
Little History of My Forest Life : An Indian-White Autobiography.
Title:
Little History of My Forest Life : An Indian-White Autobiography.
Author:
Morrison, Eliza.
ISBN:
9780970260680
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (207 pages)
Contents:
Front Cover -- Copyright -- Bayfiend & Ashland Counties -- Table of Contents -- Illustrations -- Cover: Eliza Morrison and her grand-daughter about -- Frontispiece: Eliza Morrison about -- Map: Bayfield & Ashland Counties -- Campfire Gathering -- Bird's-Eye View of Chequamegon Bay and Apostle Islands -- William Cunningham Gray -- Catherine "Kitty" Gray -- Canoe Shooting the Rapids -- La Pointe in -- Old Mission Church and Cemetery -- Bird's-Eye View of Ashland -- Symbolic Petition of the Chippewa Chiefs -- John and Eliza Morrison with Eunice Sero and Grandchildren -- Moccasin Made by Eliza Morrison for William Gray Purcell -- James Red Sky's Ojibwe Migration Chart -- Eliza Morrison's Signature -- Letter Written by Eliza Morrison to Catherine Gray -- Map: Madeline Island -- Two Pages of A Little History of My Forest Life -- Indian Sugar Camp -- Granulating Trough, Stirring Paddle, Granulating Ladles, and Makuk of Granulated Maple Sugar -- Stacked Dishes and Empty Cones, the Latter to be Filled with Sugar -- Midéwiwin Lodge -- Ojibwe Wigwam at Grand Portage -- Cutting Birch Bark Preparatory to Removing -- Cradle Board Carried By Mother -- Fish Drying Over Fire -- Medicine Dance in Midé Lodge -- Midé Bag -- Mackinaw Boats at Manitowoc, Wisconsin -- Indian Dances -- Bear Claw Necklace -- Fish Skiff and Sled Dogs -- Dog Team, Bayfield, Wisconsin -- Map: Area Surrounding Pike and Spider Lakes -- Ball Play of the Dahcota Indians -- Double Ball and Stick, and Lacrosse Ball and Racket -- Map: The Long Journey -- Drum (or Dream) Dance Drum -- Chippewa Leggings -- Unfinished Reed Mat on Frame -- Mrs. Bousky Curing Rushes for Mats -- Indian Women Procuring Fuel -- End and Fringe of Netted Belt -- Yarn Bag: front view -- Yarn Bag: back view -- George and Ben or Tom Morrison with Deer -- Morrison Homestead -- Purcell's Map of Spider Lake.
Nicollet's Drawing of Pictograph -- Profile Rock, Apostle Islands -- "Democracy" -- Moccasin made for William Gray Purcell by Eliza Morrison -- Island Lake Camp -- Kitchen at Island Lake Camp -- Chippeway Graves at Gordon, Wisconsin, 1894 -- Preface -- Introduction: Eliza Morrison's World, Victoria Brehm -- Chronology -- A Little History of My Forest Life -- Additional Letters -- Interpretation: Eliza Morrison's Journeys, Victoria Brehm -- Notes -- Glossary of Chippewa Words and Phrases -- Glossary of Places -- Glossary of Proper Names -- Illustration Credits -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
Written in 1894 and recently recovered from the archives of the University of Minnesota, this incredible autobiography tells the story of a ChippewaScots French woman from Madeline Island in Lake Superior. The child and grandchild of fur traders, Eliza Morrison tells of a difficult and beautiful life carved out of the wildernessthe starving time" with her husband John on a homestead in northern Wisconsin; her travels by boat, dog sled, and on foot; and the joy of making maple syrup in the spring. Generously illustrated with photographs, drawings, and maps, Métis culture comes alive as Native American lore and history are blended with homesteading stories in true mixed-blood fashion, giving a 19th-century woman's view of the Wisconsin Death March, the Dream Dance, and the Chippewa-Dakota War as well as a personal look at the daily life of a fur trading family. Also included is a glossary of Chippewa words.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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