[INDIAN LAWS - CHEROKEE]
Compiled laws of the Cherokee Nation Published by Authority of the National Council. Tahlequah: National Advocate Print, 1881. 20th century cloth with red and black lettering labels. 8 5/8 x 5 3/8 inches (22 x 13 cm); 370, [vi] pp. Faint Bar Association stamp on title (also in blind), front endpaper detached; Together with [Digatlinanvhi dikahnawadvsdi tsalagi ayeli deuhvi] -- title in Cherokee script. [Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation]: 1881. Library cloth, red and black leather spine labels. 8 5/8 x 5 3/8 inches (22 x 13 cm); 335, [vii] pp. Faint Bar Association stamp on title, slight tear with loss to upper margin of title.
Compiled by John Lynch Adair (Ustinalunti), the first work was issued in an edition of 1000 copies. The Cherokee translation (using types based on the the Cherokee syllabary devised by Sequoyah) was made by Hiram Terrell Landrum. Hargrett 41, 42.