Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years With the Indian Tribes On the American Frontiers

Cover Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years With the Indian Tribes On the American Frontiers
Genres: Nonfiction
By Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, an American geographer, geologist, and ethnologist, noted for his early studies of Native American cultures. With brief notices of passing events, facts, and opinions, A. D. 1812 to A. D. 1842. These memoires appear to be a transcript of author’s daily journals written during the Cass and Doty expedition in 1820 and serving as Indian agent at Sault Ste. Marie and as Michigan's superintendent of Indian Affairs. The book offers much detailed information concerning geographic, political, military, historical, and ethnographic matters, some facts being given by his wife, Jane Johnston.
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