THE HISTORY OF THE FIVE INDIAN NATIONS OF CANADA, WHICH ARE DEPENDENT ON THE PROVINCE OF NEW-YORK IN AMERICA, AND ARE THE BARRIER BETWEEN THE ENGLISH AND FRENCH IN THAT PART OF THE WORLD. TO WHICH ARE ADDED, ACCOUNTS OF THE SEVERAL OTHER NATIONS OF INDIANS IN NORTH AMERICA.

Colden, Cadwallader.

Published by Printed for T. Osborne, London, 1747

About this Item

1st English edition. Stout 8vo. Part I: xvi + [4pp, contents] + 90pp. Part 2: iv + 91-283pp + [1pp, advertisements]. Folding copper engraved map as frontispiece. Title page with the shadow of a minor stain near the gutter, with slight offsetting to the map. With the contemporary signature of Henry Richmond Gale across the title page. The first English edition expands upon the now very rare American edition of 1727, with alterations and additions which recount many of the historical events surrounding the Iroquois Confederation up to 1746. Contemporary full calf rebacked and refurbished in period style. An attractive and well preserved copy. Cadwallader Colden emigrated to America in 1710. After moving to New York in 1718, he was appointed surveyor-general of New York two years later. In this detailed history of the Iroquois Confederation, which includes details of several treaties--including one with George Clinton--Colden offers a sympathetic view of the Iroquois Confederacy and provides a list of tribal names used by the French, and a discussion of the forms of government among the Five Nations. He relates the history of their interactions with French and English settlers, often drawing on French authorities. Despite his admiration for the patriotism of the Iroquois, Colden writes in his dedication that, "the following account of the Five Indian Nations will show what dangerous Neighbours the Indians have once been; what Pains a neighbouring Colony (whose interest is opposite to ours) has taken to withdraw their Affections from us; and how much we ought to be on our Guard?. When the French and Indian War broke out in 1754, the Confederacy sided with Britain against the Algonquin, Wyandot, Ojibwa, Ottawa, and other allies of the French. HENRY RICHMOND GALE, the previous owner, was a British lieutenant in the British army during the latter years of the American Revolutionary War. [TPL 220].

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE HISTORY OF THE FIVE INDIAN NATIONS OF CANADA, WHICH ARE DEPENDENT ON THE PROVINCE OF NEW-YORK IN AMERICA, AND ARE THE BARRIER BETWEEN THE ENGLISH AND FRENCH IN THAT PART OF THE WORLD. TO WHICH ARE ADDED, ACCOUNTS OF THE SEVERAL OTHER NATIONS OF INDIANS IN NORTH AMERICA.
• Publisher: Printed for T. Osborne, London
• Publication Date: 1747
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
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