Sketches of a tour to the lakes : of the character and customs of the Chippeway Indians, and of incidents connected with the Treaty of Fond du Lac / by Thomas L. McKenney, of the Indian Department, and joint Commissioner with his Excellency Gov. Cass, in negotiating the Treaty ; also, a vocabulary of the Algic, or Chippeway language, formed in part, and as far as it goes, upon the basis of one furnished by the Hon. Albert Gallatin ; ornamented with twenty-nine engravings of Lake Superior, and other scenry, Indian likenesses, costumes &c.
Alternate Title(s):
Half-title: Tour to the lakes.
Published / Created:
Baltimore : Published by Fielding Lucas, Jun'r, 1827.
Physical Description:
viii, [1], 10-493, [1] pages, [29] leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Lithographed plates variously signed: Swett, Lith. of Pendleton; E. Stewart, Lith. of Pendleton; Imbert's Lithography. Some plates unsigned. Certain of the plates vary from copy to copy.
Subject Terms:
Ojibwa Indians. | Great Lakes (North America) -- Description and travel. | Ojibwa language -- Dictionaries -- English. | English language -- Dictionaries -- Chippewa. | McKenney, Thomas Loraine, 1785–1859 -- Presentation inscription to John Jacob Astor. | Astor, John Jacob, 1763–1848 -- Presentation inscription from T. L. McKenney. | Brinley, George, 1817–1875 -- Book label (5424). | Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999 -- Bookplate. | Rymsons, George -- Autograph. | French College of the Immaculate Heart of Mary -- Stamp.
Form/Genre:
Hand-colored illustrations. | Booksellers' labels (Provenance) -- Williams Book Shop. | Lithographs -- 1827.
Contributors:
Cass, Lewis, 1782–1866. | Gallatin, Albert, 1761–1849. | Lucas, Fielding, Jr., 1781–1854, publisher. | Toy, John D., printer. | Swett, Moses, illustrator. | Stewart, E., illustrator. | Imbert, Anthony, 1794 or 1795–1834, lithographer. | Pendleton's Lithography, lithographer.