Voyage à La Louisiane Et Sur Le Continent De l'Amérique Septentrionale, Fait Dans Les Années 1794 à 1798 Contenant Un Tableau Historique De La Louisiane, Des Observations Sur Son Climat, Ses Riches Productions, Le Caractère Et Le Nom Des Sauvages
by Louis Narcisse Baudry de Lozières (1761-1841)
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Attributed to Louis Narcisse Baudry des Lozières by Sabin. Author gives a list of known Indian nations on with the list of individual tribes and bibliographical notes giving their locations. "Des sauvages de la Louisiane, dispersés sur les bords du Mississipi, et sur d'autres rivières qui arrosent son continent"; gives a list of Indian tribes and a brief description of their locations and number. "Deux vocabulaires de sauvages", includes: "Langage des Naoudoouessis" [the Dakota language], which includes a glossary of numbers in both the Dakota and French languages, a "chanson sauvage" with its literal and free French translation, and a list of phrases translated into French on pages 348-353; and "Langage des Chipouais" [the Chippewa, or Ojibwa language], which gives a glossary of numbers, a sizeable glossary and phrases in the Ojibwa and French languages on pages 353-362. "Louisiane et pays voisins, d'après les relations et les cartes les plus récentes" is the title of the folded frontispiece map, but the map shows all but the most eastern edges of the United States.
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Recased with new spine and renewed end papers, some light foxing else a very good copy.
Extended Description and Notes
It has been suggested that this work was written when it was first thought that Louisiana would be returned to France, in an effort to demonstrate its importance as a colony. While less a work of personal observation than a collection of contemporary data and reports, the text includes some discussion of Texas, the resident Indian tribes and their languages, accounts of slavery and colonial administration, etc. Pages 348-62 include important Dakota and Chippeway vocabularies. A wonderful Louisiana item and an important book on the early American West.
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- Voyage à La Louisiane Et Sur Le Continent De l'Amérique Septentrionale, Fait Dans Les Années 1794 à 1798 Contenant Un Tableau Historique De La Louisiane, Des Observations Sur Son Climat, Ses Riches Productions, Le Caractère Et Le Nom Des Sauvages
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- Louis Narcisse Baudry de Lozières (1761-1841)
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- Used - Very Good
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- First
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- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Dentu
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1802 (XI)
- Pages
- viii+382 with folding map
- Size
- Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Louisiana
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