rangers ran into a French scouting party and in the fierce skirmish that followed Lord Howe, the darling of the army, was shot through the heart. The army was shattered at the loss, but Abercromby went to pieces. He decided to attack Montcalm's completed breastworks head-on. Battalion after battalion was sacrificed, the most famous of ...
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The Discovery of America & Other Myths: A New World Reader

By: Christensen, Thomas

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Chronicle Books: 1992

Seller ID: 2281589

ISBN: 0811801861

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. An exceptional copy. 1992 Trade Paperback. A collection of essays on the European contact with the original inhabitants of the western continents.
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The Last of the Mohicans

By: Cooper, J. Fenimore

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Collins: 1964

Seller ID: 2287618

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Near Fine

Includes publisher's slipcase. A near fine copy in a very good slipcase. Slipcase corners lightly rubbed. 1964 Full-Leather. We have more books available by this author!. 350 pp. Red flexible leatherette binding. Top page ridge gilt. The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 is a historical novel written by James Fenimore Cooper in 1826. It is the second book of the Leatherstocking Tales pentalogy and the best known to contemporary audiences.[1] The Pathfinder, published 14 years later in 1840, is its sequel.[2] The Last of the Mohicans is set in 1757, during the French and Indian War (the...
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The Little Osage Captive. An Authentic Narrative

By: Cornelius, E.

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Massachusetts Sabbath School Society: 1832

Seller ID: 2288961

Binding: Small Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

1832 fifth edition. Faint stain on front board, small puncture on rear board, pencil notes on front endpaper. x, 72 pp. Account of an Osage girl, rescued by the author from the Cherokee Indians and named Lydia Carter.
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Edward Curtis: The Master Prints

By: Curtis, Edward; Monroe, Dan L. (Foreword); Worswick, Clark; Haukaas, Thomas (Afterword)

Price: $295.00

Publisher: Arena Editions: 2001

Seller ID: 1893331

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Minimal loss of gilt from titles, otherwise an exceptional copy. 2001 Large Hardcover. 191 pp. Original beige cloth, gilt titles, photographic plate mounted on front board. Edward S. Curtis was the greatest photographer of Native Americans that this country has ever produced. Curtis photographed more than eighty Native American tribes at what for many was the penultimate moment of their existence in a period spanning more than three decades. Seen in Curtis's photographs, these are peoples of free-reining spirit set in the vastness of a primal continent. Included are a selection ...
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A Canadian Christmas Carol: Jesous Ahatonhia, a Huron Indian Carol (Circa 1641)

By: de Brebeuf, Father Jean; Oliver, Robert E.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Canada's Centenary of Confederation: 1967

Seller ID: 2297863

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

No jacket. Faint stain along top edge of pages. 1967 Large Hardcover. Unpaginated. Red boards. Illustrated by Stanley F. Turner. In singling out Father Jean de Brebeuf, the bold Jesuit who met a flaming stake as his reward for selfless service, we preserve only one glorious, fleeting moment in Canadian history but a moment rare in the annals of courage.--Foreword.
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History of the Indians of Connecticut from the Earliest Known Period to 1850.

By: De Forest, John W.

Price: $145.00

Publisher: Wm. Jas. Hamersley: 1851

Seller ID: 2003607

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

First edition. Map and woodcuts present. Spine cloth split at rear joint, backstrip loose - easily repaired. Boards rubbed, scattered light foxing. Goodspeed catalog number in pencil on front endpaper. 1851 Hard Cover. xxvi, 509 pp. 8vo. Original brown cloth, gilt titles, blind-stamped borders. Includes very detailed table of contents and index, with six appendices following text. Sabin 19292. Howes D216: Best account of these tribes.
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Lincoln Recevant les Indiens Comanches [Lincoln Receives the Comanche Indians]

By: Delanney, Ferd.

Price: $200.00

Publisher: Ch. Chardon: 1863

Seller ID: 2205080

Binding: Single Sheet

Condition: Very Good

Matted for framing, taped to board at corners. Appears trimmed at lower edge. Image is free of stains, tears, and foxing, and the paper has not toned. 1863 Single Sheet. A hand-colored lithograph by Ferd. Delanney, measuring 6 5/8 x 4 3/4, on a 10 5/16 x 6 3/4 sheet (possibly trimmed). Printed in 1863 in Paris, it depicts President Lincoln in the East Room of the White House, receiving several Comanche chieftains. The Native Americans are highlighted with bold, bright colored clothing; comparatively, Lincoln and his attendants appear drab and colorless, so it is clear the Comanches were intend...
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The Unredeemed Captive: A Family Story from Early America

By: Demos, John

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Vintage Books / Random House, Inc.: 1995

Seller ID: 2283936

ISBN: 0679759611

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Second printing. Pages faintly toned. 1995 Trade Paperback. xiii, 316 pp. National Book Award finalist. Describes the 1704 French and Indian attack on Deerfield, Massachusetts, and the capture of Puritan minister John Williams and his five children, one of whom remained with her captors despite numerous attempts to free her. Eunice Williams, also known as Marguerite Kanenstenhawi Arosen, (17 September 1696 – 26 November 1785) was an English colonist taken captive by French and Mohawk warriors as a seven-year-old girl from Deerfield, Massachusetts in 1704. Taken to Canada with more than 100 o...
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