The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-01-14
POET DID NOT
VISIT THE up.
longfsIIow Tradition Refuted by
Recent Investigator

among The ojibWay Indians IA the u
per peninsula prior L. his wriur
h. "HiaUatha" is refuted. Mr.. ViNin
who is greatly interested m India
=, lore. furnished The American Ant
Guarau. ~ which Professor j. % Kin
naman. former Instructor n the Ish
, p'm.u- high school is ,ditor with al
iHtefest.hE article oU l.ouEfe.loW tha
contained letter received hs hin
from Lousf-Iow's daughter ia whicI
she SAYS INST Err father never y.site,
any Indian reservation .u the uppe
Z peninsula.
Dir. VIKING article follows
'Hear,ay. which occasionally is VERY
accommodations. has had % that ou
national poet Henry Wadsworth
Lonete!loW, prior 20 the writing OF has
song ~ Hlawatha. spent some time
iamoug Tie oj.bway Indians at this OF
iha' particular place in the upper pen
Ursula af Michigan Some oG the dis
prnsrls 81 these rImors have b. that
Dee soJDWued am,uE The Indians al
Grand Island near MHuIsiug, and 9TH
''' - INA - al ''I
'-'''''''- '''' ''"''''a IA the NJ
l.''l '''' mare, etc. al M
/ nai,Um. Al the latter place. through
/ reputable newspaper men, the lnlor-
/ nation "da CLEANED that the house
was silll standing iu which. as il was
49, ~ Que ms ''iiilorlaI ma
'''' ''' ~ '"'e"S an ar
80 o"''''" newspaper entitled
%" i'ot'type "i iiia"atha that led
-. '''''' val ''u7
~ W. ''',''- ''.''o" ""AoiS'
90. ''' 1"'a'''H stated 'Hat
- ''''''''' VINO a'eu IN 1893
IN ''' an l''"'a'' reserve I"'a-
- W. ,.' TWO great lakes "i
90 anu ii'i""' was Il friend Of
''""s'e!''", ana that he was the Nav
'''s III '9'''a"' IN" sweet singer
'''""B '"e 'eseAu ana tradl-
'.'''.' '.''''o'''S ]" Inc poem ana. I'm
"'' '''' Plo'''' pc OF ma
-, ~ 81 ''''' furthermore con-
'''' '''''''" mat immediate
'''' ''''H ne Sald 'hIei
'''''''l i'au I'i"ea''d tlat ne be
'''' par 'i'''''' pace among
ne ana MS Whlte
''' '''''''"' "'''h sat t"geih-
-. ''''"'' ''se"u" ana ira
go '''' ''''''' '""I the Ola IN
"'' NV SON OF ShIhsWau-
nv WI" WIS h"ted lor ser
"s'"" government by |
~, W. N''b ''eoibe
me MUIR medal /
'' '''-'' "'''H'u T." thtm certain /
10 W nun D" 'H' aIil'l' IN question,
''''' '"H'u IH"t upon "ppof-
'''''' ~ """Id 'H''aN"i 10 lnVesu-
''' "'"'' l." ascertain
- ''..'''''' no" 'i''''h o. 1t. II any
- '' '''" WHAT proportion was
Io'ph'
- 1r'eu WIZ e'o'nerS o' Dead Chief
i"'"Nsh '"' courtesy Of the Rev.
'''''i'i'' = t"iI'r principal of the
.'''''' w ""n NUM- HduIt ste. Marie,
NJ W. wire GA the 'lh OF July last
''',''''d 20 WISH me Garden river. ont,
''"''" ''7''N'' where 'hi"i Pagwa-
'"i"I h"u IIN"d ana Wh"r" his rela
''S a'''' i've me nome OF George
IT," '"ih HhlhE "huk OfiHe), chief and
""''hIei respectively. brothers If the
''''a'd 'hItl was visited. ana they
'"'E submitted l" an interview,
mon h'u u" be conducted through
i'' h'"d'uihShIp ot ReN. Fuller and
NE william Pine. who acted as inter
''''rs as The two AGED men We're not
cry wei Nersed IN the English
'HEu'' IheN were not, however. pos
I'VE as to LonSfelluw having been
ere, but they knew that q daughter of ]
"hsl"II"w had been there some years !
go ana furthermore they furnished 9
ne information that said daughter of
""si'lIow had presented the Episco- q
at church of the reserve a memorial i
lnd"w.
Ihr writer WAS also shown the
rf" SILVER medal referred To in the I
'tIcl" which medal had been present =
I by King George H., To their faith !
. Shinswauk. IN order To seal the /,
lrnd'hip of the English government q
" their red subjects, the Oiibways "
n the label of the boat of King n
gorge there is an Indian head en- u
'hvrd. signifying that the king would @