The powow : being a complete and an exact description of an Indian banquet, held betwixt two friendly tribes of Indians, in the southerly part of North-America, A.D. 1777 / by John Rhodes, a seaman of Workington, who was a prisoner among the most uncultivated savages, in different tribes, thirteen years, and five years in different prisons amongst the Spaniards, in South-America, and is now alive, tho' much crippled, in the 54th year of his age.

Author/creator Rhodes, John, 1755-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoOtsego [N.Y.] : Printed by E. Phinney, 1808.
Description144 pages ; 12 cm
Supplemental ContentShaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
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SeriesEarly American imprints. Second series no. 16072. ^A575643
General noteAppendix (p. [67]-144) containing an "account of Mr. Rhodes' first captivity by a tribe of savages, called Woolaways ..." is extracted from "The surprising adventures and sufferings of John Rhodes", New-York, 1798 ; Newark, 1799.
General note"There is nothing in this narrative to attest its truth, and the internal evidence is not sufficient to settle the question of its veracity ... It contains some curious details of the customs of the Indians of Central America."--Field, Indian bibl., 1873, p. 330.
References Shaw & Shoemaker 16072
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 16072).
Genre/formCaptivity narratives.

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