Taopi and His Friends, or the Indians, Wrongs and Rights
Published by Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, Philadelphia, 1869
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Back of Beyond Books, Moab, UT, U.S.A.Back of Beyond Books
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Condition: Used - Fair
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Original brown cloth boards with title gilt on spine. Front board detached from spine and has been reattached with archival tape. Boards have chipping at head and foot of spine and wear to corners. Previous owner's name written in pencil on front endpaper. Text block has light toning. Binding is tight. Overall fair. Taopi was a pacifist and one of the Sioux in Minnesota that adopted farming under missionary influence. Episcopalian Bishop Whipple was one of the most influential missionaries advocating for Native Americans at the time, working with the Sioux and Ojibwe in Minnesota. The book compiles a missionary journal by Rev. S. D. Hinman, a eulogy address by Bishop Henry Whipple for Taopi, a history of missions and the Santee Sioux, and other related letters and government reports on the Santee. ; B&W Illustration; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 125 pp.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Taopi and His Friends, or the Indians, Wrongs and Rights
- Author
- Welsh, William [Ed]
- Publisher
- Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, Philadelphia
- Publication year
- 1869
- Condition
- Fair
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- First Edition.
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