Originally issued by Michigan State University Press 1958, 'Schoolcraft's Expedition to Lake Itasca' contains a semi-official report of his 1832 trip to the upper Mississippi.
Schoolcraft's Indian Legends is drawn primarily from Henry Rowe Schoolcraft's 1839 edition of Algic Researches -- a rare, yet often cited, publication. However, stories from two later Schoolcraft collections, Oneota and The Myth of Hiawatha, are also included in an appendix. With a new foreword by Philip P. Mason, this book is designed to ...
This is a semiofficial report of one of the most famous expeditions in an era of famous expeditions- the Cass expedition of 1820 which left Detroit in May to explore the entire Old Northwest.
First published in 1846, "Notes on the Iroquois" is the result of a census that Henry Rowe Schoolcraft began in July 1845, of Native Americans living on reservations in central New York. He also met with Indian leaders and chroniclers, local officials familiar with Indian history, and others who had information about other aspects of Indian life ...
Ojibwa Lodge Stories, which Schoolcraft later gave the subtile "Muzzeniegun", an Ojibwa word meaning "a printed document or book", contained articles, poems and announcements on all aspects of Native life and customs. The subjects included historic Indian battles, ceremonies, superstitions, burials, fur trade, war chants and songs, totems the ...
Scientist, explorer, historian, and Indian Agent Henry Rowe Schoolcraft's name must be included in the pantheon of early nineteenth-century adventurers who were in the vanguard of American expansion into the heart of the continent. While some, individuals like William Clark, Meriwether Lewis, John C. Fremont, and Kit Carson did not stop until they ...
Artfully woven by master storytellers and told to generations of Native American children around glowing lodge fires, here are 19 enchanting tales rife with legend, myth, and fairy tale magic. Children will thrill to "Gray Eagle and His Five Brothers," "He of the Little Shell," "The Origin of the Robin," and other time-honored original stories.
It seemed desirable that before the modern materials of the Iroquois history could be well employed, we should accumulate something tangible and certain of their general polity, wars, and actual statistics, and also something of the ancient period of their earlier traditions, and lore, which might help the inquirer to clear up the boundaries of ...
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Landmark 1839 compilation of authentic Native American myths and legends includes "The Summer-Maker" (Ojibwa), "The Celestial Sisters" (Shawnee), "The Enchanted Moccasins" (Maskego), many more. Excellent resource.
Extending From Detroit Through The Great Chain Of American Lakes, To The Sources Of The Mississippi River. Performed As A Member Of The Expedition Under Governor Cass, In The Year 1820.
Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864) was an American geographer, geologist, and ethnologist, noted for his early studies of Native American cultures, as well as for his "discovery" in 1832 of the source of the Mississippi River. His wife's knowledge on Native American legends shared with Schoolcraft formed in part the source material for Longfellow ...
Two Volumes In One. This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, ...
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