Book/Printed Material The life, history and travels of Kah-ge-ga-gah-bowh, (George Copway) a young Indian chief of the Ojebwa nation, Copy 2
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Image 1 of Copy 2- Contributor: Copway, George
- Date: 1847
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Image 4 of Copy 2- Contributor: Copway, George
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Image 5 of Copy 2- Contributor: Copway, George
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Image 6 of Copy 2- Contributor: Copway, George
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Image 7 of Copy 2 KECOMMENDATIONS. Philadelphia, July 20, I8i7. Mr. J. Harmstead I thank you for sending me the Life of Kah-ge-ga-gah-bowh, (or George Copway,) an Indian of the Ojebwa Nation, which you have just pub-...- Contributor: Copway, George
- Date: 1847
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Image 8 of Copy 2 NOTICES OF THE PRESS. The Life, History, and Travels of Kah-ge-ga-gah-bowh, (George Copwa}^,) a young Indian chief of the Ojebwa nation, a convert to the Christian faith, and a Missionary to his...- Contributor: Copway, George
- Date: 1847
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Image 9 of Copy 2 NOTICES OF THE PRESS. US together in the wigwam, and pray with and for us, several times a day, whether our father was at home or not. I remember well, at this...- Contributor: Copway, George
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Image 10 of Copy 2 NOTICES OF THE PRESS. church bell was tolled but the whistling wind sounded through the woods. I have often knelt down, at the head of her grave, and wished that the time...- Contributor: Copway, George
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Image 11 of Copy 2 NOTICES OF THE PRESS. 25,000 of my poor brethren in darkness, and without the gospel. Let the prayers of all the churches ascend to the Most High, in their behalf, that He...- Contributor: Copway, George
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Image 12 of Copy 2 HYMN. L. M. NUHGUHMOWIN. l. m. Before Jehovah s awful throne, Ye nations bow with sacred joy Know that the Lord is God alone, He can create, and he destroy. His sovereign...- Contributor: Copway, George
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Image 13 of Copy 2 HYMN. c. M. KUHGUHMOWIN. c. m. There is a land of pure delight, WJiere saints immortal reign Infinite day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain. There everlasting spring abides, And never-witlieriiig...- Contributor: Copway, George
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Image 14 of Copy 2 HYMN. L. M. NUHGUHMOWIN. l. m. Jesns, my all, to heaven is gone He whom I fix my hopes upon His track I see, and Til pursue The narrow way till him...- Contributor: Copway, George
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Image 15 of Copy 2 THE LIFE, HlSTOHr, AND TRAVELS or KAH-GE-GA-GAH-BOWH, (GEORGE COPWAY) v A YOUNG INDIAN CHIEF OF THE OJEBWA NATION, A CONVERT TO THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, AND A MIS- SIONARY TO HIS PEOPLE FOR...- Contributor: Copway, George
- Date: 1847
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Image 16 of Copy 2 Entered according to Act of Congress, on the Sth daj of December, 184«, BY GEORGE COPWAY. I« Uie Clerk s Office of Uie District Court of the Northern District of the Sun*...- Contributor: Copway, George
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Image 17 of Copy 2 TO THE CLERGY AND LAITY OF THE AMERICAN AND BRITISH DOMINIONS THIS BRIEF HISTORY OF A CHILD OF THE FOREST, AND OF HIS NATION, IS MOST RESPECTFULLY AND AFFECTIO^TATELY INSCRIBED BY THE...- Contributor: Copway, George
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Image 18 of Copy 2- Contributor: Copway, George
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Image 19 of Copy 2 CONTENTS. PAGE. Preface, A Word to the Reader, CHAP. I. Early life; Woods; Gods; Ojebvva Nation, c. 11 II. Customs; Father and Mother; Religion of Ojebwas 21 III. Spirits; Ojebwa Worship; Description,...- Contributor: Copway, George
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Image 20 of Copy 2- Contributor: Copway, George
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Image 21 of Copy 2 PREFACE. In presenting my life to the public, I do so with the greatest diffidence, and at the earnest solicitation of numerous friends. I am an Indian, and am well aware of...- Contributor: Copway, George
- Date: 1847
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Image 22 of Copy 2 Vlll PREFACE. well. I thank my friends for their kind gifts and wishes^. Yet still as much, and more, remains to be accomplished- Pray for us that religion and science may lead...- Contributor: Copway, George
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Image 23 of Copy 2 A WORD TO THE READER. It would be presumptuous in one, who has but recently been brought out of a wild and savage state and who has since received but three years...- Contributor: Copway, George
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Image 24 of Copy 2 X A WORD TO THE READER. strange land And often, when the sun is sinking m the western sky, I think of my former home my heart yearns for the loved of...- Contributor: Copway, George
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Image 25 of Copy 2 THE LIFE OF KAH-GE-GA-GAH-BOWH. CHAPTER I. The Christian will no doubt feel for my poor people, when he hears the story of one brought from that unfortunate race called the Indians. The...- Contributor: Copway, George
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Image 26 of Copy 2 12 THE LIFE OF watched the rising of the palace of the Great Spirit the sun who, it was said, made the world Early as I can recollect, I was taught that...- Contributor: Copway, George
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Image 27 of Copy 2 KAH-GE-GA-GAH-BOWri. iS cinjwer, until a beam from heaven shone on my palliway, Viiich was very dark, when first I saw that there was a true heaven— ^not in the far-setting sun, where...- Contributor: Copway, George
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Image 28 of Copy 2 14 THE LIFE OF warning to others, but may inspire them with a trust in God. And not only a warning and a trust, but also th?i the Avorld may learn that...- Contributor: Copway, George
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Image 29 of Copy 2 KAH-GE-GA-GAH-BOWH. 15 totem coat of arms which now forms the totem of the villagers, excepting those who have since come amongst lis from other villages by intermarriage, for there was a law...- Contributor: Copway, George
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Image 30 of Copy 2 16 THE LIFE OF nution. Their bones, gun barrels, tomahawks, war spears, large scalping knives, are yet to be found there. This must have taken place soon after the formation of the...- Contributor: Copway, George
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Image 31 of Copy 2 KAH-GE-GA-GAH-BOWH. 17 My father still lives he is from sixty-five to seventy years old, and is one of the chiefs of Rice Lake Indian Village. He used to love fire-water before he...- Contributor: Copway, George
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Image 32 of Copy 2 18 THE LIt E OF ge-wah-noong, while ray father and mother were attend- ingthe annual distribution of the presents from the govern- ment to the Indians. I was the third of our...- Contributor: Copway, George
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Image 33 of Copy 2 KAH-GE-GA-GAH-BOWH. 19 went. It was made in the following manner: Poles were cut about fifteen feet long three with crotches at the end, which were stuck in the ground some distance apart,...- Contributor: Copway, George
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Image 34 of Copy 2 20 THE LIFE OF The hunting grounds of the Indians were secured by right, a law and custom among themselves. No one was allowed to hunt on another s land, without invita-...- Contributor: Copway, George
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Image 35 of Copy 2 KAH-GE-GA-GAH-BOWH. 21 $2,960 per annum! What a great sum for BrUlsh generosity Much of the back country still remains unsold, and I hope the scales will be removed from the eyes of...- Contributor: Copway, George
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Image 36 of Copy 2 22 THE LIFE OF want of food. I will narrate a circumstance of out sufferings, when I come to speak of the actual condi- tion of our people, before Christianity was introduced...- Contributor: Copway, George
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Image 37 of Copy 2 KAH-GE-GA-GAH-BOWH. 23 tomahawk each of the packs of beaver, otter, and miisk- •fit skins. I expected every moment to see my father kiaocked down with a tomahawk, but none dared touch him...- Contributor: Copway, George
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Image 38 of Copy 2 24 THE LIFE OF her; often she would not eat much for days together she would leave all for us! She was an industrious •woman in the spring she made more sugar...- Contributor: Copway, George
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Image 39 of Copy 2 KAH-GE-GA-GAH-BOWII. 25 ypu know not how soon you may be in the same conui- Ijon never kill any game needlessly. Such was his language when we were alone in the woods. Ah...- Contributor: Copway, George
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Image 40 of Copy 2 26 THE LIFE OF v^ihile returning homewards, we heard the noise of a deer s footsteps. The night was dark as pitch. ^Ve approached the deer. I asked my father at what...- Contributor: Copway, George
- Date: 1847