Newberry Library

Drawings and paintings of treaty ceremonies between 1825 and 1828, Lewis published The Aboriginal Portfolio in Philadelphia between 1835 and 1836.

*Open PDF file to see all document pages; Lamothe Cadillac's description, probably from around 1693-1697, of the French settlement at Michilimackinac, and the customs and traditions of the neighboring Indian tribes.

Shows area from James Bay to Cuba and from the headwaters of the Rio Grande to Lake Ontario.

A collection of studio portraits of Indigneous peoples, 1850-1863; 1865

ca. 1850 Tracing made by historian Pierre Margry from ca. 1675 manuscript map variously attributed to explorer Louis Joliet and royal geographer Jean Baptiste Louis Franquelin.

Tracing made ca. 1850 by historian Pierre Margry from 1697 map by French royal geographer Jean Baptiste Louis Franquelin. Based on information supplied by fur trader Pierre-Charles Le Sueur, who explored the Mississippi River valley between 1683-1701.

Tracing made ca. 1850 by historian Pierre Margry from 1673 manuscript map by explorer Jacques Marquette

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Could only locate corresponding map.