Historical collections of the Great West: containing narratives of the most important and
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
"Their towns equal in extent and population [to] the largest cities of Europe; some extending many miles in length, with considerable regularity in their streets, and their houses of a uniform style of architecture."
Description:
P. 51, associated with p. 65.
Subject (Geographic):
America --Discovery and exploration, Mississippi River Valley --History, and West (U.S.) --History
Subject (Topic):
Frontier and pioneer life --West (U.S.) and Indians of North America
Print shows a view of a settlement at Goulding's Harbor, a side channel of Portlock's Harbor between Sitka and Juneau in Alaska, visited by the ships King George and Queen Charlotte and Captains Portlock and Dixon. Two men holding rope, pulling small boat to shore; two other figures, Native persons, on opposite bank, with two small buildings; woods and rocky hillsides
Description:
BEIN BrSide4o Zc70 789vi: On sheet 18.3 x 23,0 cm. and Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd by J. Stockdale & G. Goulding
Subject (Geographic):
Northwest Coast of North America and Alaska
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Voyages around the world, and Discovery and exploration
Manuscript current account, signed, detailing financial transactions between the Massachusetts whaler Joseph Sturges and his Native American employee, Jacob Zakry (or Zachary) over a three-year period ending on March 4, 1719. Items charged to Zachary include payments to a relative and for clothing; 45 shillings a year for "3 whale seasons dyet;" and another charge for "3 years expense at Cape Cod." Items in Zachary's favor include "your share of the oyle of 3/4s of a whale" and "your share of a shark." Account signed by Joseph Sturges
Description:
In English., Date given in original as: "March 4th 1718/9.", and Accompanied by partial transcript and bookseller description.
Subject (Geographic):
Massachusetts. and Massachusetts
Subject (Name):
Sturges, Joseph. and Zachary, Jacob.
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Master and servant, Whaling, and History
Expedition to the Rocky Mountains and Major Long's Expedition to the Rocky Mountains
Description:
Bookplate of Joseph Y. Jeanes., Engravings by Young & Delleker, Cephas Grien Childs, Alexander Lawson, Francis Kearney, and William Hay; after Stephen H. Long, Samuel Seymour and Titian Ramsay Peale., Some maps on double leaves., Spine title, on publisher's printed labels: Major Long's Expedition to the Rocky Mountains., and Text and atlas in slipcase.
Subject (Geographic):
Missouri River--Discovery and exploration, Ohio River--Discovery and exploration, United States--Discovery and exploration, and West (U.S.)--Discovery and exploration
Subject (Name):
Childs, Cephas Grier, 1793-1871, Hay, William, Jeanes, Joseph Y, Kearny, Francis, 1785-1837, Lawson, Alexander, 1773-1846, Long, Stephen H. (Stephen Harriman), 1784-1864, Peale, Titian Ramsay, 1799-1885, Say, Thomas, 1787-1834, Seymour, Samuel, active 1797-1822, United States. War Department, and Young & Delleker
Subject (Topic):
Discoveries in geography, Geology--West (U.S.), Glossaries, vocabularies, etc., Indians of North America, and Indians of North America--Languages--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
American Horse, Dakota Chief, 1840-1908 Foster, Charles, 1828-1904
Published / Created:
1880-1896
Call Number:
WA MSS S-903 (folio)
Image Count:
56
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Letters written for American Horse regarding early customs of the Sioux, their cultural advancement, and the tragedy at Wounded Knee Creek. Accompanied by a letter about Charles Foster's position on Indian affairs and a letter from Mrs. James Landy to Daniel E. Soper. There are 76 folio drawings depicting Sioux life and three photographs of American Horse.
Subject (Name):
American Horse, Dakota Chief, 1840-1908--Portraits, Foster, Charles, 1828-1904, Landy, Edwin F, and Landy, James
Subject (Topic):
Dakota Indians--Pictorial works, Dakota Indians--Social life and customs, Indians of North America, and Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890
