The Wampum Belt; or, The Fairest Page of History: A Tale of William Penn's Treaty with the Indians

viii, 276 pp. 8vo. Illustrated by H. Winthrop Pierce. A collection of stories of colonial America, focusing on interactions between William Penn and Native Americans, by the author of The Zig-Zag Series. A Tale of William Penn's Treaty with the Indians. Illustrated in drawings by H. Winthrop Peirce. Historical fiction based on incidents in the lives of the heroes. Story relates to the Wampum Belt, which was delivered by the Lenape Indians on the Delaware to William Penn, at the great treaty made under the elm tree at Shackamaxon, in 1682.