Re: George Copway

Western Shoshone Defense Project (wsdp@rahul.net)
Fri, 8 Oct 1993 00:55:23 GMT


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> A colleague of mine is looking for books/papers/information on
>Geroge Copway, who was at one time the chief of the Ojibway Nation.
>He is also looking for (to purchase) the book Recollections of a forest
>life, or, the life and travels of Kah-ge-ga-gah-bowh, or George Copway,
>chief of the Ojibway Nation. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance.
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Ok, here 'tis from the Library of Congress:

1. 25-16844: Bible. N. T. Acts. Chippewa. 1838. Hall. Odizhijigeuiniua igiu
gaanoninjig. Anishabe enuet anikvnotabivng au Sherman Hall, gaie au
George Copway. <Acts of the apostles in the Ojibwa language> Boston,
Printed for the American board of commissioners for foreign missions, by
Crocker & Brewster, 1838. 108 p. 19 cm.
LC CALL NUMBER: BS345 .C57 Acts 1838
2. 22-23681: Clark, Julius Taylor , 1814-1908. The Ojibway conquest, a tale
of the Northwest. New York, G. P. Putnam, 1850. ix, 10 -91 p. incl.
front. (port.) 19 cm.
LC CALL NUMBER: PS1299.C188 O4 1850
3. 17-30812: Copway, George, Chippewa chief, 1818?-1863. Life, letters and
speeches of Kah-ge-ga-gah-bowh, or, G. Copway, chief Ojibway nation ...
New York, S. W. Benedict, 1850. x, 11 -224 p. front. (port.) 20 cm.
LC CALL NUMBER: E99.C6 C754
4. 17-6924: Copway, George, Chippewa chief, 1818?-1863. The life, history,
and travels, of Kah-ge-ga-gah-bowh (George Copway), a young Indian chief
of the Ojebwa nation, a convert to the Christian faith, and a missionary
to his people for twelve years; 2d ed. Philadelphia, J. Harmstead,
1847. 4 p.l., x, 11 -158, 1 p. 19 cm.
LC CALL NUMBER: E99.C6 C74 (Toner Coll.)
5. ca11-371: Copway's American Indian. New-York, 1851- 1 v. 63 cm.
LC CALL NUMBER: E77 .C78
6. 10-11268: Copway, George, Chippewa chief, 1818?-1863. The traditional
history and characteristic sketches of the Ojibway nation. London, C.
Gilpin; etc., etc. 1850. xii, 298 p. 18 cm.
LC CALL NUMBER: E99.C6 C8
7. 08-12848: Copway, George, Cippewa chief, 1818-1863. Recollections of a
forest life: London, C. Gilpin; etc., etc., 1850? xii, 248 p. 18 cm.
LC CALL NUMBER: Microfilm 54295 E
8. 04-14745: Copway, George, Chippewa chief, 1818?-1863. The life, history,
and travels, of Kah-ge-ga-gah-bowh (George Copway), a young Indian chief
of the Ojebwa nation, a convert to the Christian faith, and a missionary
to his people for twelve years; Albany, Printed by Weed and Parsons,
1847. 2 p.l., vi-vii numb. l., 5 -224 p. front. 21 cm.
LC CALL NUMBER: E99.C6 C73
9. 04-11464: Copway, George, Chippewa chief, 1818?-1863. The life, history
and travels of Kah-ge-ga-gah-bowh, (George Copway) a young Indian chief
of the Ojebwa nation, 6th ed. Philadelphia J. Harmstead, 1847. 4
p.l., x, 11 -158, 2 p. front. (port.) 19 cm.
LC CALL NUMBER: E99.C6 C75
10. 04-2391: Copway, George, Chippewa chief, 1818?-1863. Running sketches of
men and places, in England, France, Germany, Belgium, and Scotland. New
York, J. C. Riker, 1851. ix, 11 -346 p. 5 port. (incl. front.) 20 cm.
LC CALL NUMBER: D967 .C78
11. 02-17007: Copway, G eorge , Chippewa chief, 1818?-1863. The traditional
history and characteristic sketches of the Ojibway nation. Boston, B.
F. Mussey & co., 1851. xi, 13 -266 p. incl. front. pl. 20 cm.
LC CALL NUMBER: Microfilm 54438 E
12. 02-17006: Copway, George, Chippewa chief, 1818?-1863. Indian life and
Indian history, Boston, A. Colby and company, 1860. xi, 13 -266 p.
incl. front. pl. 20 cm.
LC CALL NUMBER: E99.C6 C7
13. 02-15303: Copway, George, Chippewa chief, 1818-1863? Organization of a
new Indian territory, east of the Missouri River. New York, S. W.
Benedict, 1850. 32 p. 22 cm.
LC CALL NUMBER: E93 .C78
14. 87-22729: Esbensen, Barbara Juster. Ladder to the sky : how the gift of
healing came to the Ojibway Nation : a legend retold / 1st ed. Boston :
Little, Brown, c1989. 32 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
LC CALL NUMBER: E99.C6 E7 1989
15. 76-43684: Copway, George, 1818-1863? Indian life and Indian history by an
Indian author : embracing the traditions of the North American Indians
regarding themselves, particularly of that most important of all the
tribes, the Ojibways / 1st AMS ed. New York : AMS Press, 1978. 266 p. :
ill. ; 18 cm.
LC CALL NUMBER: E99.C6 C8 1978

That ought to keep you busy a bit.

Bill Faulk

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