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NATIVEAMERICANS

Sewn as issued. Near fine. The original folio issue of the treaty concluded by Verplank and Rice in Minnesota at Leech Lake on August 21, 1847. This treaty provides for the cession of lands between Otter Lake and the Sioux boundary, in exchange for blankets cloth, thread, twine, combs, needles, mirrors, kettles, tobacco, salt, beaver traps and guns. Proclaimed by James K. Polk.
$ 750.00

118. Flathead Indians. TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE FLATHEAD, KOOTENAY, AND UPPER PEND D'OREILLES INDIANS. JULY 16, 1855.
RATIFIED APRIL 18, 1859. [Washington, D.C., 1855]. 8 pp.

The original folio issue. Original printed wrappers. A near fine copy. EBERSTADT 127: 483: "This treaty was made at Hell Gate, in the Bitter Root Valley, [Washington Territory]. The superintendent of Indian affairs was Isaac I. Stevens. The Indians give up their right and title to all their lands. This treaty was proclaimed by James Buchanan."
$ 850.00

A 119. Hodge, Frederick Webb. HANDBOOK OF AMERICAN INDIANS NORTH OF MEXICO.
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1912. 2 vols. 972;1221 pp., folding map.

Text in double columns. Smithsonian Institution Bureau of Ethnology Bulletin 30. Volume one is a fourth impression. Volume two is a second impression. This is one of the most valuable compilations of material on the American Indian ever published. It is illustrated throughout with inset photographs and drawings. Original cloth, spine gilt a little dull, else a near fine set; rarely seen in such nice condition due to the size of the individual volumes. "The [alphabetically arranged] handbook contains a descriptive list of the stocks, confederacies, tribes, tribal divisions, and settlements north of Mexico, accompanied with the various names by which these have been known, together with biographies of Indians of note, sketches of their history, archeology, manners, arts, customs, and institutions, and the aboriginal words incorporated into the English language." HOWES H-556. SOLIDAY I, 1140.
$ 650.00

120. MEMORIAL EXERCISES AT THE GRAVE OF PUSHMATAHA CONGRESSIONAL CEMETERY, WASHINGTON, D.C., DECORATION DAY, MAY 29, 1921.
Washington, D.C., 1921. 32 pp.

First separate edition. "Printed in the Congressional Record, June 13, 1921." Original self-wraps. A near fine copy of this scarce work. Pushmataha (c.1760's - 24 December 1824), the "Indian General", was chosen by historians as the "greatest of all Choctaw chiefs." He was highly regarded by Native Americans, Europeans and white Americans for his skill and cunning in both war and diplomacy. Rejecting the offers of alliance and reconquest proffered by Tecumseh, Pushmataha led the Choctaws to fight on the side of the United States in the War of 1812. Pushmataha died on 24 December 1824. As requested, he was buried will full military honors as a Brigadier General of the U.S. Army, in the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C., the only Native American chief ever interred there.
$ 150.00

121. CHIPPEWA CHIEF Photograph. Real Photo Postcard. CHIEF BLACKBIRD (MAI-DWA-YASH).

Full sitting view of Chief Blackbird, head of the La Pointe band of Chippewas wearing ceremonial dress and smoking a long peace pipe. Two creases show, else very good, with excellent content. This image was probably taken by D. F. Barry, well known photographer of famous Indians, when Chief Blackbird visited Superior, Wisconsin in 1915.
$ 35.00

122. Shoshonee Indians. TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAN AND THE WESTERN BANDS OF SHOSHONEE INDIANS. CONCLUDED OCTOBER 1, 1863.
RATIFICATION ADVISED, WITH AMENDMENT, JUNE 26, 1866. AMENDMENT ASSENTED TO JUNE 17, 1869. PROCLAIMED OCTOBER 21, 1869. [Washington, D.C., 1869]. 6 pp.

The original folio issue of the treaty of peace concluded at Ruby Valley, Territory of Nevada, by James W. Nye and James Duane Doty, opening the routes of travel, permitting the establishment of military posts, telegraph and overland stage lines, and allowing the prospecting of Indian lands by whites for gold and silver. Proclaimed by President U. S. Grant. Near fine condition. Not in EBERSTADT.
$ 650.00

123. Sioux Indians. TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE BLACKFEET BAND OF DAKOTA OR SIOUX INDIANS. CONCLUDED OCTOBER 19, 1865.
RATIFICATION ADVISED, WITH AMENDMENT, MARCH 5, 1866. PROCLAIMED MARCH 17, 1866. [Washington, D.C., 1866]. 6 pp.

The original folio issue of the treaty concluded in the Dakota Territory. The Blackfeet acknowledge the jurisdiction of authority of the United States, agree that controversies are to be submitted to the arbitrament of the President, and promise to withdraw from overland routes. Proclaimed by Andrew Johnson. Near fine condition. Not in EBERSTADT.
$ 650.00

124. Snake Indians. TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE WOLL-PAH-PE TRIBE OF SNAKE INDIANS. CONCLUDED AUGUST 12, 1865. RATIFICATION
ADVISED JULY 5, 1866. PROCLAIMED JULY 10, 1866. [Washington, D.C., 1866]. 6 pp.

The original folio issue of the treaty concluded at Sprague River Valley in Oregon in 1865. Proclaimed by Andrew Johnson. Not in EBERSTADT.
$ 650.00

125. United States. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. CORPORATE CHARTER OF THE SEMINOLE TRIBE OF FLORIDA RATIFIED AUGUST 21, 1957.
Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1958. 11 pp.

First edition. Original printed wrappers. A near fine copy.
$ 150.00

126. United States. House of Representatives. SENECA NATION OF NEW YORK INDIANS. MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, TRANSMITTING A COMMUNICATION
FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR AND A MEMORIAL OF THE COUNCIL OF SENECA NATION OF NEW YORK INDIANS AGAINST THE PASSAGE OF SENATE BILL NO. 19. Washington, D.C., 1882. 12 pp.

First edition. 47th Congress, 1st Session. Ex. Doc. No. 83. Original self-wraps, removed from bound volume, yet a very good copy. The Seneca Indians object to a bill which would allow "squatters from other tribes" to settle upon their reservations in New York.
$ 45.00

127. United States. Secretary of the Interior. BALANCE DUE CREEK INDIANS FOR LOSSES IN LATE WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN. LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
TRANSMITTING A REPORT, IN EXPLANATION OF THE ITEM ESTIMATED BY THAT DEPARTMENT FOR LOSSES SUSTAIN BY CREEK INDIANS IN THE LAST WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN. Washington, 1852. 7 pp.

First edition. 32d Congress, 1st Session, House Ex. Doc. No. 128. Original self-wraps, removed from bound volume. A very good copy. Includes: "Claims of certain Creek Indians for spoliations and losses during the hostilities with a portion of that tribe, in 1813 and 1814, commonly known as the 'Red Stick war.'"
$ 125.00

128. SEMINOLE MIGRATION. United States. War Dept. FLORIDA INDIANS. LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR, TRANSMITTING A REPORT, MADE BY THE AGENT OF INDIAN AFFAIRS IN FLORIDA,
IN RELATION TO THE WISH OF THOSE INDIANS TO SEND A DEPUTATION TO EXAMINE THE COUNTRY WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI. Washington: Gales & Seaton, 1828. 3 pp.

First edition. 20th Congress, 2d Session, House Doc. No. 31. Original self-wraps, removed from bound volume. A very good copy. These first timid steps mark the beginning of Seminole migration out of Florida. Offered together with: MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IN RELATION TO THE CONDITION THE SEMINOLE INDIANS, WHO HAVE EMIGRATED. (Washington, 1839). 3 pp. First edition. 25th Congress, 3d Session, Senate Doc. No. 88. Original self-wraps, removed from bound volume. A very good copy. "It is now ascertained that the Seminoles who have been carried west are, to the number of 2,000 and upwards, still on the south bank of the Arkansas river, about two miles below Fort Gibson, where they have been since their removal." A nice pairing of two documents, printed over ten years apart, that bookend Seminole migration.
$ 150.00

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