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big thick red & tan hardbound 8vo. ~ 8º (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of all markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped (no price listed). nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking , underlining, remainder markings etc ~ first printing ( # 1 in # line) of this triple biography edition. as follows~ POCAHONTAS. 227p. 9 glossy full page full color plates. 21 b&w plates. b&w map. bibliography. index. ~ SACAJAWEA. 214p. b&w illustrations. appendices. bibliography. index. ~ SARA WINNEMUCCA OF THE NORTHERN PAIUTES. 306p. 39 b&w photos & illustrations. 2 b&w maps. bibliography. index. history. american indian history. american history. biography. exploration. /~ Pocahontas became famous in the early 17th century for saving Captain John Smith of the English Jamestown settlement from execution at the hands of her own tribe. She was subsequently abducted, married to an Englishman, converted to Christianity, and brought to England. Her role in the negotiations between the Jamestown English Colony and the Powhatan people was essential to that colony's survival, and was the first seed from which grew the tradition of English~Indian cooperation in the early colonial era so instrumental to England's success in the New World. Here her unique story is told. ./~ In the saga of early western exploration, a young Shoshoni Indian girl named Sacajawea is famed as a guide and interpreter for Lewis and Clark's 1804~1806 Expedition to the Far Northwest. Her fame rests upon her contributions to the expedition. In guiding them through the wilderness, in gathering wild foods, and, above all, in serving as an ambassador to Indian tribes along the way, she helped assure the success of the expedition. This book retraces Sacajawea's path across the Northwest, from the Mandan Indian villages in present~day South Dakota to the Pacific Ocean, and back. Sacajawea was accompanied on the journey by her ne're~do~well French~Canadian husband, Toussaint Charbonneau, and her infant son, Baptiste, who became a favorite of the members of the expedition, especially Captain William Clark. The author presents a colorful account of Sacajawea's journeys with Lewis and Clark and an objective evaluation of the controversial accounts of her later years./ ~Sarah Winnemucca was a self~educated Northern Paiute Indian who sparred with Indian agents, local politicians and the United States government to try to improve the living conditions and the education of her people. She enlisted many influential citizens in her cause, partly through her autobiography "Life Among the Paiutes: Their Wrongs And Claims",published in 1883, which was one of the first works of literature by an American Indian.