Schoolcraft's Ojibwa Lodge Stories

Schoolcraft's Ojibwa Lodge Stories
Henry Schoolcraft

in 1826 Henry Schoolcraft, a native New Yorker, was living in Sault Ste. Marie, in the (then) Michigan Territory. He was in charge of Indian affairs there. As such he had a lot of contact with the native indians of the area. He was taken in by Mr. John Johnson and family when he first moved there. Mr Johnson was an indepentant fur trader, and his wife was Indian. Related to chief of the Objibwa of the area. Schoolcraft ended up marrying one of the daugthers Jane. Being in a remote area, he wrote (longhand) a literay journal, a sort of magazine, for other people in the area who were interested in literay persuits. The magazine, called the Literary Voyager, contained many stories about his observations of the indian people, as well as translated fables, and ledgens of the Objibwa. It also included a lot of poetry, both his and from indians who contributed.. I am not a big fan of poetry... Some of the stories were quite interesting.. especially as it realates to local history. Two of note were the story of the Ash tree on the hill that was removed when the fort built a stree to the water (Ashmon St). And the story of Irquois point.. which I was at least aware of, having been there.
This was interesting, although I am still interested in the history of the Indians, which this book did not address.