(AMERICAN INDIANS) Adair James History of the American India

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(AMERICAN INDIANS.) Adair, James. History of the American Indians. Folding map. 4to, contemporary 1/4 calf and original boards, moderate wear; minor creases on some leaves but generally clean and fresh; uncut, with half-title; early inked number on front pastedown. London, 1775

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first edition. "Best 18th century English source on the Southern tribes, written by one who traded forty years with them"--Howes A38 ("b"). "Considered by modern writers to be the leading authority of his day on the Indians of the Southeast"--Clark I:28. Adair's personal experience was mostly with the Catawba, Cherokee, Muskogee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw, and he devotes a chapter to each. Adair was convinced that the Indians were descended from the Jews. Field 11; Graff 10; Sabin 155; Vail 643 ("one of the first to explore the Alleghenies").