BINDING IS TIGHT, FOXED, RUBBED EDGES, SOME BENT CORNERS, COMPLETE ,
A
topographical description of the state of Ohio, Indiana territory, and
Louisiana: Comprehending the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, and their
principal . nation, on the waters of the Missouri River
Published by Charles Williams, 1812
First edition of "one of the most important of western narratives and
the earliest authentic relation of a captivity among the Sioux"
(Eberstadt). One of the best early descriptions of the Trans Mississippi
West, and featuring a woodcut view of Cincinnati from the Ohio River
that Howes determined was "the earliest view" of the river city. The
other plates include the "Cabree, or Missouri Antelope", the Rocky
Mountain sheep, and male and female members of the Flathead Indians.
Cutler was an army officer and while the travels described herein are
his, the Indian captivity is the account of fur trapper Charles Le Raye.