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Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
Henry Rowe Schoolcraft was an American geographer, geologist, and ethnologist, best known for his work on Native American cultures and languages. He conducted extensive research among Native American tribes, particularly the Ojibwe, and published detailed accounts of their customs, language, and folklore. His major works include "Algic Researches" and "Historical and Statistical Information Respecting the History, Condition, and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United States." Schoolcraft is also credited with discovering the source of the Mississippi River in 1832.
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PREFACE. There is but one consideration of much moment necessary to be premised respecting these legends and myths. It is this: they are versions of oral relations from the lips of the Indians, and are transcripts of the thought and invention of the aboriginal mind. As such, they furnish illustrations of Indian character and opinions on subjects which the ever-cautious and suspicious minds of this...
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AN ADDRESS. To narrow the boundaries of historical mystery, which obscures the early period of the American continent, is believed to be an object of noble attainment. Can it be asserted, on the ground of accurate inquiry, that man had not set his feet upon this continent, and fabricated objects of art, long anterior to the utmost periods of the monarchies of ancient Mexico and Peru? Were there not...
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SKETCHES LIFE OF HENRY A. SCHOOLCRAFT. The early period at which Mr. Schoolcraft entered the field of observation in the United States as a naturalist; the enterprise he has from the outset manifested in exploring the geography and geology of the Great West; and his subsequent researches as an ethnologist, in investigating the Indian languages and history, are well known to the public, and may be...
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