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Title: Manners and Customs of Several Indian Tribes Located West of the Misissippi; Including some account of the soil, climate, and vegetable productions, and the Indian Materia Medica: to which is prefixed the history of the author's life during a residence of several years among them Author: Hunter, John D. Place: Philadelphia Publisher: Printed and Published for the Author by J. Maxwell Date: 1823 Description: 402 pp. 8¼x5¼, period full tree calf, morocco lettering piece. First Edition. Fascinating narrative of the author's captivity by the Kickapoo and Kansas Indians, with whom he lived from the age of 12 to about 20. Considerable detail about daily life, customs, etc. Graff 2019; Howes H813; Wagner-Camp 24.1 Lot Amendments Condition: Joints splilt but boards holding on cords; moderate wear to edges and spine ends; small library bookplate to front pastedown; pencil notes to title page; text block a bit darkened, good to very good. Item number: 173077