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- GLC#
- GLC03679.04
- Type
- Books & pamphlets
- Date
- 1854
- Author/Creator
- Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe, 1793-1864
- Title
- Information respecting the history condition and prospects of the Indian tribes of the United States
- Place Written
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- 1 v. : xxvi, 668 p. : , 41 p. : of plates : ill. Height: 32.4 cm, Width: 27.5 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Volume four of a series entitled, "Information respecting the history condition and prospects of the Indian tribes of the United States," published in 1854. Contains the results of a study commissioned by Congress to collect statistics on the condition of indigenous peoples of the United States. The contents of this volume is divided into eighteen parts; General History; Manners and Customs; Antiquities; Geography of the Indian Country; Tribal Organization, History and Government; Intellectual Capacity and Character; Topical History; Physical Type of the Indian Race; Language; State of Indian Art; Present Condition and Future Prospects; Demonology, Witchcraft, and Magic; Medical Knowledge; Literature of the Indian Languages; Statistics and Population; Biography; Religion; and Ethnology. This fourth volume is signed by the author and inscribed to Clamor Hagedorn.
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