Native American Interest
Native American Interest
Modoc Indian War...
Item #173730
June 14, 1873
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 14, 1873 The front page features illustrations 'Our Indian Allies in the Modoc War' and 'The Lava Bed Region' with an accompanying article. A full page: 'The Modoc War Region' shows 5 scenes including 'Captain Jack's Cave and Stronghold' with text. A fullpage features two half-page illustrations 'Richmond College, Ri... See More
American Indian war...
Item #581220
June 18, 1873
BETHLEHEM DAILY TIMES, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, June 18, 1873
* American Indian Wars
* Kiowa Indians
This 4 page newspaper has a one column heading on the front page: "Indian Affairs" See photos for text.
Other news of the day with many interesting advertisements. Nice condition.
Cornell University... The Yosemite Valley...
Item #173732
June 21, 1873
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 21, 1873 Great full front page: 'The Yosemite Valley, Calif., Showing the Great Grizzly Bear Fall' is displayable; Doublepage centerfold: ' Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.'; Full page: 'Picture from the Lava Beds' shows 5 Modoc Indian scenes from during the Modoc War, with text; Nearly a full page illustration "... See More
Winslow Homer print... "The Noon Recess"... The Modoc War...
Item #173734
June 28, 1873
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 28, 1873 Two-thirds of the ftpg. is an illustration: "The Modoc War-Captain Jack's Cave in the Lava Beds."
Inside has a full page illustration of "The Modocs-Murder of General Canby" but perhaps the prime feature is a full page print by Winslow Homer: "The Noon Recess".
Also in this issue is a full page: "Way ... See More
Dartmouth College regatta...
Item #173742
July 26, 1873
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 26, 1873 This issue contains many displayable prints including: Full front page print: 'Character Sketches in Persia' shows 9 people; Great full page print: 'Picking Raspberries'; Full page: 'The Commencement Season -Graduates Armed and Equipped for the Battle of Life'; Double-page centerfold: 'The Univer
... See More
Massacre Canyon: last battle between the Plains Indians...
Item #672178
August 14, 1873
NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 14, 1873
* Massacre Canyon - Nebraska
* Great Plains Indians
The top of page 5 has a column with heads: "INDIAN SLAUGHTER" "Great Battle in the Republican Valley" "Bloody Fight Between the Pawnees and Sioux" "Sky Chief, Squaw and Papoose Among the Slaughtered" "Pawnees' Loss in Dead and Wounded Over 100" &quo... See More
Death sentence for Captian Jack & others...
Item #671769
August 24, 1873
THE NEW YORK HERALD, August 24, 1873
* Captain Jack & Boston Charley
* And other Modoc Indians
* Death sentences - Lava Beds War
The top of page 7 has one column headings that include: "MODOC DEATH WARRENTS" "Sentence of the Court Martial on Lava Beds Murderers" "Their Doom Sealed" "To Be Hanged at Fort Klamath, Oregon, October 3, 1873" and more... See More
Winslow Homer's "Gloucester Harbor"...
Item #173760
September 27, 1873
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 27, 1873
Front full page illustration of "A Foreign Demand." Inside is a full page Winslow Homer print of "Gloucester Harbor." 1/2 page illustration of "Amateur Naturalists." 1/4 page illustration of "The New Masonic Temple in Philadelphia." Doublepage centerfold of "Taking the Reins - A Familiar Scene in Centra... See More
Captain Jack execution...
Item #602368
October 03, 1873
EVANSVILLE DAILY JOURNAL, Evansville, Indiana, October 3, 1873
* Captain Jack - Modoc Indians
* Day of execution - hanging
This uncommon title has news of the day with several interesting advertisements.
The front page has one column headings: "The Modods (sic)" "Captain Jack and His Five Associates to be Hanged This Morning"
Complete in 8 pages, minor spine wear, othe... See More
The hanging of Captain Jack & others...
Item #631002
October 04, 1873
THE SAN DIEGO UNION, California, Oct. 4, 1873
* Captain Jack execution
* Lava Beds War
* Modoc Indians
The top of page 2 has an article: "Execution of the Modocs" which mentions in part: "...the day fixed by order of the President for the execution of the Modoc prisoners at Fort Klamath, Oregon...hanging of Captain Jack, Boston Charley..." and o... See More
Captain Jack & Modocs day of execution...
Item #594453
October 04, 1873
THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 4, 1873
* Modoc Indians to be executed (day of)
* Captain Jack
The front page has one column headings: "The Modocs" and "Indians And Whites Gathered To Witness The Execution" which is coverage on the day that Captain Jack along with other Modoc Indians where to be executed.
Page 4 has: "The Indians In Texas",... See More
Financial panic of 1873...
Item #173766
October 18, 1873
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 18, 1873 Perhaps the most famous print in this well known illustrated periodical is the full front page work by famed artist Thomas Nast captioned: "Out Of the Ruins" which shows President U.S. Grant as a policeman helping the Liberty figure out of the ruins of the buildings of Wall Street. The financial panic of 1873 was one of the more... See More
Thomas Nast print...
Item #173778
November 29, 1873
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 29, 1873 Full front page political cartoon: 'The Cuban Question' shows President Grant with Miss Liberty; Two full pages: 'The Butchery in Cuba--Victims of Spanish Barbarity' and 'The Butchery in Cuba'; Full page Thomas Nast political cartoon: 'The Spanish Bull in Cuba Gone Mad'; Doublepage centerfold: 'The Bashful M... See More
Early Stockton newspaper...
Item #222388
DAILY EVENING LEADER, Stockton, California, 1874 Stockton came into existence primarily due to the Gold Rush of the mid-19th century as was the case for many towns in Northern California. It is the county seat of San Joaquin County with a population of nearly 300,000 today.During its early years, Stockton was known by several names, including "Tuleburg", "Fat City," and... See More
The Molly McGuires...
Item #173796
January 31, 1874
HARPER'S WEEKLY, Jan. 31, 1874 Nice fullpg. print: "Cattle Raid on the Texas Border" is displayable. Fullpg. with 2 prints: "Life on the Ocean--From Liverpool to New York". Fullpg: "Hard Coal For the Poor" & fullpg: "The Strike in the Coal Mines--Meeting the Molly McGuire Men"
Complete in sixteen pages.
The Great Sioux War of 1876 prediction ?...wins...
Item #668901
February 16, 1874
THE NEW YORK HERALD, February 16, 1874
* Great Sioux War of 1876 prediction ?
* Native Americans - Indians
The top of page 10 has one column headings: "THE INDIAN QUESTION" "Will There Be a General War with the Savage Tribes ?" "Ravages In The Red River Region" and more. (see) Text takes over 1 1/2 columns.
Other news of the day. Complete with all 12 pag... See More
Temperance crusade... Mormon family...
Item #173810
March 21, 1874
HARPER'S WEEKLY, Mar. 21, 1874 Great fullpg. Frenzeny & Tavernier illus: 'An Oasis Along the Track'. Halfpg: 'The Temperance Crusade in New York' fullpg: 'Sketches in Rag Pickers' Row' halfpg: 'Sport on the Plains' shows men shooting buffalo, & 'A Mormon Family Driving to Conference Meeting'
Complete in sixteen pages.
The Navy at Key West...
Item #173816
April 11, 1874
HARPER'S WEEKLY, Apr. 11, 1874 Dblpgctrfld: 'The Naval Review at Key West--Torpedo Practice'. 3/4 pg: 'Driven from their Homes--Flying from an Indian Raid'. Fullpg: 'Sketches in the Far West' shows a view of Ophir City, Utah, and a stagecoach. Ftpg "The Cradle of Liberty in Danger" by Nast; Halfpg "Settler's Cabin on the Side of Bald Mountain" an... See More
'Indian Boys Breaking a Pony'... Thomas Nast's, "Robbing the Grave..."...
Item #173822
May 02, 1874
HARPER'S WEEKLY, May 2, 1874 Halfpg: 'Monaco--the Fashionable Gambling Town of Italy'. Fullpg. Nast cartoon "Robbing the Grave, and Shielding Themselves Behind the Tombstone. Fullpg: 'Indian Boys Breaking a Pony'. Ftpg "A Home Missionary"; Fullpg "The First of May in New York"
Complete in sixteen pages.
Note: Upon request we are happy to include the... See More
Thomas Nast prints..
Item #173828
May 23, 1874
HARPER'S WEEKLY, May 23, 1874 Full front page Thomas Nast political cartoon, showing Uncle Sam with the Democratic Donkey 'The Next Thing In Order'; Half page: 'An Indian Grave on the Yellowstone River' and 'Antelope Hunting In The West'; Another fullpage Thomas Nast shows Grant 'Public Opinion - April 22, 1874'; Doublepage Centerfold ... See More
Mining in Colorado...
Item #173830
May 30, 1874
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 30, 1874 Full ftpg. is a Nast political cartoon, showing Uncle Sam among others "There is Nothing Mean About us". Great doublepage centerfold : 'Smelting Ore In Colorado' shows 9 scenes. Nice for display. Nice fullpg: 'A Prairie Windstorm' shows a family in a covered wagon fighting the storm. 3/4 pg "In a Strange Land -- Askin... See More
Cheyenne Indians on the warpath in North Dakota...
Item #670898
June 06, 1874
THE NEW YORK HERALD, June 6, 1874
* Cheyenne Indians - Native Americans
* On the warpath in North Dakota
* General George A. Custer in pursuit
The top of page 7 has a one column heading: "The Reds On The Warpath" with subhead. (see)
Other news of the day. Complete with all 12 pages, very nice condition.
Death of Cochise, the Apache Indian chief...
Item #613975
June 15, 1874
THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 15, 1874
* Tribal Chief Cochise death (1st report)
* Chiricahua Apaches - Indians
The very bottom of the front page has a very brief report headed: "Death Of The Indian Chief Cochise" with the text reading simply: "Cochise, the famous Apache chief, died on the 9th of June." (see)
Eight pages, browned at the margins, a little margin wear, should ... See More
Death of Cochise, the Apache Indian chief...
Item #648305
June 15, 1874
NEW YORK TIMES, June 15, 1874
* Tribal Chief Cochise death (1st report)
* Chiricahua Apaches - Indians
The very bottom of the front page has a very brief report headed: "Death Of The Indian Chief Cochise" with the text reading simply: "Cochise, the famous Apache chief, died on the 9th of June." (see)
Eight pages, browned at the margins, should be handled carefully... See More
Death of Cochise, the Apache Indian chief...
Item #656383
June 15, 1874
NEW YORK TRIBUNE, June 15, 1874
* Tribal Chief Cochise death (1st report)
* Chiricahua Apaches - Indians
Page 7 has: "Obituary - Cochise, the Indian Chief" noting in part: "...announces that Cochise, the famous Indian chief, died on Tuesday last in Arizona. He had been sick a long time, and feeling satisfied that he was afflicted by witchcraft, he refused to let the doc... See More
1874 Central Baptist Church disaster in Syracuse....
Item #671228
June 17, 1874
THE NEW YORK HERALD, June 17, 1874
* Pre Black Hills expedition
* General George A. Custer
* Sioux Indians - Native Americans
Page 7 has a brief report from Fort Abraham Lincoln in North Dakota with the small headings: "Sioux On The War Path" "Custer Preparing to Move Against Them-Friendly Indians Eager for Blood and Scalps" (see)
Other news of the day. Complete with 1... See More
Indians...
Item #173836
June 20, 1874
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 20, 1874 Nice ftpg: 'Irrigation In Colorado--Letting Water Into a Side Sluice-Way' Two halfpg: 'Indians Offering Gifts To The Dead' & 'Indian Canoe Race' Fullpg. Nast cartoon "The Greatest Joke of the Century". 3/4 pg "Italian Acrobats".
Doublepage centerfold "The Czar of Russia in England -- the Debark... See More
Indians on the warpath in 1874...
Item #675700
July 25, 1874
THE NEW YORK HERALD, July 25, 1874
* Sioux Indians & more - Native Amercians
* Generals Sherman, Sheridan and Custer
Page 6 has a lengthy article on the current situation in the Great Plains that takes over 2 1/2 columns with headings: "THE RED BARBARIANS" "Fresh Cruelties and Outrages by Our Pampered Outlaws" "Horrors of Human Torture and Butchery" and mor... See More
Desirable Winslow Homer... "On The Beach at Long Branch--The Children's Hour"...
Item #173852
August 15, 1874
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 15, 1874 The ftpg. has a print: "Scandal" with a related article.
The prime print in this issue is certainly the very nice full page by noted artist Winslow Homer, titled: "On The Beach at Long Branch--The Children's Hour". But other prints within this issue include a halfpg: "A Negro Fight In South America", a doublepa... See More
1874 Georgetown, South Carolina race riots....
Item #670221
August 20, 1874
THE NEW YORK HERALD, August 20, 1874
* Georgetown, South Carolina
* Race war - riots - blacks
* General George A. Custer
* Black Hills expedition (fight)
Page 5 has an article under: "The Colored War In South Carolina" with subhead. (see) The top of page 3 has a one column heading: "Custer Attacked" and more.
Other news of the day. Complete with 12 pages, light toning... See More
The famous Winslow Homer print "Waiting for a Bite"...
Item #173854
August 22, 1874
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 22, 1874 Certainly the most notable print in this issue is the very nice full page by Winslow Homer titled: "Waiting for a Bite."
Other prints in this issue are a full ftpg. illus. "The Little Vagrant." Inside is a 1/2 pg. map of "The Gold Regions of the Black Hills, Explored by General Custer's Expedition."; a halfpg. ... See More
Gibson County, Tennessee Negroes massacre...
Item #603297
August 26, 1874
WORCESTER EVENING GAZETTE, Worcester, Massachusetts, August 26, 1874
* Trenton, Gibson County, Tennessee
* Negroes massacred
* General George Custer expedition
Page 2 has one column headings: "Tennessee" "Shocking Affair at Trenton" "Four Colored Men Lynched" "The Indians" "Severe Fighting near Fort Sill"
Page 3 has: "The Indians"... See More
General George Custer.. Black Hills' gold...
Item #675643
August 31, 1874
THE NEW YORK HERALD, August 31, 1874
* General George Armstrong Custer
* Black Hills gold - South Dakota expedition
The top of page 10 has one column headings that include: "THE LAND OF GOLD" "Discovery of the Precious Metal in the Back Hills" and more. (see)
Other news of the day. Complete with 12 pages, nice condition.... See More
Black Hills gold expedition....
Item #603135
September 01, 1874
WORCESTER EVENING GAZETTE, September 1, 1874
* General George Custer
* Black Hills - South Dakota expedition
Page 2 has one column headings: "The Black Hills" "Gold Seekers Eager to Enter the New Eldorado" See image for text here.
Other news of the day with several interesting advertisements throughout. Larger than normal issue measures 26 x 20 inches, complete in 4 pag... See More
1874 Red River War...
Item #669732
September 05, 1874
NEW YORK HERALD, September 5, 1874
* Red River War
* John w. Davidson
* Native Americans - Indians
The top of page 7 has one column headings that include: "THE INDIANS FIGHT" "General Davidson Attacked by Oconees, Kiowas and Comanches" "More Evidences of Indian Treachery" and more. (see)
Other news of the day. Complete in 12 pages, nice condition.... See More
1874 Red River War... Nelson A. Miles...
Item #669945
September 09, 1874
NEW YORK HERALD, September 9, 1874
* Red River War
* Nelson A. Miles
* Native Americans - Indians
The top of page 7 has one column headings: "INDIAN HOSTILITIES" "A Five Hours' Battle Near the Red River" "The Cheyennes Whipped" and more. (see)
Other news of the day. Complete in 12 pages, nice condition.... See More
Winslow Homer's "Seesaw--Gloucester..." - Also - "Red Stockings vs. Athletics" in London...
Item #173860
September 12, 1874
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 12, 1874 Although there are many very nice prints within this complete, 16 page issue, by far the most desired is the very nice full page print by Winslow Homer titled: "Seesaw--Gloucester, Massachusetts".
Also included in this issue is a nice fullpg. print: "The American Baseball Players in England--Match between the Red Stockings and... See More
Famous Homer print... "Flirting on the Sea-Shore, and on the Meadow"...
Item #661011
September 19, 1874
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 19, 1874 Although there are many very nice prints within this complete, 16 page issue, by far the most desired is the very nice full page print by Winslow Homer titled: "Flirting on the Sea-Shore, and on the Meadow" (see image).
Also included in this issue is a nice full front page by Frank Church: "A Village Public School--The Y... See More
Famous Winslow Homer print...
Item #646904
September 19, 1874
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Sept. 19, 1874 (with Supplement)
* Famous Winslow Homer Illustration - print
* "Flirting on the Sea-Shore and the Meadow"
Although there are many very nice prints within this complete, 16 page issue, by far the most desired is the very nice full page print by Winslow Homer titled: "Flirting on the Sea-Shore, and on the Meadow" which i... See More
Famous Homer print: "Flirting on the Sea-Shore, and on the Meadow"...
Item #173862
September 19, 1874
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 19, 1874 (with Supplement) Although there are many very nice prints within this complete, 16 page issue, by far the most desired is the very nice full page print by Winslow Homer titled: "Flirting on the Sea-Shore, and on the Meadow".
Also included in this issue is a nice full front page by Frank Church: "A Village Public School-... See More
Brigham Young's wives at the Mormon Tabernacle...
Item #173864
September 26, 1874
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Sept. 26, 1874 Fullpg. Th. Nast cartoon shows a black man "The Commandments in South Carolina". Nearly fullpg. with 2 illustrations, plus text: 'Brigham Young's Wives in the Great Mormon Tabernacle' & 'Mormon at the Communion Table'.
Doublepage centerfold: 'Emigrants Leaving Queenstown for New York' at the dock. The fr... See More
Early and rare newspaper from Tucson...
Item #666229
October 17, 1874
ARIZONA CITIZEN, Tucson, Pima County, A.T. (Arizona Territory), October 17, 1874
* Very rare publication
A very early & rare title from Southern Arizona, and by best accounts this is our very last issue of this title, published 38 years before Arizona would become a state.
The front page is taken up with a mix of news items and advertisements, with page 2 having: "James E. Ro... See More
The pyramids of Egypt... The KKK vs. slavery...
Item #173872
October 24, 1874
HARPER'S WEEKLY, Oct. 24, 1874 Full ftpg. Nast: 'A Burden He Has To Shoulder' shows U.S. Grant being overburdened. Fullpg. Nast: 'The Hobby In The Kinder-Garten' halfpg. of white men looking at an Indian family & their children. Less than qtr pg. Nast: "Worse than Slavery," which is a political cartoon with an illustration of the White League and the Ku Klux Klan ... See More
Thomas Nast's first Republican elephant print... Homer print...
Item #173876
November 07, 1874
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Nov. 7, 1874 The full front page is a Thomas Nast political cartoon: "A Tammany Rat", but certainly the most significant print in this issue is another full page Thomas Nast political cartoon titled: 'The 3rd term Panic' which shows the Republican elephant for the first time. Thomas Nast was the creator of both the Republican elephant and the ... See More
Truckee, California, near Lake Tahoe...
Item #677155
December 02, 1874
TRUCKEE REPUBLICAN, California, Dec. 2, 1874
* Wild Old West
* Uncommon publication
From this town at the "elbow" of California near the Nevada border at an elevation of 5800 ft. Historically well known for the Donner Party tragedy which happened nearby in 1846.
Page 2 has a report concerning Navajo Indians reporting 3 of their tribe were killed by Mormons.
Four pag... See More
Indian dance illustration... Mormon illustration...
Item #173892
January 02, 1875
HARPER'S WEEKLY Jan. 2, 1875 The full frontpage illustration is entitled "Alone with the Dying Year" shows a small child in a snow storm. Fullpage "Bringing Home the Fifth Wife--A Sketch in Mormondom" also includes a small article. Nice dblpgctrfld: "Indian Sun Dance - Young Bucks Proving Their Endurance by Self-torture". Fullpage Thomas Nast: "The Outs Alway... See More
Broadside supplement...
Item #609255
January 11, 1875
IROQUOIS TIMES--SUPPLEMENT, (Watseka, Illinois)
* Rare title for the Midwest
A broadside (one sheet, printed on one side only) half of which is taken up with an advertisement headed like a news report: "Terrible
Slaughter!" "Hundreds thrown Away". There are news items in the 1st & last columns.
Measures 11 by 15 1/2 inches, a bit irregular at the top margin, s... See More
Nast political ccartoon...
Item #173896
January 16, 1875
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Jan. 16, 1875 Full front pg. illus. of "Compulsory Education-The Safeguard of Free Institutions." Inside is a 1/4 pg. portrait of "The Late Gerrit Smith." 1/2 pg. illus. of "Waiting." Full pg. illus. of "Christmas on an Ice Floe-An Incident of the Austrian Polar Expedition."
Full pg. Nast illus. of "Amphitheat... See More
Chief Stone Calf, Cheyenne Indians....
Item #594383
February 27, 1875
THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 27, 1875
* Chief Stone Calf
* Cheyenne Indians
The front page as small one column heading on 6th column: "Surrender Of Indian Tribe" and "Stone Calf And 1,600 Cheyennes With Their German Women Captives Surrender". See photo for brief text here.
This issue contains other news of the day throughout. Complete in 12 pages, it has light brownin... See More
Submarine warfare...
Item #173912
March 13, 1875
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 13, 1875 Full front page Nast illus. entitled Under Parole of Honor-The Ex-Officers of the Ex-Confederate Army in Congress." Inside is a full pg. Nast illus. of "A Legitimate Question About Home Rule."
Doublepage centerfold of "The Return Home." Also, three 1/3 pg. illus. pertaining to "the Ice Blockade-A Taste of Arctic Wea... See More
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