(INDIAN CAPTIVITY) Seizure of the Ship Industry by a Conspir

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HUDSON'S BAY MUTINY AND CAPTIVITY (INDIAN CAPTIVITY.) Seizure of the Ship Industry, by a Conspiracy, and the consequent Sufferings of Capt. James Fox and his Companions; Their Captivity among the Esquimaux Indians of North America. Folding aquatint frontispiece. [5]-28 pages; lacks the half-title. 12mo, early 1/2 calf, covers detached, backstrip defective; minor toning to the title. London: Thomas Tegg, [circa 1830]

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"An interesting narrative. Many important particulars of life among the Indians are given, and the lurid folding plate entitled 'The Dance of the Calumet of the Sun; or Pipe of Peace, Performed on the Most Solemn Occasions' is guaranteed to give pause to anyone who contemplates hitting the pipe"--Eberstadt 122:144; Sabin 25368; Field 555; Ayer 262.