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John Niles Hubbard
1815–1897
A 19th-century American writer and minister, remembered for vivid historical works on frontier life and on the Seneca leader Red Jacket. His books bring together biography, regional history, and the storytelling style of an earlier era.
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An Account of Sa-Go-Ye-Wat-Ha, or Red Jacket, and His People, 1750-1830
by John Niles Hubbard
About the author
Born in 1815 and later known as Rev. John Niles Hubbard, he was an American author whose surviving work centers on history and biography. Records available online identify him as having been born on August 27, 1815, and dying on October 16, 1897.
His best-known books include Sketches of Border Adventures in the Life and Times of Major Moses Van Campen and An Account of Sa-Go-Ye-Wat-Ha, or Red Jacket, and His People, 1750–1830. Those titles show the range of his interests: early American frontier stories, Revolutionary-era memory, and the life of the Seneca orator Red Jacket.
Although not a widely documented literary figure today, Hubbard's work still has a place in digital libraries and historical reprints. He is best approached as a nineteenth-century recorder of people, events, and legends from early New York and Native American history.