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Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

Born

in Guilderland, Albany County, New York, The United States

March 28, 1793

Died

December 10, 1864

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Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (March 28, 1793 – December 10, 1864) was an American geographer, geologist, and ethnologist, noted for his early studies of Native American cultures, as well as for his 1832 expedition to the source of the Mississippi River. He is also noted for his major six-volume study of American Indians in the 1850s.

He served as a United States Indian agent for a period beginning in 1822 in Michigan, where he married Jane Johnston, mixed-race daughter of a prominent Scotch-Irish fur trader and Ojibwa mother, herself a daughter of Ojibwa war chief Waubojeeg. She taught him the Ojibwe language and much about her maternal culture. They had several children, two of whom survived past childhood. She is now recognized as the first Nati ...more

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	The American Indians Their History, Condition and Prospects, from Original Notes and Manuscripts really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 1850 — 56 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral Legends, Mythologic and Allegoric, of the North American Indians 3.64 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 1856 — 102 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers 3.50 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1851 — 66 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Folktales of the North American Indian 3.68 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1916 — 61 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rude Pursuits and Rugged Peaks: Schoolcraft's Ozark Journal 1818-1819 by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, Milton D. Rafferty (Introduction) 3.67 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 3.94 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1820 — 50 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Narrative Journal of Travels Through the Northwestern Regions of the United States...from Detroit Through Great Chain of American Lakes...to the Source of the Mississippi River (1821) 3.87 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1970 — 65 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Enchanted Moccasins and Other Native American Legends 4.07 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1877 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Native American Mythology Collection: The Legends & Myths of the Achomawi, Atsugewi, Sioux, Tejas & Lenâpé Tribes. Captivating Indian Why stories & Legendary ... Tales of Thunder Bird Tootooch (Annotated) by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (Editor/Contributor), Marie L. McLaughlin, William Lewis Webber 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Notes on the Iroquois 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1847 — 60 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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