History of the Ojibway people

Book

History of the Ojibway people / William W. Warren ; with an introduction by W. Roger Buffalohead.

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

Record details

ISBN: 087351162X (pbk.)
ISBN: 9780873511629 (pbk.)
Physical Description: xvii p., p. 7-411 : port. ; 23 cm.
Edition: Reprint ed.
Publisher: St. Paul : Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1984.

Content descriptions

General Note:: Reprint. Originally published: 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, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Introduction / by W. Roger Buffalohead -- Memoir of William W. Warren / by J. Fletcher Williams -- Preface -- ch. 1. General account of the present, local position and numbers of the Ojibways, and their connection with other tribes -- ch. 2. Totemic division of the O-jib-ways -- ch. 3. Origin of the Ojibways -- ch. 4. Emigration of the Ojibways from the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, to their occupation of the area of Lake Superior -- ch. 5. The Ojibway town at La Pointe -- ch. 6. Dispersion of the Ojibways from the Island of La Pointe -- ch. 7. Era of discovery -- ch. 8. The immediate consequence of their first intercourse with the white race -- ch. 9. Account of the first french trading posts built on Lake Superior -- ch. 10. Wars of the Ojibways with the Iroquois and O-dug-a-ees, or Foxes -- ch. 11. Taking of Mille Lacs by the Ojibways -- ch. 12. Occupation of the St. Croix River country by the Ojibways -- ch. 13. The country about the source of the Mississippi -- ch. 14. Progress of the Ojibways on the Upper Mississippi -- ch. 15. Occupation of the Wisconsin and Chippewa River Valleys by the Ojibways -- ch. 16. Ending of the french supremacy -- ch.17. Commencement of british supremacy -- ch. 18. Grand expedition of the Dakotas to the sources of the Mississippi, against the Ojibways -- ch. 19. Progress of the Ojibways on the Upper Mississippi -- ch. 20. Closing of the war between the Ojibways and Odugamies -- ch. 21. Origin of the distinctive name of Pillagers applied to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibways; and era of the smallpox -- ch. 22. Continued progress of the Ojibways on the Upper Mississippi during the end of the eighteenth century -- ch. 23. Attack of a war party of Dakotas on a french trading house, on the Upper Mississippi, in the year 1783 -- ch. 24. The sources of the Mississippi become open to the enterprise of the fur trade, 1792 -- ch. 25. John Baptiste Cadotte -- ch. 26. Progress of the Ojibways on the Wisconsin and Chippeway Rivers -- ch. 27. Ojibways of the Wisconsin and Chippeway Rivers -- ch. 28. Affairs of the Ojibways on the St. Croix -- ch. 29. The Pillagers -- ch. 30. Ojibways of the Upper Mississippi -- ch. 31. Ojibways of the Upper Mississippi -- ch. 32. Ojibways of the Upper Mississippi -- ch. 33. Endeavors of the British to entice the Ojibways of Lake Superior and Mississippi to join their arms in the War of 1812 -- ch. 34. A brief sketch of the fur trade and fur traders among the Ojibways from the formation of the Northwest Company in 1787 to 1834 -- ch. 35. Events from 1818 to 1826.