1812 (FISHER)
New Travels | among the | Indians of North
America; | being | a
compilation, taken partly from the
communications already | published,
of | Captains Lewis and
Clark, | to the | President of the United States; |
and | partly from other authors who travelled among | the
Various
Tribes of Indians. | Containing | a variety of very
pleasant anecdotes,
remarkably calculated | to amuse and inform the
mind of every curious
reader; | with | a Dictionary of the
Indian Tongue. | Compiled | by
William Fisher, Esqr.
|
Philadelphia: | Published by James Sharan. | J.
Maxwell, printer. |
1812. |
12mo; two leaves with
portraits of Lewis and Clark; title, with "Copyright
secured" on the verso; a second title:
"The | Voyages and Travels |
of | Captains Lewis and
Clarke", with verso blank; "Recommendation",
p. (1); "Message", pp. (2);
one blank page; "Introduction", pp. [vii]–
xi; "An Estimate", etc.
on p. xii; "Travels to the Pacific Ocean", etc.,
pp. [13]–153;
"Statistical View", pp. [154]–178; "Historical Sketches
of the
several Indian Tribes in Louisiana", pp. [179]–204; "Origin", pp.
204–228; "Observations", pp. [229]–292; "Anecdotes", pp.
[293]–300.
The pagination of 155 is inverted in some copies. In most
copies the second
title-page is lacking. Signatures: Two leaves with
portraits: | Main title-page,
A—BB in sixes.
Copies: BM; C; CHC; NA; NL; NYHS; NYSL;
WHS.
