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EASTMAN, MRS. MARY. Dahcotah; or, Life and Legends of the Sioux Around Fort Snelling. Preface by Mrs. C.M. Kirtland. Illustrated from Drawings by Captain Eastman. New York: John Wiley, 1849. 1st ed. 8vo. 11, [1], 267 pp. Lithographed plates by Seth Eastman. Orig. cloth, spine very worn. Last leaf lacks one word from running head. Foxed. $325.00
Wright I, 890. Eastman's first book, illustrated by her husband. Based upon seven years residence among the Northwest Indians, "...she made an important contribution to knowledge of [the Sioux] by faithfully depicting its life and legends." --NAW. Purportedly the basis for Longfellow's "The Song of Hiawatha."