# ForgeMesh Library E011 — Native American & Early American Narratives Shelf

> ForgeMesh Library E011 — Native American & Early American Narratives Shelf is a paid API for AI agents from library.forgemesh.io, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Returns a ranked list of up to 50 public-domain books from the E011 curated shelf, focused on Native American history, oral legends, and early American captivity narratives, with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/e011
- Price: $0.003/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/forgemesh-library-e011-native-american-early-american-narratives-shelf-e8e528b7
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_QvHvfIdtLDoKn7QHEX7dZ

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability forgemesh-library-e011-native-american-early-american-narratives-shelf-e8e528b7 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up the list of public-domain books from the Native American and early American narratives shelf — show me up to 30 titles so I can pick one to read in full?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a curated, ranked list of public-domain books specifically focused on Native American history, oral legends, captivity narratives, and early American frontier literature. It is ideal for discovery and browsing before drilling down into full-text retrieval. Prefer it over general full-text search when you want a structured shelf overview rather than passage-level search results.

## Known failure modes

- Requesting a limit greater than 50 may return an error or be capped at 50
- Network or payment failure (x402 protocol) may prevent access
- Empty or partial results if the shelf index is temporarily unavailable
- Invalid limit type (non-integer) may cause a validation error

## How this service works

Curated shelf: E011 — 524 public-domain books including Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson, The Black Hawk War Including a Review of Black Hawk's Life, The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral Legends, Mythologic and Allegoric, of the North American Indians. Returns a ranked list with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval. No license, no API key required.

## Output

A ranked list of public-domain book titles (up to the requested limit, default 20, max 50) from the E011 curated shelf, including titles such as 'Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson' and 'The Myth of Hiawatha.' Each entry includes drill-down routes that can be used to retrieve the full text of individual books.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "limit": {
   "type": "integer",
   "description": "Max books to return (default 20, max 50)"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "books": [
   {
    "year": null,
    "title": "Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson",
    "author": "Rowlandson, Mary White",
    "book_id": 851,
    "subjects": [],
    "download_count": 29301
   }
  ],
  "count": 5,
  "shelf": "E011",
  "coverage": {
   "target": 61015,
   "indexed": 61015
  },
  "drill_down": [
   "/book-metadata",
   "/book-chapter",
   "/book-quotes",
   "/literature-search"
  ]
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/forgemesh-library-e011-native-american-early-american-narratives-shelf-e8e528b7/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from library.forgemesh.io](https://www.zero.xyz/host/library.forgemesh.io/llms.txt)