Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe 1793-1864

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Works:	464 works in 1,148 publications in 8 languages and 19,567 library holdings
Genres:	Letters
Roles:	Compiler, Editor
Classifications:	e77, 917.7

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Publications about Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

Publications by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

Publications by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, published posthumously.

Most widely held works about Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

Narrative journal of travels through the northwestern regions of the United States, extending from Detroit through the great chain of American lakes to the sources of the Mississippi River, in the year 1820 by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft ( Book )
Schoolcraft, Longfellow, Hiawatha by Chase S Osborn ( Book )
Indian agent and wilderness scholar : the life of Henry Rowe Schoolcraft by Richard G Bremer ( Book )
Personal memoirs of a residence of thirty years with the Indian tribes on the American frontiers by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft ( Book )
Land of sky-blue waters by August William Derleth ( Book )

The Henry Rowe Schoolcraft collection : a catalogue of books in Native American languages in the Library of the Boston Athenaeum by Robert Kruse ( Book )
The sources of the Mississippi. Their discoverers, real and pretended by James H Baker ( Book )
Henry Rowe Schoolcraft : a register of his papers in the Library of Congress by Library of Congress ( Book )
Schoolcraft and Allen -- expedition to northwest Indians : Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a map and report of Lieut. Allen and H.B. [sic] Schoolcraft's visit to the Northwest Indians in 1832 by United States ( Book )
The sources of the Mississippi their discoveries, real and pretended : a report read before the Minnesota Historical Society, February 8, 1887 by James H Baker ( Book )
The sources of the Mississippi : their discoverers, real and pretended : a report by James H Baker ( Book )
Henry R. Schoolcraft by George Whitefield Samson ( Book )
The long ships passing : the story of the Great Lakes by Walter Havighurst ( Book )
The sources of the Mississippi their discoveries, real and pretended : a report by James H Baker ( Book )
Schoolcraft and Allen--expedition to northwest Indians letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a map and report of Lieut. Allen and H.B. [i.e. H.R.] Schoolcraft's visit to the northwest Indians in 1832 by James Allen ( Book )
Souvenir, Schoolcraft centennial : commemorating the discovery of Lake Itasca source of the Mississippi, 1832 July 13th, 1932 ( Book )
Schoolcraft's manuscript magazines by W. Vernon Kinietz ( Book )
Henry Rowe Schoolcraft by John F Freeman ( Book )
The Henry Rowe Schoolcraft Collection : a catalogue of books in Native American languages in the Library of the Boston Athenæum by Boston Athenaeum ( Book )
Henry Rowe Schoolcraft : chronology and bibliography by Russell M Magnaghi ( Book )

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Most widely held works by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

Travels through the northwestern regions of the United States by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft ( Book )
8 editions published between 1966 and 1980 in English and held by 888 libraries worldwide

Songs of the Chippewa by John Bierhorst ( )
4 editions published in 1974 in English and held by 634 libraries worldwide

The myth of Hiawatha, and other oral legends, mythologic and allegoric, of the North American Indians by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft ( Book )
24 editions published between 1856 and 2007 in English and held by 631 libraries worldwide

Historical and statistical information respecting the history, condition, and prospects of the Indian tribes of the United States : collected and prepared under the direction of the Bureau of Indian Affairs per act of Congress of March 3rd, 1847 by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft ( Book )
9 editions published between 1969 and 1980 in English and held by 629 libraries worldwide

The fire plume; legends of the American Indians by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft ( Book )
3 editions published in 1969 in English and held by 615 libraries worldwide
Tales of adventure and romance include warriors, magicians, chiefs, princesses, and forest beasts. They are excellent sources of legends for language arts curriculum in the schools and should stimulate all readers of Indian culture.

The ring in the prairie; a Shawnee legend by John Bierhorst ( Book )
2 editions published in 1970 in English and held by 505 libraries worldwide
Relates how an Indian warrior, his wife, and son became the first eagles on the earth.

Expedition to Lake Itasca; the discovery of the source of the Mississippi by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft ( Book )
8 editions published between 1958 and 1993 in English and held by 501 libraries worldwide

Indian legends from Algic researches (The myth of Hiawatha, Oneóta, the red race in America) and historical and statistical information respecting the Indian tribes of the United States by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft ( Book )
6 editions published between 1956 and 1991 in English and held by 467 libraries worldwide
Myths of Hiawatha, Oneata, the red race in America.

The literary voyager, or, Muzzeniegun by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft ( Book )
11 editions published between 1962 and 1997 in English and held by 428 libraries worldwide

Notes on the Iroquois : or, contributions to American history, antiquities, and general ethnology by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft ( Book )
19 editions published between 1842 and 2006 in English and held by 377 libraries worldwide
A popular account, based upon material collected for the author's Report ... to the secretary of state [of New York] transmitting the census returns in relation to the Indians ... 1845. [Albany, 1846].

Narrative journal of travels through the northwestern regions of the United States : extending from Detroit through the great chain of American lakes to the sources of the Mississippi River, performed as a member of the expedition under Governor Cass in the year 1820 by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft ( Book )
16 editions published between 1821 and 1998 in English and held by 364 libraries worldwide

History of the Indian tribes of the United States: their present condition and prospects, and a sketch of their ancient status by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft ( Book )
15 editions published between 1857 and 1983 in English and held by 358 libraries worldwide
Includes a comprehensive view of almost every aspect of the history, social mores, and struggles of the various Indian nations throughout North America; also Central and South America.

Notes on the Iroquois, or, Contributions to the statistics, aboriginal history, antiquities and general ethnology of western New York by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft ( Book )
9 editions published between 1846 and 1975 in English and held by 347 libraries worldwide

Personal memoirs of a residence of thirty years with the Indian tribes on the American frontiers : with brief notices of passing events, facts, and opinions, A.D. 1812 to A.D. 1842 by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft ( Book )
31 editions published between 1851 and 2003 in English and held by 328 libraries worldwide
This is the autobiographical account of an explorer, government administrator, and scholar whose researches into the language and customs of the Chippewa and other Native American peoples of the Great Lakes region are considered milestones in nineteenth-century ethnography. After a childhood in Hamilton, New York, Schoolcraft gained attention for the reports and journals he wrote on trips west to explore mineral deposits in Arkansas, Missouri, and the old Northwest. Later, he joined the Cass expedition to the Lake Superior region, where he served as an Indian agent in St. Mary (Sault Ste. Marie) from 1822 to 1836. During that time, he continued to make regular exploratory journeys. On one of these, in 1832, he located the Mississippi River's source at Lake Itasca, Minnesota. From 1836 to 1841, Schoolcraft served as Michigan's superintendent of Indian Affairs and helped to bring about a treaty with the Ojibwa (1836), who as a result relinquished their claims to most of northern Michigan. Schoolcraft's memoirs are noteworthy for their detailed geographic, geological, political, military, folkloric, historical, and ethnographic information. Married to a woman of Native American background, he was sympathetic to certain aspects of the Indian societies he encountered. Nevertheless, he saw the sweep of new settlers into Indian lands as inevitable, and accepted as necessary the removal of Native peoples beyond the advancing boundaries of the United States. Schoolcraft believed that soldiers, diplomats, federal officials, and missionaries could do their jobs more effectively if they learned native languages and understood Indian customs. These motives, along with his literary aspirations, gave rise to his explorations of Indian cultural life. He discusses Indian myths and legends at length and talks about how he transformed them into his own Algic Researches (1839), the work that inspired Longfellow's "Hiawatha." Schoolcraft also corresponded or visited with Washington Irving, Thomas Jefferson, Albert Gallatin, and many of the era's other leading intellectuals, and details his conversations with them.

Travels in the central portions of the Mississippi valley: comprising observations on its mineral geography, internal resources, and aboriginal population by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft ( Book )
15 editions published between 1825 and 2010 in English and held by 314 libraries worldwide

Rude pursuits and rugged peaks : Schoolcraft's Ozark journal, 1818-1819 by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft ( Book )
27 editions published between 1821 and 2004 in English and held by 305 libraries worldwide
The Osage Indians "established important trails across the Ozarks which later became major travel routes and eventually highways. The most important ran from the Springfield prairie to St. Louis and became known as the "Osage Trace," then the Kickapoo Trace, and later the White River Trace. This route eventually became Rt. 66 and then I-44."--Website: Ozarks history course syllabus, The Osage.

A view of the lead mines of Missouri including some observations on the mineralogy, geology, geography, antiquities, soil, climate, population, and productions of Missouri and Arkansas, and other sections of the western country. : accompanied by three engravings by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft ( Book )
8 editions published in 1819 in English and held by 299 libraries worldwide

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, in 1832 by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft ( Book )
11 editions published between 1834 and 1998 in English and held by 273 libraries worldwide
This is an account by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864) of his discovery of the Mississippi River's source, Lake Itasca, in 1832. Schoolcraft was an Indian agent for the region, and he assembled an expeditionary party of thirty, including Ozawindib (an Ojibway guide and interpreter), an army officer, a surgeon, a geologist, and interpreter, and a missionary. They set out with instructions from Secretary of War Lewis Cass to effect a permanent peace among the region's Native Americans, persuade them to be vaccinated against smallpox, acquire demographic and scientific information, and establish definitively the origin of the Mississippi. Expedition Through the Upper Mississippi contains anecdotes and observations about the beliefs, customs, and history of the Chippewa [Ojibway] as well as the Sioux [Dakota], the Fox [Mesquakie], the Sauk, the Menominee, the Mandans, and various other Native American groups. The narrative proceeds chronologically along the route the expedition followed, with detailed descriptions of geographical features. This volume also includes a short account of a trip along the St. Croix and Burntwood (Brule) River, and has an appendix containing statistical and linguistic data, a list of shells collected by Schoolcraft in the West and Northwestern territories, official reports, a speech by six Chippewa chiefs about the war delivered at Michilimackinac in July 1833, and a discussion of the Upper Mississippi's lead-mining country.

The Indian in his wigwam, or, Characteristics of the red race of America from original notes and manuscripts by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft ( Book )
20 editions published between 1848 and 1983 in English and held by 261 libraries worldwide
Dark grayish brown (C62) vertical fine rib cloth; gilt figure of an American Indian, blindstamped ornamental and double rule borders on front cover, repeated in blind on back cover, signed in upper and lower borders, "Leonard S. Ballou ... Binder, New York"; motif repeated on spine.

Information respecting the history, condition and prospects of the Indian tribes of the United States by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft ( Book )
39 editions published between 1852 and 2007 in English and held by 248 libraries worldwide

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