(AMERICAN INDIANS) Keating William H Narrative of an Expedit

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(AMERICAN INDIANS.) Keating, William H. Narrative of an Expedition to the Source of St. Peter's River. Folding map with route traced in color, 8 plates, 3 folding tables. 2 volumes. 8vo, later 1/4 morocco, minor wear; 6-inch repaired tear on map, faint dampstaining in Volume II; uncut, first volume partly unopened; 1950 owner's inscription on front free endpaper. London, 1825

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First English edition, with the half-titles and appendixes. An expedition across Ohio to Chicago, across what is now southern Wisconsin to Prairie du Chien, northwest along the St. Peter (Minnesota) River, north to Lake Winnipeg in Canada, and returning through Lake of the Woods and the Great Lakes. 'Almost a cyclopaedia of material relating to the Indians of the explored territory. Nothing escaped the attention or record of the gentlemen who accompanied the expedition, and their statements regarding the Sioux and Chippeway tribes are among the most valuable we have"--Sabin 37137. Howes K20 ("aa"); TPL 1284; Wagner-Camp 26b:2.