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Vinita, Indian Territory: Chieftain Print Book. Good. Soft cover. 8vo. 8pp pamphlet, BAPTISM - THE MODE, by Rev. John Edwards, Vinita, Indian Territory: Chieftain Print, no date, circa 1890, paper toned, paper is brittle, damp-stain noted at upper spine corner. This is a very scarce Cherokee language imprint from Vinita, Indian Territory, which was later Oklahoma. The Reverend Chamberlin went to Pheasant Hill mission, in what is now Craig County, Oklahoma, in 1868, several years before Vinita came into existence. He printed his own translations of religious matter and distributed them among the Native Americans as part of his missionary work for the Presbyterian Church. The Chieftain Newspaper began around 1882. See Hargrett's Oklahoma Imprints #704. Very Scarce.

Vinita, Indian Territory (Oklahoma): Chieftain Print, 1891. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Printed self-wrappers. [8]pp. Translated by Rev. A.N. Chamberlin. Cover in English and Cherokee; text in Cherokee. Slight chipping and toning and a few short tears at the edges of the very brittle paper, one tear on the fore-edge through all four leaves, slight loss at spine base, an about very good copy of a fragile production.