BOOK
Title:
Indian art in pipestone: George Catlin's portfolio in the British Museum
Creators:
Catlin, George, 1796-1872 | Ewers, John Canfield | British Museum Dept. of Ethnography.
Publication:
British Museum Publications, Smithsonian Institution Press, London], Washington, 1979.
Notes:
Includes the publication of an original Catlin manuscript found in the collections of the Dept. of Ethnography at the British Museum. Bibliography: p. [78]-80.
Extent:
80 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 22 x 29 cm.
BOOK
Title:
Histoire de Kentucke, nouvelle colonie a l'ouest de de la Virginie
Alt. Title:
Discovery, settlement, and present state of Kentucke. French
Creators:
Filson, John, ca. 1747-1788 | Parraud, J. P.
Publication:
Chez Buisson, Paris, 1785.
Notes:
"Assemblée des Piankashaw" (p. 101-109) refers to smoking of the "calumet de paix" by Americans and Piankashaw Indians; tobacco among the peace-offerings. Translation of The discovery, settlement and present state of Kentucke, Wilmington, Del., 1784; includes several additions (p. 146-231) not found in the original, and omits the distance tables. Provenance: Littell (label)
Extent:
xvi, 234 p. : map ; 21 cm.