Portrait of Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

Henry Rowe Schoolcraft was an American geographer, geologist, and ethnologist, noted for his early studies of Native American cultures, as well as for his 1832 expedition to the source of the Mississippi River. He is also noted for his major six-volume study of Native Americans commissioned by Congress and published in the 1850s.

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The Indian Fairy Book From the Original Legends

"The Indian Fairy Book" by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft is a collection of Native American fairy tales written in the early 20th century. This anthology fea...

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An Address, Delivered Before the Was-ah Ho-de-no-son-ne or New Confederacy of the Iroquois Also, Genundewah, a Poem

"An Address, Delivered Before the Was-ah Ho-de-no-son-ne or New Confederacy of the Iroquois" by Henry R. Schoolcraft is a scholarly address delivered ...

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Incentives to the Study of the Ancient Period of American History An address, delivered before the New York Historical Society, at its forty-second anniversary, 17th November 1846

"Incentives to the Study of the Ancient Period of American History by Schoolcraft" by Henry R. Schoolcraft is a historical address delivered at the Fo...

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Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers

"Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers" by Henry R. Schoolcraft is a historical account wri...

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Narrative of an Expedition Through the Upper Mississippi to Itasca Lake, the Actual Source of This River Embracing an Exploratory Trip Through the St. Croix and Burntwood (or Broule) Rivers

"Narrative of an Expedition Through the Upper Mississippi to Itasca Lake" by Henry R. Schoolcraft is a historical account written in the early 19th ce...

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Alhalla, or the Lord of Talladega: A Tale of the Creek War. With Some Selected Miscellanies, Chiefly of Early Date.

"Alhalla, or the Lord of Talladega: A Tale of the Creek War" by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft is a historical novel written in the early 19th century. The bo...

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Notes on the Iroquois or, Contributions to the Statistics, Aboriginal History, Antiquities and General Ethnology of Western New-York

"Notes on the Iroquois" by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft is a historical account written in the mid-19th century. The work serves as a detailed exploration o...

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The Indian in his Wigwam; Or, Characteristics of the Red Race of America From Original Notes and Manuscripts

"The Indian in his Wigwam; Or, Characteristics of the Red Race of America" by Henry R. Schoolcraft is an ethnographic account written in the mid-19th ...

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Western Scenes and Reminiscences Together with Thrilling Legends and Traditions of the Red Men of the Forest

"Western Scenes and Reminiscences" by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft is a historical account written in the mid-19th century. The book recounts the author's p...

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The American Indians Their History, Condition and Prospects, from Original Notes and Manuscripts

"The American Indians" by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft is a historical account written in the mid-19th century. This work delves into the history, condition...

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Algic Researches, Comprising Inquiries Respecting the Mental Characteristics of the North American Indians, First Series. Indian Tales and Legends, Vol. 2 of 2

"Algic Researches, Comprising Inquiries Respecting the Mental Characteristics of the North American Indians" by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft is a collection...

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Algic Researches, Comprising Inquiries Respecting the Mental Characteristics of the North American Indians, First Series. Indian Tales and Legends, Vol. 1 of 2

"Algic Researches, Comprising Inquiries Respecting the Mental Characteristics of the North American Indians" by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft is a scientific...

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Literature of the Indian Languages A Bibliographical Catalogue of Books, Translations of the Scriptures, and Other Publications in the Indian Tongues of the United States, With Brief Critical Notes

"Literature of the Indian Languages" by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft is a scholarly publication written during the mid-19th century. The book serves as a bi...

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Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820 Resumed and Completed, by the Discovery of its Origin in Itasca Lake, in 1832

"Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River" by Henry R. Schoolcraft is a historical account written in th...

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Scenes and Adventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas

"Scenes and Adventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas" by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft is an exploratory account ...

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The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral Legends, Mythologic and Allegoric, of the North American Indians

"The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral Legends, Mythologic and Allegoric, of the North American Indians" by Henry R. Schoolcraft is a collection of Nat...

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