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	Henry Schoolcraft - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (March 28, 1793–December 10, 1864) was an American geographer, geologist, and ethnologist, noted for his early studies of Native American cultures, as well as for his discovery in 1832 of the source of the Mississippi River.
		The nearby Schoolcraft River, the first major tributary of the Mississippi, was later named in his honor.
		Schoolcraft County, Michigan and the village of Schoolcraft, Michigan are named in his honor.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Henry_Schoolcraft (697 words)

	Henry Rowe Schoolcraft - The "Lewis And Clark" of The Ozarks
		Henry Rowe Schoolcraft - The "Lewis And Clark" of The Ozarks
		Henry Rowe Schoolcraft – The “Lewis And Clark” of The Ozarks
		Schoolcraft and Pettibone were often hungry due to their inability to obtain food on their own and found themselves trading with or relying on the hospitality of the locals for their survival.
	web.umr.edu /~cwatkin/cwome/article46-48combined.htm (3013 words)

	Schoolcraft Learning Community
		Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864) is recognized as the European "discoverer" (in 1832) of the source of the Mississippi River.
		Originally trained as a mineralogist, circumstances and curiousity led Schoolcraft to become a pioneer ethnologist focusing on Native American studies, particularly of the Anishinabe Ojibway; he was especially interested in Anishinabeg language and culture.
		Henry Rowe Schoolcraft was a complex and sometimes self-contradictory person who at once embodies the best and the worst of Euro-American exploration and exploitation of our region.
	www.schoolcraft.org /html/faq_pages/why.html (434 words)

	Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Henry_Rowe_Schoolcraft.html (299 words)

	Jane Johnston Schoolcraft: November 2004 Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Schoolcraft's retelling of Ojibwa mythology allows future generations to benefit from the wisdom of the nation through the Ojibwa's outlook on life, their system of beliefs, and by understanding what problems the nation encountered and how they were solved within the culture.
		One of Schoolcraft's main values as a writer was her ability to use her considerable literary skills in English to depict with accuracy and empathy the traditional lore of the Ojibwa.
		It is said that Jane Schoolcraft's death was caused by a combination of her distaste of the white society overtaking her culture and with an addiction to laudanum, a powerful opiate used to soothe her pain.
	blog.lib.umn.edu /archives/curt0142/Schoolcraft/2004_11.html (4032 words)

	henry rowe schoolcraft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Henry Rowe Schoolcraft is the first white American to explore and then document what we now know as the interior of the Ozarks
		Schoolcraft was born March 28, 1793 in upstate New York on the Hudson river
		Schoolcraft's journal is remembered for his vivid descriptions of the Ozarks landscape, particularly its rivers, springs and caves
	www.republic.k12.mo.us /highschool/teachers/kstephen/oz3b.htm (658 words)

	Henry Rowe Schoolcraft Biography / Biography of Henry Rowe Schoolcraft Biography Biography
		Henry Schoolcraft was born on March 28, 1793, in Albany County, N.Y. His father was a glassmaker.
		By 1821 Schoolcraft was a well-known geologist, but he had become acquainted with the Native Americans living in the North, and in 1822 he was appointed Indian agent in Sault Ste.
		Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe, Personal memoirs of a residence of thirty years with the Indian tribes on the American frontiers, New York: AMS Press, 1978.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-henry-rowe-schoolcraft (535 words)

	Henry Rowe Schoolcraft Papers (Library of Congress)
		The greater part of the collection consists of the correspondence of Henry Rowe Schoolcraft and his wives, Jane Johnston and Mary E. Howard, and notes, drafts, and manuscripts of Schoolcraft's published and unpublished articles, manuscript magazines (The Cricket, The Muzziniegun, or Literary Voyager, and The Garland), poetry, books, speeches, lectures, government reports, and prospectuses.
		Schoolcraft also wrote about the past and future roles of the federal government toward the Indian, Indian hieroglyphics and picture writing, temperance and religion as practiced by the Indians, and Christian missionary work among the tribes.
		Biographical sketches of Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, 1857, n.d Notes on the Iroquois, original material used in taking the census of the New York Iroquois, 1845 "Considerations on the Art of Picture Writing and the System of Mnemonic Symbols of the North American Indians," ca.
	www.loc.gov /rr/mss/text/schoolcr.html (4998 words)

	Rivers of Life: Resources - Feature #5 (Headwaters)
		Schoolcraft was born on March 28, 1793, in Albany County, New York.
		Schoolcraft joined Lewis Cass, the governor of the Michigan territory, on an expedition to find the source of the Mississippi in 1821, but they got only as far as Red Cedar Lake.
		For the next ten years, Schoolcraft was involved in treaty negotiations with the Native American bands, collecting traditional stories and legends, and documenting their ceremonies, and lives.
	cgee.hamline.edu /rivers/Resources/Feature/feat5.htm (402 words)

	Jane Johnston Schoolcraft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Jane Johnston Schoolcraft's mother, Oshauguscodawaqua (Women of the Green Prairie), was said to be the "surest eye and fleetest foot among the women of the tribe".
		Schoolcraft learned the oral tradition from her mother and its "ideas about truth, rationality, logic, causuality, and ways of knowing the world" are often reflected and incorporated into her works.
		Her marriage to Henry was not a happy one and the two separated in late 1830.
	intotheblogosphere.org /archives/curt0142/Schoolcraft/cat_ancestry_family_and_marriage (1252 words)

	Henry Schoolcraft -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It was also during this journey that he discovered the true headwaters of the river in (Click link for more info and facts about Lake Itasca) Lake Itasca, the name of which he coined from the (Any dialect of the language of ancient Rome) Latin phrase veritas caput, meaning "true source".
		The nearby (Click link for more info and facts about Schoolcraft River) Schoolcraft River, the first major tributary of the Mississippi, was later named in his honor.
		Schoolcraft Community College] in (Click link for more info and facts about Livonia, Michigan) Livonia, Michigan, is also named for him.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/he/henry_schoolcraft.htm (593 words)

	Henry R. Schoolcraft's 1857 DeSoto Trail Reconstruction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Born in New York in 1793, Henry Schoolcraft became one of America's earliest writers on Native American culture and history.
		The effect on Schoolcraft's Midwestern DeSoto trail position was, of course, a south and west displacement from reality.
		Very few authors continue to expound Schoolcraft's virtue of using displaced tribes' names to track DeSoto and, thereby, to make the same mistakes which he did.
	www.floridahistory.com /schoolcraft-1857.html (285 words)

	Detroit Almanac: Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Henry Schoolcraft was a public official in Michigan before it became a state.
		In an 1843 trial in Detroit, Schoolcraft was ordered to pay nearly $10,000 to the U.S. Treasury for misappropriating government funds.
		He died in 1864, and is the namesake of Schoolcraft Avenue and Schoolcraft County.
	www.freep.com /news/locway/tri16_20010416.htm (172 words)

	Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe
		Schoolcraft discovered and named the source of the Mississippi River in 1832.
		His extensive relations with American Indians led to his appointment as Indian agent for the tribes around Lake Superior in 1822, and later as superintendent of Indian affairs for Michigan.
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Schoolcraft%2c+Henry+Rowe (105 words)

	Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		As a young man, Schoolcraft abandoned his family's glassmaking business and made a journey down the Ohio River to Missouri.
		As geologist on the expedition of Gen. Lewis Cass, Schoolcraft made topographical surveys of the country of present N Michigan and about the upper Great Lakes.
		Having married the half-Ojibwa daughter of a fur trader, Schoolcraft learned the Ojibwa language and a great deal of Ojibwa lore.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/s/schoolcr.asp (572 words)

	Henry Schoolcraft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (March 28 1793 – December 10 1864) was an American geographer geologist and ethnologist noted for his early studies of Native American cultures as well as for his in 1832 of the source of the Mississippi River.
		The nearby Schoolcraft River the first major tributary of the was later named in his honor.
		Schoolcraft County Michigan is named in his honor.
	www.freeglossary.com /Henry_Schoolcraft (689 words)

	SCHOOLCRATT, HENRY ROWE - LoveToKnow Article on SCHOOLCRATT, HENRY ROWE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It has the remains of a ducal residence and some interesting wooden houses.
		SCHOOLCRAFT, HENRY ROWE (1793-1864), American traveller, ethnologist and author, was born on the 28th of March 1793 at what is now Guilderland, New York, and died at Washington on the loth of December 1864.
		From 1828 to 1831 Schoolcraft was an active member of the Michigan legislature.
	90.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SC/SCHOOLCRATT_HENRY_ROWE.htm (631 words)

	Alibris: Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
		Schoolcraft's Indian Legends is drawn primarily from Henry Rowe Schoolcraft's 1839 edition of Algic Researches -- a rare, yet often cited, publication.
		First published in 1846, Notes on the Iroquois is the result of a census that Henry Rowe Schoolcraft began in July 1845, of Native Americans living on reservations in central New York.
		Scientist, explorer, historian, and Indian Agent Henry Rowe Schoolcraft's name must be included in the pantheon of early nineteenth-century adventurers who were in the vanguard of American expansion into the heart of the continent.
	www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Henry_Rowe_Schoolcraft (787 words)

	Henry Rowe Schoolcraft -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer!
		The 27th vice-president of the United States was James Schoolcraft Sherman, who served from 1909 to 1912 in the Republican administration of William H. Taft.
		One of the first great American scientists after Benjamin Franklin, Joseph Henry was responsible for numerous inventions and discovered several major principles of electromagnetism, including the oscillatory nature of electric discharge and self-inductance, an important phenomenon in electronic circuitry.
		Fearless and eloquent, Patrick Henry became the spokesman of the Southern colonies during the stirring period that led to the American Revolution.
	concise.britannica.com /ebc/article-9377957?tocId=9377957 (799 words)

	Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (March 28, 1793 – December 10, 1864) was an American geographer, geologist and ethnologist, noted for his early studies of NativeAmerican cultures, as well as for his discovery in 1832 of the source of the Mississippi River.
		It was also during this journey that he discoveredthe true headwaters of the river in Lake Itasca, the name of which he coinedfrom the Latin phrase veritas caput, meaning "true source".The nearby Schoolcraft River, the first major tributary of theMississippi, was later named in his honor.
		In 1839 he began a series of Native American studies later published in the Algic Researches When the Whig Party came to power in 1841 with the election of William HenryHarrison, Schoolcraft lost his position as Indian agent and moved back to the East, where he continued to write about NativeAmericans.
	www.therfcc.org /henry-rowe-schoolcraft-133669.html (592 words)

	Hyperborean, Indian and Artificial Languages - 1889758175 - Schoolcraft's vocabulary of Onondaga / by Henry Rowe ...
		Hyperborean, Indian and Artificial Languages - 1889758175 - Schoolcraft's vocabulary of Onondaga / by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft and Abraham La Fort.
		Schoolcraft's vocabulary of Onondaga / by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft and Abraham La Fort.
		An amalgamation of vocabularies first published in Schoolcraft's Notes on the Iroquois (1847) and Information respecting the history, condition, and prospects of the Indian tribes of the United States (1851-1857).
	www.pitbossannie.com /iss-pm-1889758175.html (161 words)

	Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		In 1822 he was appointed Indian agent with headquarters at Sault Ste Marie and began his ethnological researches.
		His area of administration as Indian agent was later considerably increased, with new headquarters at Mackinac.
		He made another journey to the Mississippi in 1832, this time correctly determining Lake Itasca as the river’s source, and served in the territorial legislature from 1828 to 1832.
	www.bartleby.com /65/sc/Schoolcr.html (341 words)

	Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe. The Papers of Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
		Also included are miscellaneous papers of Schoolcraft's father, Lawrence Schoolcraft, of his father-in-law John Johnston, and of his close friend, Lewis Cass and Joseph N. Nicollet's journal of 1836 concerning an expedition to the sources of the Mississippi.
		Schoolcraft's writings include material on American Indians, his history, language, mythology, maxims, characteristics, and potential.
		Henry Rowe Schoolcraft: A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress.
	www.library.utoronto.ca /robarts/microtext/collection/pages/schoolhr.html (279 words)

	AHQ: G. W. Featherstonhaugh's Contribution to the Bad Name of Arkansas, 4.
		Two of the latter were Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, who wandered through the Ozarks in 1818 and 1819 looking for lead deposits, and Thomas Nuttall, an English botanist who ascended the Arkansas River in 1819 surveying and collecting plant life.
		Schoolcraft had his own uncomfortable moments at backwoods taverns---he wrote that he was happy to escape one such "scene of riot and drinking" without "bodily disfiguration"(5)---but his general attitude is clearest in his portrait of Ozark pioneers.
		Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, A View of the Lead Mines of Missouri (1819; New York, 1972), 175.
	peace.saumag.edu /swark/articles/ahq/southwest_arkansas/featherstonhaugh/featherstonhaugh4.html (270 words)

	Schoolcraft life with Indians & Semmes Mexican War service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Henry Rowe Schoolcraft spent thirty years living with Native American tribes in the Great Lakes region of the United States.
		Schoolcraft is recognized as the European discoverer of the source of the Mississippi River.
		Though he was trained as a mineralogist, his curiosity led him to study the Anishinabe Ojibway and other tribes in the region.
	www.fsu.edu /~speccoll/1851exhibit/schoolcraft.html (425 words)

	Genealogical Publishing: Genealogy, Family History, Ancestry, Genealogy books
		Henry Rowe Schoolcraft with a new Introduction by W.K. McNeil
		Henry Rowe Schoolcraft was an early exponent of Native American culture and the most influential folklorist of his day.
		By "Algic," Schoolcraft referred to that family of American Indian tribes that had become dispersed over a wide area between the Atlantic and the Alleghenies.
	www.genealogical.com /item_detail.asp?afid=1000&ID=9394 (235 words)

	Turning Points of Wisconsin: Map of the Northwestern Territories of the United States: showing the track pursued by the ...
		Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, who went along with Gov. Lewis Cass and the youthful James Doty, mapped the route taken by the expedition in 1820.
		Doty's manuscript journal and Schoolcraft's memoir of the trip are given elsewhere in Turning Points.
		This map is one of the most detailed then available of the region, and includes many local features for the area that would later become Wisconsin.
	www.wisconsinhistory.org /turningpoints/search.asp?id=134 (216 words)

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