LONG, J[ohn]

Voyages and Travels of an Indian Interpreter and Trader, Describing

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LONG, J[ohn]. Voyages and Travels of an Indian Interpreter and Trader, Describing the Manners and Customs of the North American Indians; With an Account of the Posts Situated on the River St. Laurence, Lake Ontario, &c. To Which Is Added, A Vocabulary of the Chippeway Language. Names of Furs and Skins, in English and French.... London: Printed for the Author, 1791. 1st ed. 4to. x,295pp. Large folding map. Later 3/4 leather, marbled boards, fully untrimmed. A very good copy. $4,500.00 HOWES L-443. Graff 2527. Streeter Sale 3651. Jones 619. TPL 297. Rader 2249. Sabin 41878. Field 946. Vail 878. "Another important work on the growing western fur trade described by John Long's adventures in the Canadian West. Long began working for the Hudson's Bay Company in 1768. As a fur trader he travelled extensively among the Canadian Indians for nineteen years, and this is most notable as an account of Indian life and customs. The map depicts the territory of southern Canada as far west as the Great Lakes"-Reese, Best of the West 19. The most valuable account of Indian life and fur trading of the period.

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