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2 volumes. Text volume: xv, [1], 310 pp. + plates. Illustrated with 65 lithographed plates (many duo-tone) including views, geological sections (1 hand-colored and folding), paleontology, zoology and botany plates. Atlas volume: with 2 large folding maps. Together, 2 volumes. 8¾x5½, original blind-stamped cloth, text volume with gilt-lettered morocco spine label; atlas volume front cover lettered in gilt.

Important explorations of previously unknown areas of present-day Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arkansas by one of the major figures in the reconnaissance and settlement of the frontier. "Contains authentic information regarding the peculiar customs of the Indians of the southern plains. Their mode of warfare, their invariable violation of the chastity of female prisoners, and the condition of their dwellings and villages, are particularly described" (Sabin). Wagner-Camp adds that "Marcy's report abounds in topographical and geographical detail." Graff 2675; Howes M276; Jenkins 135 (A); Rader 2346; Sabin 44512; Wagner-Camp 226:2.