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Sketches of the history, manners, and customs, of the North American Indians : with a plan for their melioration / by James Buchanan ; in two volumes

Catalog Data

Author:
Buchanan, James British consul at New York  Search this
Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus 1743-1823 Account of the history, manners, and customs of the Indian nations  Search this
Jarvis, Samuel F (Samuel Farmar) 1786-1851 On the religion of the Indian tribes in North America  Search this
Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen 1760-1844 Language of the Indians  Search this
Physical description:
2 v. ; 19 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
North America
Date:
1824
Notes:
Volume 1 is largely based on John Heckewelder's Account of the history, manners, and customs of the Indian nations; vol. 2 includes "On the religion of the Indian tribes in North America" (p. [5]-47), by Samuel F. Jarvis, and "Language of the Indians" (p. 48-82), by Peter S. Du Ponceau.
"Catalogue of manuscript works on the Indians and their languages, presented to the American Philosophical Society or deposited in their library"--P. 79-82, v. 2.
Shoemaker 15586
Sabin 8860
Pilling, J.C. Bibl. Algonquian langs., p. 63
Topic:
Languages  Search this
Religion  Search this
Indian mythology  Search this
Call number:
E77 .B91 1824
E77.B91X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_260084