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Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
1793–1864
Best known for tracing the headwaters of the Mississippi River, this restless 19th-century explorer also became one of the earliest American writers to collect and publish extensive material on Native cultures. His life joined travel, science, government service, and a lasting body of books.
16 Audiobooks
The American Indians Their History, Condition and Prospects, from Original Notes and Manuscripts
by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
Notes on the Iroquois or, Contributions to the Statistics, Aboriginal History, Antiquities and General Ethnology of Western New-York
by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers
by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
Scenes and Adventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas
by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
An Address, Delivered Before the Was-ah Ho-de-no-son-ne or New Confederacy of the Iroquois Also, Genundewah, a Poem
by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, William H. C. (William Howe Cuyler) Hosmer
Algic Researches, Comprising Inquiries Respecting the Mental Characteristics of the North American Indians, First Series. Indian Tales and Legends, Vol. 2 of 2
by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
Western Scenes and Reminiscences Together with Thrilling Legends and Traditions of the Red Men of the Forest
by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
Algic Researches, Comprising Inquiries Respecting the Mental Characteristics of the North American Indians, First Series. Indian Tales and Legends, Vol. 1 of 2
by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
Alhalla, or the Lord of Talladega: A Tale of the Creek War. With Some Selected Miscellanies, Chiefly of Early Date.
by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral Legends, Mythologic and Allegoric, of the North American Indians
by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820 Resumed and Completed, by the Discovery of its Origin in Itasca Lake, in 1832
by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
The Indian Fairy Book From the Original Legends
by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
The Indian in his Wigwam; Or, Characteristics of the Red Race of America From Original Notes and Manuscripts
by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
Incentives to the Study of the Ancient Period of American History An address, delivered before the New York Historical Society, at its forty-second anniversary, 17th November 1846
by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
About the author
Born in Albany County, New York, in 1793, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft built an unusually wide-ranging career as a geographer, geologist, explorer, and writer. Early trips into the American frontier shaped his interests, and he later gained national attention for his 1832 expedition to the source region of the Mississippi River.
Schoolcraft also served as a U.S. Indian agent and became known for his large, influential writings about Native American peoples, especially in the Great Lakes region. Those works helped preserve stories, languages, and observations that later readers and scholars continued to use, even though his writings also reflect the limits and attitudes of his era.
He died in Washington, D.C., in 1864. Today he is remembered as a major figure in early American exploration and ethnology, and as part of a remarkable literary circle that included his first wife, Jane Johnston Schoolcraft, an important Ojibwe and early Native American writer.