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In the mean while, Mr. Kohl prepared a large volume on his Travels in north-westem America, which has met with great success in Germany and the present volume is a further instalment. During a stay on the shores of Lake Superior, Mr. Kohl formed the acquaintance of several of the Ojibbeway Indians, and was so struck with the novelty of their traditions, that he began collecting them, and they eventually gained their present proportions. This work, in the original, was designed as a Contribu tion to the Knowledge of Indian Character, and has fully answered the purpose, as far as the Germans are concerned. But on perusing the work previously to commencing my pleasing task of translation, I fancied that several of the stories were already familiar to the English reader, and a careful studv Americo Indian literature confirmed me in mic Ti 7 is especially the case in Hiawa the legends are identical with the, nuns of the Ojibbeway Menabom.
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In the mean while, Mr. Kohl prepared a large volume on his Travels in north-westem America, which has met with great success in Germany and the present volume is a further instalment. During a stay on the shores of Lake Superior, Mr. Kohl formed the acquaintance of several of the Ojibbeway Indians, and was so struck with the novelty of their traditions, that he began collecting them, and they eventually gained their present proportions. This work, in the original, was designed as a Contribu tion to the Knowledge of Indian Character, and has fully answered the purpose, as far as the Germans are concerned. But on perusing the work previously to commencing my pleasing task of translation, I fancied that several of the stories were already familiar to the English reader, and a careful studv Americo Indian literature confirmed me in mic Ti 7 is especially the case in Hiawa the legends are identical with the, nuns of the Ojibbeway Menabom.
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[Kohl] "He studied their culture objectively, in contrast to missionaries of the time and to government people like Schoolcraft. He had no interest in their potential for becoming Christian farmers and studied their ceremonies and songs sympathetically. One of Kohl's special interests was the birchbark picture writing of the Ojibwa. He discussed the writings with as many Indians as possible and copied a number of birchbark 'books.' Several of those copies are reproduced in the book together with picture writing from gravestones and a gunstock-style war club.
The extent of Kohl's other observations is really amazing. They cover the fur trade, canoe building, domestic utensils, quillwork, native foods, hunting, fishing, trapping, cooking, toboggans, snowshoes, gardening, lodge building, games and warfare. We also learn some important things about voyageurs-their songs, work, attitudes toward life and relations with the Indians." -- The Museum of the Fur Trade Quarterly
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