The Seminole Indians of Florida (Southeastern Classics in Archaeology, Anthropology, and History)

Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2000. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; some light shelf wear; spine is gently creased; some writing in ink on the upper portion of the front of the wrapper; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Black and white illustrated wrapper with red and black lettering. 112 very clean unmarked and uncreased informative and historical pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations! "This classic portrait of the Seminole people, written at a time when their way of life was virtually unknown to the rest of the world, was originally published by the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of Ethnology in 1889. In 1881, Reverend Clay MacCauley was asked by the bureau "to inquire into the condition and to ascertain the number" of the Seminole Indians of Florida. MacCauley, an anthropologist but without formal training in ethnology, spent three months in south Florida. When published six years later, his report was hailed by John Wesley Powell, director of the bureau, as "the first ethnologic exploration of the Seminoles of Florida ever attempted." The report describes Seminole clothing and ornaments, the palm-thatched chickees in which families lived, economic pursuits, crafts, and other aspects of everyday life. Supplementing MacCauley's report in this edition are additional materials and photographs. Clay MacCauley (1843-1925) is the author of what is considered to be one of the most informative descriptions ever written of Seminole Indian life during the 1880s..............