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(AMERICAN INDIANS.) Adair, James. History of the American Indians. Folding map. [12], 464 pages. 4to, contemporary gilt calf, front board detached (with map and title page), otherwise moderate wear; minor foxing; with half-title, edges lightly tinted yellow; ownership tag of Joaquin Garcia Icazbalceta on front pastedown. London, 1775
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").
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