Historical and statistical information, respecting the history, condition and prospects of the Indian tribes of the United States.
By: collected and prepared under the direction of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, per act of Congress of March 3d, 1847, by Henry R. Schoolcraft ; illustrated by S. Eastman.
Series: CIHM/ICMH microfiche series -- no. 40445.
Publisher: Lippincott, Grambo
Published: 1983
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 568
Subjects: Indians of North America.
Other titles: Ethnological researches, respecting the red man of America.
Description: Most volumes divided into 18 sections: General history, Manners and customs, Antiquities, Geography of the Indian country, Tribal organization, history and government, Intellectual capacity and character, Topical history, Physical type of the Indian race, Language, State of Indian art, Present condition and prospects, Demonology, magic, and witchcraft, Medical knowledge, Literature of the Indian languages, Statistics and population, Biography, Religion, Ethnology. Vol. 6 is divided into 2 sections: A condensed view of the Post-Columbian; and Economy and statistics, capacity of industrial and social development, and national position, illustrated by some notices of the mental character of the hunter race, and their ancient status and archaeology.
Notes: Part of a CIHM set.

Half title: Ethnological researches, respecting the red man of America.

Titles of volumes in set vary.

"Published by Authority of Congress."

Reproduction of original in: Public Archives of Canada. Library.

Pre-1900 Canadiana.

Includes bibliographical references.

Microfiche. Ottawa : Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions, 1983. 10 microfiches (448 fr.) ; 11 x 15 cm. (CIHM/ICMH Microfiche series = CIHM/ICMH collection de microfiches ; no. 40445).