Pictorial History of King Philip's War. Comprising a Full and Minute Account of All the Massacres, Batttles, Conflagrations, and Other Thrilling Incidents of that Tragic Passage in American History

Hardcover. Book Condition: Good. Case, Tiffany and Co., Hartford, CT 1852. 448 pages. Early edition by the original publisher. With 100 engravings, from original designs, by W. Croome. Rebound.in red brown brick cloth. Moderate browning on pages, especially near the margins. A smudge on page 434. Size: 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. With An Introduction Containing an Account of the Indian Tribes, Their Manners and Customs. Introduction by Daniel Strock : 'Philip of Mount Hope is one of the few Indian chiefs, who are acknowledged by the. white man to have been. truly great. His fame increases with the lapse of years. A century and a half ago he was stigmatized by the historian and divine as a rebel, a murderer, a monster accursed of God and man. Fifty years later, the descendants of those who had quartered his lifeless remains, and sold his child into the burning slavery of the tropics, read the story of his misfortunes with sorrow, and found in it excuse for the evils he inflicted upon their fathers. Now, Philip is regarded a a hero and a patriot, to whom all our sympathies would be given, were it not that this fierce battle was waged against our own ancestors. The magnitude of Philip's operations against New England, deserves, it would seem, a careful attention from the historian. Hitherto this has not been given. Our principal histories of the United States are occupied with a sketch, sometimes incorrect in facts, always meager of the principal events. The histories of Philip's war, of which there are several, are mostly copied from the old accounts written during the contest, and for that reason, mere caricatures, while the many volumes on Indians, preclude, on account of their plans, an extended notice of any particular war. Add to this the contradictory nature of much information in these books, and it will be admitted that a history of King Philip's war is yet a desideratum. To supply this, as far as possible, is the object of the following pages.' Native American::Warfare Native American::Tribal Histories Native American::Biographies New England::History RBR31