Haywood, John:

$15,000 · Offered by William Reese Company

THE NATURAL AND ABORIGINAL HISTORY OF TENNESSEE, UP TO THE FIRST SETTLEMENTS THEREIN BY THE WHITE PEOPLE, IN THE YEAR 1768. First edition of Haywood's substantial account of the natural and aboriginal history of Tennessee. A judge in Davidson County and one of the pioneering historians of Tennessee, Haywood wrote the companion volume entitled The Civil and Political History of the State of Tennessee, from Its Earliest Settlement Up to the Year 1796, also published in 1823. In addition to providing much information about the indigenous people of Tennessee, the author attempts to demonstrate the relationship of Native Americans to the Caucasian race. He also includes details on a wide range of Indigenous groups of the Western Hemisphere, including Mexicans, Hindus, Persians, Peruvians, Cherokees, Chickasaws, and Natchez."In this book, now exceedingly rare and highly prized, the author has brought together a very large number of curious facts, relating to the origin and character of the natives of his State, prior to the settlement by the whites. He does not favor the hypothesis of great antiquity in the Indian nations of America, and believes in their common origin with the Caucasian race. He describes with great minuteness and care the relics of the race which once inhabited the territory, its utensils, skeletons, crania, and fortifications, most of which he appears to have personally inspected" - Field.This is one of the most difficult Tennessee books to acquire, especially i

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