An Ethnography of the Huron Indians, 1615-1649

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Tooker, Elisabeth

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Tooker, Elisabeth. An Ethnography of the Huron Indians, 1615-1649. Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1964. 88th Congress, 1st Session | House Document No. 31. pp. iv, 183. Tall Slim 8vo. Dark green cloth boards with gilt lettering to the spine and emblem of the Smithsonian Institution in gilt to the front board. No detectable flaws, contents clean and unmarked with tight, sound binding; near fine. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 190. Contents include sections on The Huron League, The Tobacco League, The Neutral League, Other Iroquoian Groups, The Alongquin; Crime; Chiefs; Suicide; Dreams; Curing Ceremonies; Witchcraft; Ceremony of the Marriage of Two Virgins of the Seine amongst many other observations. A fascination ethnological portrait. Hardcover. (#364) $40.00