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WITH ADDITIONAL MATERIAL BY EBENEZER MIX

[JEMISON, Mary] SEAVER, James E.  DEH‑HE‑WA‑MIS: OR, A NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF MARY JEMISON: OTHERWISE CALLED THE WHITE WOMAN ... Batavia, NY: William Seaver and Son, 1842. (Enlarged and revised edition.) 192 pp. 16mo., brown ribbed cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Cloth and gilt lettering bright; spine slightly rolled, worn at corners, heel and crown. Endpapers heavily foxed, with ink ownership and pencil marks to front flyleaf. Moderate foxing throughout text. Title page continued: "... who was taken captive by the Indians in MDCCLV; and who continued with them seventy eight years. Containing an account of the murder of her father and his family; her marriages and sufferings; Indian barbarities, customs and traditions. Carefully taken from her own words ... Also the life of Hiokatoo, and Ebenezer Allen; a sketch of General Sullivan's campaign; tragedy of the 'Devil's Hole,' etc. The whole revised, corrected, and enlarged: with descriptive and historical sketches of the Six Nations, the Genesee country, and other interesting facts connected with the narrative: by Ebenezer Mix."    $500.00
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