| American Indians, their History, Condition, and Prospects- by Henry R. Schoolc Contributor(s): Schoolcraft, Henry R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1530808871 ISBN-13: 9781530808878 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $14.01 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - History | Americas (north Central South West Indies) |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 8.5" W x 11.02" (1.78 lbs) 348 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Our second day's journey yielded but little to remark. We travelled diligently along a rough mountainous path, across a sterile tract called the Pinery. This tract is valuable only for its pine timber. It has neither farming land nor mineral wealth. Not a habitation of any kind was passed. We saw neither bird nor animal. The silence of desolation seemed to accompany us. It was a positive relief to the uniform sterility of the soil, and monotony of the prospect, to see at length, a valley before us. It was a branch of the Maromeg, or Merrimack, which is called by its original French term of Fourche Courtois. We had travelled a distance of fourteen miles over these flinty eminences. The first signs of human habitation appeared in the form of enclosed fields. The sun sunk below the hills, as we entered this valley, and we soon had the glimpse of a dwelling. Some woodcock flew up as we hastened forward, and we were not long in waiting for our formal announcement in the loud and long continued barking of dogs." |