George Johnston papers, 1819-1858.

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George Johnston papers, 1819-1858.

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Typed and photostatic copies of letters from Henry R. Schoolcraft, requesting information about the legends and language of the Ojibwe; letters by Ramsay Crooks and Dr. Edward Purcell; notes on Ojibwe historical lore; and Johnston's reminiscences of his life as an interpreter and early resident of Sault Ste. Marie, mentioning treaties there (1820) and at Fond du Lac (1826), and running the Ojibwe-Dakota boundary line (1835). Reserve materials are handwritten letters from Schoolcraft to Johnson writing from Detroit and describing business conditions and Indian relations on the frontier (1831, 1833).

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Purcell, Edward, approximately 1785-1825

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Johnston, George, 1790-1861.

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Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe, 1793-1864

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Epithet: Vice-president of the American Ethnological Society British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x0000a9 Author, Indian agent and ethnologist. From the description of Henry Rowe Schoolcraft papers, 1826-1841. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418398 Henry Schoolcraft was an ethnologist, geologist, Indian agent, and glass manufacturer. From th...

Crooks, Ramsay, 1787-1859

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Born at Greenock, Scotland, Jan. 2, 1787, and emigrated to Montreal at the age of 16. Entered the employ of a fur trader, Robert Dickson, at Mackinac, but soon, in 1806, moved on to St. Louis and formal partnership with Robert McClellan for trade on the upper Missouri. In 1810 the partnership was dissolved, Crooks returned to Canada, and there joined the recruits for the proposed overland journey to Astoria. He became a partner in Astor's Pacific Fur Company, but after a disheartening journey re...