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Captain Smith fighting the Pamunkee Indians, 1607

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Image ID

808027


Item data

Title

Captain Smith fighting the Pamunkee Indians, 1607

Collection

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

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 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

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Prints

Notes

Content: Printed on image: "How they tooke him prisoner in the Oaxe 1607. C. Smith bindeth a savage to his arme fighteth with the King of Pamaunkee and all his company, and slew 3 of them." Printed on border: "From Smith's "General History." [Fac-simile.]"
Source Note: Popular history of the United States, from the first discovery of the western hemisphere by the Northmen to the end of the Civil War. (New York : Scribner, c1876-1881) Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878), Author.

Physical Description

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

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17613286
Barcode: 33333159301924
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 74629a50-c52f-012f-3d69-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1876

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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 Pamunkee Indians, 1607" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1876 - 1881. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/74629a50-c52f-012f-3d69-58d385a7bc34

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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 Pamunkee Indians, 1607 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/74629a50-c52f-012f-3d69-58d385a7bc34

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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 Pamunkee Indians, 1607" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 6, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/74629a50-c52f-012f-3d69-58d385a7bc34

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