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[Captain Smith fighting the Pamaunkee Indians, 1607]

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808030


Item data

Title

[Captain Smith fighting the Pamaunkee Indians, 1607]

Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection
American History -- 1601s-1610s

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1876 - 1881

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC AME-16

Subjects

Smith, John, 1580-1631
United States -- 1600-1699
Algonquian Indians -- Virginia -- 1600-1609
Bow and arrow -- 1600-1609
Fighting -- Virginia -- 1600-1609
Pamaunkee Indians -- Virginia -- 1600-1609

Genres

Reproductive Prints

Notes

Content: Printed on image: "How they tooke him prisoner in the Oaze 1607. C. Smith bindeth a savage to his arme fighteth with the King of Pamaunkee and all his company, and slew 3 of them."
Statement Of Responsibility: Printed on border: "From Smith's General History." "[Fac-simile.]"
Content: Facsimile wood engraving possibly by James H. Richardson.

Physical Description

Wood engravings
Extent: 6 x 11 cm (2 1/2 x 4 in.)

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17613286
Barcode: 33333159301957
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 73fa6790-c52f-012f-03d4-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "[Captain Smith fighting the Pamaunkee Indians, 1607]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1876 - 1881. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/73fa6790-c52f-012f-03d4-58d385a7bc34

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1876 - 1881). [Captain Smith fighting the Pamaunkee Indians, 1607] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/73fa6790-c52f-012f-03d4-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "[Captain Smith fighting the Pamaunkee Indians, 1607]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/73fa6790-c52f-012f-03d4-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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