The National Legend of the Chahta-Muskokee Tribes.
Morrisania, NY: [privately printed], 1870.
Price: $200.00
About the item
13, [1]pp. 8vo. Original wrappers, dampstaining and foxing. Field 188; Pilling, Proof-Sheets 493.
Item #326893
Prefatory Note: "The following very interesting paper on the National Legend of the Chahta-Muskokee tribe of Indians, was written for The Historical Magazine, and published in a number of that work, for February 1870. A small edition, in this form, has been printed for private circulation among those friends of the Author and Publisher..."
Brinton examines the "national legend" of the Creek Indians, elucidating the symbolism in the story and defining a number of words and phrases.
