'Ethnographical Map of North America, in the Earliest Times', 1843.
Map showing the distribution of various tribes and ethnic groups in what is now Canada, the United States and Central America. Illustration from 'Six ethnographical maps, illustrative of 'The natural history of man' and 'Researches into the physical history of mankind' by James Cowles Prichard (1786-1848), published in 1843.
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'Ancient Mining on Lake Superior', and White Fish, North America, 1855.
Engraving showing a Native American miner climbing a ladder made from a tree trunk, and below, the fish which sustained the 'Ancient Miners'. Lake Superior, one of the Great Lakes, is on the border between the United States and Canada. The Native American population of the Americas was drastically reduced after the arrival of the Europeans due to war, disease, forced removal and relocation, and the destruction of traditional ways of life. Illustration from 'Information respecting the history, condition and prospects of the Indian tribes of the United States. Part 5' by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864), published in Philadelphia in 1855.
'Combat between the Ojibwas and the Sacs and Foxes, Lake Superior', 1847.
Engraving by C E Wagstaff and J Andrews after Captain Seth Eastman, US Army. Ojibwa or Chippewa warriors are fighting against the Sac (or Sauk) and Fox on Lake Superior, between the USA and Canada. There were frequent wars between these tribes over possession of fields of wild rice in the region. The population of the Americas was drastically reduced after the arrival of the Europeans due to war, disease, forced removal and relocation, and the destruction of traditional ways of life. Illustration from 'Information respecting the history, condition and prospects of the Indian tribes of the United States. Part 2' by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864), published in Philadelphia in 1847.