Journey of Moncacht-Ape--An Indian of the Yazoo Tribe, Across the Continent, About the Year 1700

Worcester, Massachusetts: Charles Hamilton, 1883. Good/None. Journey of Moncacht-Ape--An Indian of the Yazoo Tribe, Across the Continent, About the Year 1700. Andrew McFarland Davis, Printed by Charles Hamilton, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1883. First edition thus. 9.5 x 6 inches. 30pp.

Original printed wrappers. Archivally repaired spine. Light soiling. Several chips to back wrapper. Clean interior. Good Condition.

Scholarly examination of the credibility of this legendary 1700 overland trip to Oregon. Reprinted from the Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, April 25, 1883. Moncacht-Apé was a Yazoo explorer from the present-day Mississippi area; in the late 17th century or early 18th century, he may have made the first recorded round-trip transcontinental journey across North America.

Some years after his purported journey from the Atlantic to the Pacific, Moncacht-Apé related his adventures and itinerary to Antoine-Simon Le Page du Pratz, a French explorer and ethnographer in the colony of Louisiana. Le Page published his memoir in the 1750s, including material from Moncacht-Apé's account. Moncacht-Apé said that Native people on the West Coast had told him of their ancients coming to North America by a land bridge. (Wikipedia)

Widely available thru the 1966 Ye Galleon Press re-print, this 1883 printing is scarce. Howes D103.