Smith, Rudolph Van Dyke, d. 1852.
Son of William Rudolph Smith who emigrated in 1838 with his family from Pennsylvania to Mineral Point, Wis.
The elder Smith was U.S. commissioner to the Ojibwa in 1837, a holder of numerous Wisconsin state offices, and author of Observtions on the Wisconsin Territory and Documentary History of Wisconsin (1854). His son, Rudolph, who died at age twenty-six, apparently resided among the Ojibwa and was called Haw-wan-deck by them.
From the description of An Ojibway tale : Mineral Point, Wis., 1852 / by R.V.D. Smith. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 40223832
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| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| creatorOf | Smith, Rudolph Van Dyke, d. 1852. An Ojibway tale : Mineral Point, Wis., 1852 / by R.V.D. Smith. | Newberry Library |
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| associatedWith | Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Newberry Library. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Smith, William Rudolph, 1787-1868. | person |
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| Wisconsin--Mineral Point |
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| Ojibwa Indians |
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