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(INDIAN CAPTIVITY.). FILLEY, WILLIAM. Life and Adventures of...Who Was Stolen from His Home in Jackson, Mich., by the Indians, August 3d, 1837, and His Safe Return from Captivity, October 19, 1866. Chicago: Filley & Ballard, 1867. [2nd ed.]. 8vo. 110 [of 112] pp. 8 plates. Orig. printed front wrapper. The captivity is textually complete, but the poem, "The Lake of the White Canoe," lacks the last leaf of text. Some staining & foxing throughout. $200.00
Howes F 128. Ayer 98. Chicago Ante-Fire Imprints 1189. Sabin 24328. The 8 plates are on yellow paper. Gives an account of the manners and customs of the tribes with whom Filley lived for so many years-the Sioux, Comanche, Arapaho, Osage and Walla Walla, plus life in the Rocky Mountains and Oregon.