KEATING, William H.

Narrative of An Expedition to the Source of St. Peter's River, Lake

Item #625

KEATING, William H. Narrative of an Expedition to the Source of St. Peter's River, Lake Winnepeek, Lake of the Woods...Performed in the Year 1823, by the Order of the Hon. J.C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, Under the Command of Stephen H. Long, Major U.S.T.E. Compiled from the Notes of Major Long, Messrs. Say, Keating and Calhoun. London: Printed for Geo. B. Whittaker, 1825. 1st English ed. Two vols. Illus. with plates, folding charts and map. xiii, 458; vi, 248, (144)pp. Bound in contemporary 3/4 calf and marbled borads. A very good set. In a cloth custom box. Howes K-20. Wagner-Camp 26. "Known as `Long's Second Expedition'...almost a cyclopaedia of material, relating to the Indians of the explored territory. Nothing escaped the attention or record of the gentlemen who accompanied the expedition; and their statements respecting the Sioux and Chippeway tribes are among the most valuable we have. Volume II contains a vocabulary."

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