Nouvelle découverte d'un très grand pays situé dans l'Amérique entre le Nouveau Mexique et la mer Glaciale. English New discovery of a large country in America by Father Lewis Hennepin
Description:
BEIN Vanderbilt 75: Imperfect: Map for part II wanting. Unidentified armorial bookplate. Autograph: Lib. [Giwn]? Lloyd. Booklabel: W.S. Hiltz.
Publisher:
Printed for M. Bentley, J. Tonson, H. Bonwick, T. Goodwin, and S. Manship
Subject (Geographic):
Mississippi River Valley, Great Lakes (North America), Canada, and Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)
Subject (Name):
La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur de, 1643-1687.
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Discovery and exploration, History, and Description and travel
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 ...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Massachusetts. and Massachusetts
Subject (Name):
Sturges, Joseph. and Zachary, Jacob.
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Master and servant, Whaling, and History
The king and queen of the Mississippi: The royal family of Native Americans in native costume. The Queen is holding a child by its hand and a parrot on her left hand. The king wears a headdress and has a bow across his back. In his left hand is ano...
Alternative Title:
Koning en koningin van de Mississippi
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
North America.
Subject (Topic):
South Sea Bubble, Great Britain, 1720, Indians of North America, Arms & armament, Bows (Weapons), Families, and Rulers
Eight drawings mounted in a later album, seven of them rendered in red chalk. Drawings depict Native American hunters smoking pipes, carrying a canoe, carrying pelts, and a woman carrying a papoose; coureurs du bois holding guns; scenes from beaver hu...
Drawing in red chalk on hand-ruled paper by an unidentified artist, of the decorative cartouche for John Mitchell's Map of the British and French dominions in North America. Represented in the drawing are two Native American figures in the lower right...
Description:
John Mitchell (1711-1768), was a British botanist, physician, and cartographer. He created A Map of the British and French dominions in North America (London: Andrew Millar, 1755), also known as the Mitchell Map, later used in negotiating the 1783 Tre...
Correspondence relating to Jonathan Edwards's mission to Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Includes a letter from Edwards to Elisha Williams stating the reasons why Abigail Williams Sergeant Dwight should not be made headmistress of a Native American female...
Description:
Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) was a theologian and leader of the Great Awakening. He served as minister of the Congregationalist Church at Northampton, Massachusetts from 1726-1750 and became a missionary to the Mahican and Mohawk Indians at Stockbridg...
Subject (Geographic):
Massachusetts, Stockbridge, United States, Massachusetts., and Stockbridge (Mass.)
Calvinism, Clergy, Dissenters, Religious, Girls' schools, Indians of North America, Education, Missions, Mahican Indians, Missions, American, Mohawk Indians, Off-reservation boarding schools, Stockbridge Indians, Women, Women school principals, and Church history
A broadside with seven verses in letterpress below an engraving, representing three Red Indian Chiefs in their national costumes -- "The Stalking Turkey", "The Pouting Pidgeon", "The Man killer". This satire written on the occasion of the arrival in L...
Description:
Caption title.
Publisher:
Sold by the author, opposite the Union Coffee-House, in the Strand, near Temple-Bar, and by all the print and pamphlet seller[s]
Text in verse with illustrations ([4] p.) on recto; verso blank. At top and bottom of each p. of text are attached flaps with additional illustrations or text and illustrations.
Publisher:
Published ... by Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller, no. 53, in Fleet Street
Depicts Earls of Mansfield and Bute with Lord North, seated on a cloud with a demon, observing below them the female combatants Britannia and America with spear and tomahawk, flanked by male figures representating France and Spain
Alternative Title:
Blessed effects of family quarrels
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and America.
Subject (Name):
Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792.
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Indians of North America, Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775, and Colonies
Account, by Fray Juan Antonio Garciá Riobó, of Ignacio Arteaga's expedition to continue Cuadra's discoveries of 1775. Arteaga left San Blas in 1779, explored Bucareli Sound, the Northwest Coast to Mt. St. Elias, returned by way of Cape Mendocino and...
Description:
Fray Juan Riobó was chaplain of the frigates la Princesa and la Favorita on a voyage under the command of Ignacio Arteaga to discover a Northwest passage north of San Francisco.
Subject (Geographic):
Northwest Passage, Mendocino, Cape (Calif.), San Blas (Mexico), San Francisco (Calif.), and California.
Subject (Name):
Arteaga y Bazán, Ignacio. and Riobo, Juan.
Subject (Topic):
Voyages and travels, History, Discovery and exploration, and Indians of North America
George III sharing a cannibal feast with an Indian chief. Under a palm-tree (left) are three American Indians; one, standing, holds the dismembered body of an infant, so that its blood pours into a cup formed of a skull held by a kneeling Indian (left...
Alternative Title:
Par nobile fratrum
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub'd as the act directs Febry. 3, 1780 by I. Almon, Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820. and Markham, William, 1719-1807.
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Cannibalism, Clergy, and Clothing & dress
"design in two groups, one (left) representing the past, the other (right) the present. A Dutchman personifying the Dutch Republic, threatened by Spain (left) kneels, hat in hand, before a military officer representing England, imploring help. He says...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Foreign relations, Dutch, Caricatures and cartoons, French, Spaniards, Caricatures and cartons, Americans, Indians of North America, and Clothing & dress
Two Native Americans attack a group of American loyalists. One of the loyalists lies dead on the ground, another, fallen on his back, is about to be slaughtered by the Indian saying "Shelbu-n for ever." The second Indian, with a feathered headdress, p...
Alternative Title:
Shelburne's sacrifice
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. by E. Dashery Febth. 10 [sic], St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and United States
Subject (Name):
Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Indians of North America, Headdresses, Tomahawks, Butchers, Politics and government, and History
Three American Indians are shown killing six loyalists as the result of the 1783 peace treaty preliminaries. On the left, an Indian pulling on the rope attached to the nooses of two military officers and two civilians hanged from a limb of a dead tree...
Alternative Title:
Cruel fate of the loyalists
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Sold by W. Humphrey No 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
United States and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805.
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Hangings, Scalping, Massacres, Clothing & dress, Military uniforms, British, Headdresses, Tomahawks, Politics and government, and History
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 ...
Description:
BEIN BrSide4o Zc70 789vi: On sheet 18.3 x 23,0 cm.
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
Views of natives, landscapes, and ethnographic objects of the Northwest Coast of America, Pacific Islands, China, and South America. Half of the drawings are fully rendered watercolors, others are rough sketches with detailed notes on coloring, dates ...
Description:
Bacstrom, a protégé of Sir Joseph Banks, served as surgeon on a private fur-trading ship which sailed around Cape Horn to the South Seas, Nootka Sound, the East Indies, and the Cape. Bacstrom left the ship at Nootka Sound and later served as surgeon...
Subject (Geographic):
Northwest, Pacific, Hawaii, China, Islands of the Pacific, Queen Charlotte Islands (B.C.), South America, and Greenland
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Social life and customs, Clothing and dress, and Whaling
"A 'hieroglyphic letter' or rebus in answer to the foregoing. America (l.), as a Red Indian woman, seated and leaning to the left.; she holds a flag with thirteen vertical stripes in her left hand, in her right. she holds out a fleur-de-lys. Beside he...
Alternative Title:
America to her mistaken mother
Description:
Title from first line of text.
Publisher:
Published 12th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Correspondence, and Hieroglyphics
Printed ledger containing fifty-five undated drawings of individual and groups of Sioux standing and on horseback in yellow, pink, blue, brown and black crayon. The drawings are attributed to Sorrel Horse, whose name is written in pencil on the front...
Subject (Geographic):
Great Plains.
Subject (Topic):
Dakota art, Dakota Indians, Indians of North America, and Indian art
Voyage dans les deux Lousiianes, et chez les nations sauvages du Missouri, par les Etats-Unis, l
Image Count:
1
Description:
Between p. 178 & p. 179.
Subject (Geographic):
Louisiana --Description and travel --Early works to 1800, Mississippi River Valley --Description and travel, and Ohio River Valley --Description and travel
Capt. Keith struggles as he is attacked by two Indians one of whom has grabbed his rifle while another Indian stands with his tomahawk raised above the Captain's head. The Captain's wife with her child in her arms reaches up towards her husband as sh...
Alternative Title:
Captain Keith and family betrayed and made prisoners by the American Indians
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by T. Tegg
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Familes, Fighting, Tomahawks, and Warfare
Pencil, pen and ink, pen and wash, and watercolor illustrations in a sketchbook, unsigned, by an unidentified artist of Ontario and Québec, Canada, circa 1808. Depicted are Newfoundland, “carrioles [sic] (carriages) of lower Canada”, “sledge of lower...
Description:
Manuscript captions in English.
Subject (Geographic):
Canada, Champlain, Lake, Erie, Lake, Fort Chambly (Chambly, Québec), Fort Saint Joseph National Historic Site (Ont.), Thunder Bay (Ont.), Huron, Lake (Mich. and Ont.), Montmorency River (Québec), Newfoundland and Labrador, Old Fort William (Thunder Bay, Ont.), Ontario, Ottawa River (Québec and Ont.), Québec (Québec), and Sainte-Hélène Island (Québec)
A daily journal of the voyage of the brig Otter, commanded by Samuel Hill from Boston to the Alaskan coast by way of the Sandwich Islands. Samuel Furgerson describes places visited, natives, and trade with the Indians, particularly along the Alaskan c...
Description:
Samuel Furgerson: ship's carpenter on trading voyage to the Pacific Northwest.
Subject (Geographic):
Alaska., British Columbia., Hawaii, Pacific Coast (Alaska), Pacific Coast (B.C.), and Queen Charlotte Islands (B.C.)
Subject (Name):
Furgerson, Samuel., Hill, Samuel., and Otter (Brig)
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Seafaring life, Voyages and travels, History, and Description and travel
Depiction of the dance probably performed by the Illinois to strengthen peace between the tribes. The Calumet, a large pipe, was usually presented to the honoured guest. The tribe surrounds the circle in which two men dance with arrows above their he...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by T. Tegg
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Social life and customs, Arrows, Bows (Weapons), Dance, Pipes (Smoking), Rites & ceremonies, and Tomahawks
A daily journal of the voyage of the brig Otter, commanded by Samuel Hill from Boston to the Alaskan coast by way of the Sandwich Islands. Samuel Furgerson describes places visited, natives, and trade with the Indians, particularly along the Alaskan c...
Description:
Samuel Furgerson: ship's carpenter on trading voyage to the Pacific Northwest.
Subject (Geographic):
Alaska., British Columbia., Hawaii, Pacific Coast (Alaska), Pacific Coast (B.C.), and Queen Charlotte Islands (B.C.)
Subject (Name):
Furgerson, Samuel., Hill, Samuel., and Otter (Brig)
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Seafaring life, Voyages and travels, History, and Description and travel
A scene on the frontier of the United States: a Native American (left) is shown scalping a dead British soldier. Another British soldier who has already been scalped is shown on the left edge of the design. In the center a second Native American, from...
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
United States
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, History, Scalping, Soldiers, and British
Subject: Map of the United States to the Mississippi River, and including parts of Upper and Lower Canada. Includes cartouche with a view of Niagara Falls and two Native Americans.
Description:
"Entered according to act of Congress October 1st, 1816 in the Dist. of Connecticut."
Publisher:
Shelton & Kensett,
Subject (Geographic):
Canada--Maps, Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)--Pictorial works, North America--Niagara Falls, and United States--Maps
Subject (Name):
Doolittle, Amos, 1754-1832, Kensett, Thomas, 1786-1829, and Shelton & Kensett
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America and Indians of North America--Pictorial works
Hand-colored and numbered lithographs by François Séraphin Delpech of group portraits of Osage men and women, based on paintings by Louis Boilly, 1827. The images document a visit by a group of four American Indian men and two women to France and t...
Hand-colored and numbered lithographs by François Séraphin Delpech of group portraits of Osage men and women, based on paintings by Louis Boilly, 1827. The images document a visit by a group of four American Indian men and two women to France and t...
The papers consist of correspondence, maps and documents relating to two delegations led by John Coffee to negotiate with the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations. The first delegation (in 1829) was to gather information on a Cherokee and Cr...
Description:
General John Coffee (1772-1833), born in Tennessee, was a delegate of the United States Government in negotiations with Indian nations of the southern states during the Andrew Jackson administration, and was a friend and business partner of President ...
Subject (Geographic):
Southern States., Cherokee Nation, and Creek Nation
Subject (Name):
Cass, Lewis, 1782-1866., Coffee, John, 1772-1833., Eaton, John., Forsyth, John., and Long, George W.
Subject (Topic):
Cherokee Indians, Government relations, Chickasaw Indians, Relocation, Chocktaw Indians, Creek Indians, Indians of North America, Indian Removal, 1813-1903, and Boundaries
The papers consist of correspondence, maps and documents relating to two delegations led by John Coffee to negotiate with the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations. The first delegation (in 1829) was to gather information on a Cherokee and Cr...
Description:
General John Coffee (1772-1833), born in Tennessee, was a delegate of the United States Government in negotiations with Indian nations of the southern states during the Andrew Jackson administration, and was a friend and business partner of President ...
Subject (Geographic):
Southern States., Cherokee Nation, and Creek Nation
Subject (Name):
Cass, Lewis, 1782-1866., Coffee, John, 1772-1833., Eaton, John., Forsyth, John., and Long, George W.
Subject (Topic):
Cherokee Indians, Government relations, Chickasaw Indians, Relocation, Chocktaw Indians, Creek Indians, Indians of North America, Indian Removal, 1813-1903, and Boundaries
Autograph manuscript diary written by Robert J. Brown during travel from Boston to Florida Territory, 1834-1835. Entries describe travel by steamboat, stagecoach, and railroad, and record impressions of natural features, commerce, urban development, ...
Description:
Spring Garden, a sugar plantation near De Leon Springs, Volusia County, Florida Territory, was acquired in 1830 by Orlando Savage Rees (1796-1852), of Stateburg, South Carolina. In 1835 December, during the Second Seminole War, Spring Garden was occu...
Subject (Geographic):
Florida, Volusia County., Florida., South Carolina, Charleston., Virginia, Richmond., South Carolina., Virginia., De Leon Springs (Fla.), Florida Panhandle (Fla.), Saint Augustine (Fla.), Saint Johns River (Fla.), South Atlantic States, Spring Garden Plantation (Fla.), United States, Volusia County (Fla.), and Washington (D.C.)
Subject (Name):
Brown, Robert J., active 1834-1835. and Rees, Orlando Savage, 1796-1852.
Subject (Topic):
Alligator hunting, Black Seminoles, Indians of North America, Orange growers, Seminole Indians, Seminole War, 2nd, 1835-1842, Slave trade, Slavery, Sugar, Manufacture and refining, Sugar plantations, Description and travel, and History
A published volume whose parts were issued monthly, plus additional loose lithographs of drawings; based on portraits made by James Otto Lewis of Native American chiefs who attended treaty negotiations in the upper midwestern United States, primarily ...
Description:
BEIN 2019 Folio 91: Imperfect: title page and rear wrappers wanting. Consists of 9 parts (72 color plates of illustrations, 48 cm). Each part in its own original wrappers. Numbers 1-5: part number and month issued in manuscript ; numbers 3-5: last dig...
Published by F.W. Greenough, Philad, Drawn Printed & Coloured at I.T. Bowen's Lithographic Establishment No.94 Walnut St., and Entered according to act of Congress in the Year 1838 by F.W.Greenough, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Penna
Subject (Topic):
Iowa Indians, Indians, King and rulers, Indians of North America, Medals, and Tribal chiefs
Published by F.W. Greenough, Philada, Drawn Printed & Coloured at I.T. Bowen's Lithographic Establishment No.94 Walnut St., and Entered according to act of Congress in the Year 1836 by F.W.Greenough, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Penna
Subject (Topic):
Ojibwa Indians, Chippewa Tribe, Indians of North America, and Warriors
