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Adair's History of the American Indians, 1966 (Williams)
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Adair’s History of the American Indians. Edited under the auspices of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, in Tennessee. By Samuel
Cole Williams. Published for University Microfilms, Inc. (Ann Arbor) by Argonaut Press Ltd. (New York 1966). xxxviii + 508 p. Contents include the
editor’s preface by Williams; an introduction (James Adair, the man); and a reprint of: The History of the American Indians, particularly those Nations
adjoining to the Mississippi, east and west Florida, Georgia, South and North Carolina, and Virginia, containing an account of their origin, language,
manners, religious and civil customs, laws, form of government, punishments, conduct in war and domestic life, their habits, diet, agriculture,
manufactures, diseases and methods of cure, and other particulars, sufficient to render it A Complete Indian System, with observations on former historians,
the conduct of our colony Governors, Superintendents, Missionaries, etc. Also an Appendix containing a description of the Floridas and the
Mississippi lands, with their productions, the benefits of colonizing Georgiana and civilizing the Indians; and the way to make all the colonies more valuable
to the mother country. By James Adair. Printed by Edward and Charles Dilly (London 1775). Includes maps after p. 497 and Index at pp. 500-508.
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Title:
Adair's History of the American Indians / edited under the auspices of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, in Tennessee, by Samuel Cole Williams, LL. D.
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OCLC Number:
1044706316
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Available Volumes
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| Name | Fiche Count | Online | Paper Backup |
| Vol. 1 | | Yes | No |
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