indians

"Insula Canibalium" - Indians attacking fleet of Spanish ships; scene ...

Illus. in: Plautius, Nova Typis Transacta Navigatio, 1492. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

European man in metal helmet firing on Indians while other Indians wat...

Title devised by cataloger. Photograph of a painting, possibly by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris; possibly of Spanish colonization in 16th or 17th century. No Detroit Publishing Co. no. Gift; State Historical Society ... More

[Ferdinand II, King of Spain, pointing across Atlantic to where Columb...

Reference copy filed in P&P Biog. File under Fernando V. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Indians; Ships of Discovery - Public domain illuminated manuscript

2 print title page. Illus. in: Amerigo Vespucci, De Ora Antartica per regem Portugallie inventa (Strassburg, 1505) (Hupfüff). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

HOSP_21697_DeSotoRockBronzePlaque_1932, Hot Springs Arkansas

Bronze plaque (a) that was removed from the "DeSoto Rock" on Arlington Lawn sometime in the early 2000's, because the information on it was inaccurate. It was given to the Park April 30, 1932 by the Daughter's... More

The Imperial Troops Bringing Civilization to the Indians, from The Vic...

Public domain photo of Dutch art print, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Les singvlaritez de la France Antarctiqve,avtrement nommeé Amérique:...

Picryl description: Public domain illustrated travel, exploration, and geography book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Title page of A briefe and true report of the new found land of Virgi...

Engraving by Theodor de Bry. Illus. in: A briefe and true report..., Francoforti ad Moenvm : Typus I. Wecheli, sumtibus ver T. de Bry, 1590. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, o... More

Group of cannibal Indians dismembering and cooking captive

Text in German.

Johannes Staden helps to defend the Indians who captured him against ...

Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, part 3, Frankfurt, 1593, p. 35. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Johannes Lerii's account of the description of the method the Indians ...

Indians barbecuing and eating parts of human bodies. Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, pt. 3, Frankfurt, 1593, p. 155. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption... More

Ceremonies used when killing enemies and eating these. Methods of kill...

Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, Frankfurt, 1593, p. 83. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Johannes Staden being kept prisoner on San Maro by Indians

Who are fighting other Indians. Public domain photograph of a ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Johannes Lerii's account of Caraibes Indians with rattles dancing and ...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage illustrated book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Illustrations of Johannes Staden's description of the Tuppin Inwa Ind...

Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, pt. 3, Frankfurt, 1593, p. 56. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Johannes Staden goes to war with the Indians

Indians cooking, eating, relaxing, etc. Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, part 3, Frankfurt, 1593, p. 52. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Captio... More

The Tuppin Ikin Indians fight the Tuppin Inwa, who are holding Johanne...

Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, pt. 3, Frankfurt, 1593, p. 54. Same illus. used a second time on p. 189 in account of Johannes Lerii. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old ... More

Battle between Portuguese and Indians and Garasu near the harbor of Ma...

Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, Frankfurt, p. 5. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

[Illustrations of Johannes Staden's description of the Tuppin Inwa Ind...

Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, pt. 3, Frankfurt, 1593, p. 70. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

The women and children [nude Indians] eat the intestines of the killed...

Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, pt. 3, Frankfurt, 1593, p. 87. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Johannes Staden taken prisoner at San Maro by Indians

Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Johannes Staden tries to swim to a French boat in order to escape, but...

Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, Frankfurt, 1593, p. 50. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Johannes Lerii's account of Indians persecuted by demons whom they cal...

Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, pt. 3, Frankfurt, 1593, p. 215. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

[Columbus landing on Hispaniola, Dec. 6, 1492; greeted by Arawak India...

Engraving by DeBry. Illus. in: DeBry, America, pt. 4, plate IX. Reference copy may be in Biog. File. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: RBD?; Columbus; Indians; Haiti.

[Indians greeting Francis Drake]

Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, 16th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

The brave old Hendrick, the great Sachem or chief of the Mohawk Indian...

Public domain photograph of portrait art print, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Florida Indians, disguised under deerskins, hunting deer]

Native men wearing deerskins while hunting deer. Public domain photograph - historical image of Florida, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Delaware Indians, no date, Extract of Land Claims

Extract of Land Claims Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[How the Spanish were welcomed by the Indians]

Illus. in: DeBry, Americae (1618). Reference copy may be in LOT 4409A. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ind. & white man; DeBry; Shelf.

[2 illus. of warfare of Canadian Indians]

Indians & French attacking hexagonal Indian fortification. Illus. in: Champlain, Les Voyages, 1619. plate between pp. 254-5. Ref. copy may be in SSF(Gr) - INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA CANADA 16 ? This record contai... More

[4 illus. of Indians: warrior in armor; woman grinding maize; woman we...

Illus. in: Samuel Champlain, Voyages et Descouvertes..., 1619, fol. 87 verso. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Indians Misc.... More

[Four Native American Indians of New France (Canada): two men at top i...

Illus. in: Voyages et descouvertures faites en la Nouvelle France, depuis l'année 1615 ... / Samuel de Champlain. Paris : C. Collet, 1619, leaf 23 recto.

[2 illus. of warfare of Canadian Indians]

Indians attacking and killing other Indians and Frenchmen; bodies burning beside large cross.

[Ship of Dutch navigator Willem Cornelis Schouten (1567?-1625) being g...

Illus. in: Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas. Description des Indes Occidentales, qu'on appelle ajourdhuy le Nouveau Monde (Amsterdam, 1622). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption ... More

[Map of northern coast of S. America, showing mouths of Amazon and Ori...

Illus. in: Reys-Boeck van het rijcke, Brasilien (Dordrecht?,1624). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, and subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: Maps; South America; Snakes; Braz... More

D. Philip. IV. Hisp. et Ind. regi opt. max. Ioannes de Solorzano Perei...

Public domain photograph related to the history of Spain, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The figure of the Indians' fort or palizado in New England and the man...

The village of the Pequot Indians which was attacked and destroyed by Captain Underhill and Captain Mason in 1637. Illus. in: Nevves from America / John Underhill. London : Printed by J.D. for Peter Cole, [...]... More

[Murder of the missionaries by the Indians]

Illus. in: Historiae Canadensis - New France. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Canada; Relig. Missionaries; Indians & w.; Shelf.

[Indians hunting fowl]

Population of Albany County & Indians 1689 - 1698.

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Indians marching upon a visit, onto a feast. Lacenta, his lady, [a...

Engraving by I. Savage. Illus. in: Lionel Wafer, A New Voyage ... the Isthmus of America, 1699, p. 140. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: B.I.; Indians.

A painting of a large field with a river running through it. George ca...

A painting of a grassy hill with a large group of people standing on top of it / A painting of a landscape with a large field and a river / Public domain art photo.

A general map of the middle British colonies in America: Viz. Virginia...

Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Shows "West longitude from London" and "from Philadelphia." Scale ca. 1:2,250,000. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 712 Available also through the Library of Congress... More

[Native American mortuary customs: row of Indians carrying bodies over...

Illus. in: Moeurs des sauvages ameriquains, comparées aux moeurs des premiers temps / Joseph Francois Lafitau. Paris : Saugrain l'aîné [etc.], 1724, v. 2, pl. 22, opp. p. 456.

[Map of the several nations of Indians to the Northwest of South Carol...

"This map describing the scituation [sic] of the several nations of Indians to the NW of South Carolina was coppyed [sic] from a draught drawn & painted on a deer skin by an Indian Cacique and presented to Fran... More

A general map of the middle British colonies, in America; viz Virginia...

Scale ca. 1:2,250,000. Cover title: Middle British colonies in America: Original wrappers. Hand colored, coloration does not agree with legend. Relief shown pictorially. Shows "Longitude west of London" and "fr... More

A general map of the middle British colonies, in America; viz. Virgini...

Scale ca. 1:2,270,000. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Philadelphia and London. "Sold by R. Dodsley in Pall-Mall, London, & by the author in Philadelphia." Includes inscription to "Thomas Pownall, Esq... More

A general map of the middle British colonies in America: Viz. Virginia...

Scale ca. 1:2,250,000. Hand colored. Prime meridian: London and Philadelphia. Relief shown pictorially. Includes numerous notes, especially concerning inland water communications and natural resources, 3 distan... More

A general map of the middle British colonies in America: Viz. Virginia...

Scale ca. 1:2,250,000. Hand colored. Prime meridian: Philadelphia and London. Relief shown pictorially. Includes historical notes, text, 3 distance charts, and inset of "A sketch of the remaining part of Ohio R... More

A general map of the middle British colonies in America viz. Virginia,...

Scale ca. 1:2,250,000. Cover titles: An analysis of a map of the middle British colonies in America. Middle British colonies in America. Hand colored. Prime meridian: London and Philadelphia. Relief shown picto... More

A sachem of the Abenakee Nation rescuing an English officer from the I...

Print shows a Native chief holds back two Natives who were about to kill an Englishman. Illus. in: Bickerstaff's Boston almanack, .... Boston : 1768, p. E2. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings an... More

A general map of the middle British colonies in America, viz. Virginia...

Scale ca. 1:2,250,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Shows "West longitude from London" and "from Philadelphia." Differs from other copies in absence of Connecticut River north of "Great Falls." Diffe... More

A general map of the middle British colonies in America, viz. Virginia...

Scale ca. 1:2,250,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Shows "West longitude from London" and "from Philadelphia." Differs from other copies in absence of Connecticut River north of "Great Falls." Also ... More

A general map of the middle British colonies in America, viz. Virginia...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, city plan, atlas, cartoghraphy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

A general map of the middle British colonies in America, viz. Virginia...

Scale ca. 1:2,250,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Shows "West longitude from London" and "from Philadelphia." Differs from other copies in absence of Connecticut River north of "Great Falls." Also ... More

A plan of part of the rivers Tombecbe, Alabama, Tensa, Perdido, & Scam...

Scale ca. 1:126,720. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown pictorially. Cadastral map. Drawn from the original map in British archives "Col. Off. 5. Vol. 73, pp. 103-104. (Old A.W.I. 276)." Inclu... More

A general map of the middle British colonies in America, viz. Virginia...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, city plan, atlas, cartoghraphy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Broadside of Revolutionary War period: Tea Destroyed by Indians

Poem. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Rare Bk. Div.; Shelf.

Tea destroyed by Indians. [1773].

Positive Photostat.; Verse.; Not in Evans. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 3 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection... More

"Tea destroyed by Indians" - Public domain book illustration, Library ...

Poem honoring the Boston Tea Party, Dec. 1773. Reference copy may be in LOT 4412N. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: U.S. Hist. Dec. 1773; Boston Hist.; Shelf.

A Map of the lands ceded by the Cherokee Indians to the State of South...

Scale ca. 1:253,440. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Prime meridian: Charleston. Relief shown by hachures. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1522 Available also through the Library of Congress Web si... More

2 Cahokia: Peace or War with the Indians

This mural depicts George Rogers Clark in the late summer of 1778 in Cahokia, at a council he called with local Indian tribes in an effort to negotiate peace. By convincing Hamilton’s Indian allies to switch s... More

[Allegorical cartouche showing West Indians harvesting cane, a Native ...

Illus. in: De nieuwe groote lichtende zee-fakkel ... / Claes Janszoon Vooght. Amsterdam : G.H. van Keulen, 1782, no. 1. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 gr... More

A return of the number of inhabitants in the State of Connecticut, Feb...

Positive Photostat.; Census.; Not in Evans. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 3, Folder 63.

Photo of Penn's Treaty with the Indians - Public domain dedication

Public domain photo of a 3d object, United Kingdom, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Appraisal of articles used on Clark's expedition against the Wabash In...

Picryl description: Public domain historic political document page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Penn's Treaty with the Indians

Public domain photo of a 3d object, United Kingdom, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John Boydell - William Penn's Treaty with the Indians (Furnishing Fabr...

Public domain photograph of textile 3d object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl Description.

[Title page of narrative of the captivity and suffering of Benjamin Gi...

Illus. in: William Walton, Narrative of Benjamin Gilbert, Philadelphia, 1790. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: RBD; BI WORKS; BI; Indians Attacks...; Pa. Hist.; Shelf.

Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and Henry Knox, June 20, 1793, I...

Indians and Spanish Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[Indians dancing around two people at stake by fire] / S. Folwell, del...

Reference copy also available in LOT 4709-K. Illus. in: Affecting history of the dreadful distresses of Frederic Manheim's family, 1794, vol. 15, no. 3, frontis.

The receding race; or the last of the Indians

5153 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Colton, Zahm & Roberts.

Assiniboin indianer. Indiens Assiniboins. Assiniboin Indians

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Bodmer, Ch. check: LC-USZ62-39384?

Kabuki Performance Featuring Red Indians and Kubuki Actors

Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print, Ukiyo-e, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Assiniboin baumgräber - tombeaux des Assiniboins dans des arbres - tom...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Bodmer, Karl.

John Eliot Preaching to the Indians

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Thomas Jefferson to Delaware and Shawnee Indians, February 10, 1802

Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Choctaw Indians, October 1803, Memo on Land Purchase

Memo on Land Purchase Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Thomas Jefferson, January 8, 1805, Note on Indians and Foreign Affairs

Note on Indians and Foreign Affairs

portrait from "[The History of Mexico. Collected from Spanish and Mexi...

This image has been taken from scan 000018 from volume 02 of "[The History of Mexico. Collected from Spanish and Mexican historians, from manuscripts, and ancient paintings of the Indians. Illustrated by charts... More

map from "[The History of Mexico. Collected from Spanish and Mexican h...

This image has been taken from scan 000010 from volume 01 of "[The History of Mexico. Collected from Spanish and Mexican historians, from manuscripts, and ancient paintings of the Indians. Illustrated by charts... More

Thomas Jefferson to Lewis Cook and Jacob Francis, May 5, 1808, of the ...

of the St. Regis Indians Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Captain Lewis & Clark holding a council with the Indians

Illus. in: A journal of the voyages and travels of a corps of discovery : under the command of Capt. Lewis and Capt. Clarke of the Army of the United States [...] during the years 1804, 1805 and 1806 [...] by P... More

map from "[An account of the British Settlement of Honduras. ... To wh...

This image has been taken from scan 000008 from "[An account of the British Settlement of Honduras. ... To which are added, Sketches of the Manners and Customs of the Mosquito Indians, preceded by the Journal o... More

Two Indians and a White Man in a Canoe

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Early Rockets, NASA history collection

During the early introduction of rockets to Europe, they were used only as weapons. Enemy troops in India repulsed the British with rockets. Later, in Britain, Sir William Congreve developed a rocket that could... More

[Map of the camp of Lt. Col. John R. Campbell on the bank of the Missi...

Relief shown pictorially. Shows the Miami's surprise attack on Lt. Col. Campbell's camp in Marion city region on December 18th, 1812. Title devised by cataloger. Pen-and-ink, and pencil. Minimal level catalogin... More

Two Indians and a White Man in a Canoe

Public domain image, 17th-18th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dance of the Indians of the Mission of St. Joseph in New California / ...

Six Native Americans with elaborate body markings and hairstyles, dancing. Public domain scan of 18th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Proposals for publishing by subscription the life of Major General And...

On verso: 2-90.244.20. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 174, Folder 4a.

Map by which the Creek Indians gave their statement at Fort Strother o...

Shows Alabama and Georgia from the Tombigbee River in the west to the southern Great Smoky Mountains and the Savannah River in the east and indicating U.S. Army forts in that region. Relief shown by hachures. T... More

John Eliot Preaching to the Indians

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Indians Lamenting the Approach of the White Man (from McGuire Scrapboo...

Public domain reproduction of art print, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

map from "A journal of a mission to the Indians of the British Provinc...

This image has been taken from scan 000005 from "A journal of a mission to the Indians of the British Provinces, of New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, and the Mohawks, on the Ouse, or Grand River, Upper Canada". T... More

coat of arms from "[The Substance of a Journal during a Residence at t...

This image has been taken from scan 000002 from "[The Substance of a Journal during a Residence at the Red River Colony, British North America; and frequent Excursions among the North-West American Indians, in ... More

A new map of the United States with the additional territories : on an...

At lower right: "Atlantic Souvenir for 1829." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vendor: Bernard J. Shapero Books (London) Acquisitions control no. 2007-228

Brass Button (FOUS 7054) - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

A stylized brass button with a five-petal flower design. According to archeologist, William J. Hunt, this button was probably machine made after 1830.

Brass Button (FOUS 7050) - coin, public domain photograph

A stylized brass button. According to archeologist, William J. Hunt, plain buttons were manufactured between 1800 and 1830. Since this button has an eleven-petalled flower design, we can assume it was manufactu... More

Washington State from "Adventures on the Columbia River, including the...

This image has been taken from scan 000489 from "Adventures on the Columbia River, including the narrative of a residence of six years on the western side of the Rocky Mountains, among various tribes of Indians... More

Projectile Point (FOUS 85666) - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...

As early as 1832, George Catlin noted that American Indians used metal-tipped arrows. This metal point is trapezoidal in shape with tapered and pointed end.