Research Catalog

Title

History of the Ojibway people / William W. Warren ; edited and annotated, with a new introduction by Theresa Schenck.

Author

Warren, William W. (William Whipple), 1825-1853

Publication

St. Paul : Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2009.

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Details

Additional Authors

Schenck, Theresa M.

Description

xxiv, 316 p. ; map; 23 cm.

Summary

Overview: First Published in 1885 by the Minnesota Historical Society, William W. Warren's History of the Ojibway People has long been recognized as a classic source on Ojibwe history and culture. Warren, the son of an Ojibwe woman, wrote his history in the hope of saving traditional stories for posterity even as he presented to the American public a sympathetic view of a people he believed were fast disappearing under the onslaught of a corrupt frontier population. He collected firsthand descriptions and stories from relatives, tribal leaders, and acquaintances and transcribed this oral history in terms that nineteenth-century whites could understand, focusing on warfare, tribal organizations, and political leaders.

Uniform Title

History of the Ojibways, based upon traditions and oral statements

Alternative Title

History of the Ojibways, based upon traditions and oral statements

Subjects

• History
• Warren, William W (William Whipple), 1825-1853
• Indians of North America > History
• Ojibwa Indians > History

Genre/Form

History

Note

• Originally published as: History of the Ojibways, based upon traditions and oral statements. St. Paul : Minnesota Historical Society, 1885. (Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society ; v. 5).

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-305) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Editor's introduction -- Author's preface -- 1: General account of the present local position and numbers of the Ojibways, and their connection with other tribes -- 2: Totemic division of the O-jib-ways -- 3: Origin of the Ojibways -- 4: Emigration of the Ojibways from the shores of the Atlantic ocean, to their occupation of the area of Lake Superior -- 5: Ojibway town at La Pointe -- 6: Dispersion of the Ojibways from the Island of La Pointe -- 7: Era of the discovery -- 8: Immediate consequence of their first intercourse with the white race -- 9: Account of the first French trading posts built on Lake Superior -- 10: Wars of the Ojibways with the Iroquois and O-dug-am-ees, or foxes -- 11: Taking of Mille Lacs by the Ojibways -- 12: Occupation of the St Croix river country by the Ojibways -- 13: Country about the source of the Mississippi -- 14: Progress of the Ojibways on the upper Mississippi -- 15: Occupation of the Wisconsin and Chippewa river valleys by the Ojibways --^
• 16: Ending of the French supremacy -- 17: Commencement of British supremacy -- 18: Grand expedition of the Dakotas to the sources of the Mississippi, against the Ojibways -- 19: Progress of the Ojibways on the upper Mississippi -- 20: Closing of the war between the Ojibways and Odugamies -- 21: Origin of the distinctive name of pillagers applied to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibways; and the era of smallpox -- 22: Continued progress of the Ojibways on the upper Mississippi during the end of the Eighteenth Century -- 23: Attack of a war party of Dakotas on a French trading house, on the upper Mississippi, in the year 1783 -- 24: Sources of the Mississippi become open to the enterprise of the fur trade, 1792 -- 25: John Baptiste Cadotte -- 26: Progress of the Ojibways on the Wisconsin and Chippeway Rivers -- 27: Ojibways of the Wisconsin and Chippeway Rivers -- 28: Affairs of the Ojibways on the St. Croix -- 29: Pillagers -- 30: Ojibways of the upper Mississippi --^
• 31: Ojibways of the upper Mississippi -- 32: Ojibways of the upper Mississippi -- 33: Endeavors of the British to entice the Ojibways of Lake Superior and Mississippi to join their arms in the War of 1812 -- 34: Brief sketch of the fur trade and fur traders among the Ojibways from the formation of the Northwest Company in 1787 to 1834 -- 35: Events from 1818 to 1826 -- Appendixes -- Works cited -- Index.

ISBN

• 9780873516433 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0873516435 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2008046157

OCLC

• 263498317
• SCSB-11746277

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library