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One of only 20 copies. This book tells the story of Ratified Indian Treaty No. 156 of 1829, in which the Ho-Chunk were coerced into selling the hugely lucrative "lead mine country," some 2,762,880 acres. It was the first of three treaties that banished the Ho-Chunk from their ancestral homelands in Wisconsin and Illinois, and led to a split in the Ho-Chunk Nation. The story exposes an array of characters - on the one hand, the "Great Father" (the president of the United States), generals, governors, Indian agents, fur traders and many others who play significant roles in the treaty's orchestration, revealing a tapestry of power, wealth, familial connections and influence that extended well beyond the council fire - on the other, the chiefs, head men, families, and friends of the Ho-Chunk. The 1829 boundary is traced over a visual backdrop of USGS 7.5-minute maps and the phonetically spelled names and the English names of every Ho-Chunk signatory are drawn within that defined space. Transcripts of the official "Journal" (recording the negotiations at the council meetings prior to the signing), correspondence, and Congressional debates are woven through the maps.

Edition limited to 200 copies, folio, pp. 153, [2]; this is one of 100 copies bound in America in half cloth, with paste paper covered boards, paper spine label; beautifully illustrated throughout with wood engravings by Schanilec, including a magnificent foldout panorama of the Welsh countryside, and color linocuts by David Esslemont; also tipped in are original leaves from books produced by each press. A record of email correspondence between David Esslemont and Gaylord Schanilec with additional notes and illustrations. With introductions by J. Andrew Armacost and David Chambers. "In one way, the correspondence of Gaylord and David is a daybook chronicling the seasons of the year in Wisconsin and Wales. In another way, it is a diary, with production notes, of editing, printing, and producing some important books. It is also a log of two personal journeys, a record of the writers struggles to manage personal lives and professional lives in the midst of children, book fairs, accolades, and calamities. Still another important story is Gaylord and David's continuing dialogue about their current printing projects and the implications of their individual printing decisions. These conversations raise a number of interesting issues," (introduction). Quarter to Midnight A.225.c.