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2 volumes. xxxii, 316; vii, [1], 387 pp. (8vo) 19x12 cm. (7½x4½"), 19th century half red morocco & marbled boards, spines gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers. First Edition.

Travels primarily around the Great Lakes, with a focus on Native Americans. Howes  C619; Sabin 14783; Field 345.

Field describes the book at some length: "Mr. Colton seems to have been imbued with the laudable design of affording such information regarding the Indians he visited, as would not only excite the interest of his readers in his narration of incidents, but would arouse the sympathy of the humane to their wretched condition. Almost the entire work is devoted to the relation of Indian affairs. More than half of the first volume is occupied with personal observations of Aboriginal life, and statements made to him regarding it. The second volume is entirely filled with a collection of facts relating to their origin, wars, treaties, treatment by the governments of Great Britain and the United States, and the results of missions among them."