Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kai-kiak; or, Black Hawk, and scenes in the west. A national poem in six cantos.

by a western tourist by Elbert H. Smith

$75 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition · Signed

New York: Edward Kearney, 1848. First edition, 8vo, pp. 299, 1 ; lithograph frontispiece portrait and title, lightly foxed; rebacked with most of the original spine laid down, corners rubbed; binding signed by the binder, S. Middlebrook, New York ; good and sound. Embracing an account of the life and exploits of this celebrated chieftain, the Black Hawk War...a succinct description of Wisconsin and Lake Superior countries...the massacre of Chicago and other

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