Identifier: indianlifeindian00copw (find matches)
Title: Indian life and Indian history
Year: 1860 (1860s)
Authors: Copway, George, 1818-1863?
Subjects: Ojibwa Indians
Publisher: Boston, A. Colby and Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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at homeI look for an antidote for this evil, which they as wellas myself must most sincerely regret. Friends. Christians, your love for mankind extendsbeyond the border. Your love for mankind has pene-trated the forests, and is to-day shedding its holy influ-ence on many a happy group assembled around abirchen fire. May you not tire or grow faint. The history of the Ojibways like that of other In-lian tribes is treasured up in traditionary lore. It hasDcen passed dcnvn from age to ago on the tido of soiig, PREFACE. XI for there is much poetry in the narrative of the oldsage as he dispenses his facts and fancies to the listen-ing group that throng around him. x\s the first volume of Indian history written by anIndian, with a hope that it may in some degree bene-fit his nation, and be the means of awakening an inter-est for the red-men of America in those whose homesare where they once lived and loved, this work is sentforth tremblingly, yet with hope by its Author. KAH-GE-GA-GAH.BOWH,
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CHAPTER I. THEIR COUNTRY. The extent of territory occupied by the Ojibwaynation, is the largest of any Indian possessions of whichthere is any definite knowledge. Wlien the Champlain traders met them in 1610, itseastern boundary was marked by the waters of LakesHuron and Michigan. The mountain ridge, lyingbetween Lake Superior and the frozen Bay, was itsnorthern barrier. On the west, a forest, beyond whichan almost boundless prairie. On the south, a valley,by Lake Superior, thence to the southern part ofMichigan. The land within these boundaries hasalways been known as the country of the Ojibways.It comprises some of the most romantic and beautifulscenery. There are crystal waters flowing over rockybeds, reflecting the mighty trees that for centurieshave reared their stout branches above them. Thereare dense forests which no man has entered, whichhave never waked an echo to the woodmans axe, or 14 TRADITIUNAL HISTORY OF .sounded with the sharp report of a sportsiTiairs rifle.Here are

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