A narrative of the captivity and adventures of John Tanner (U.S. interpreter at the Saut de Ste. Marie.) : during thirty years residence among the Indians in the interior of North America

Abstract

The first half of the volume is the narrative of Tanner, the second is the work of Edwin James, being a view of social life and customs, with extensive vocabularies in Ottawa, Ojibwa, Chippewa, and Menominee, along with Ottawa songs. James also makes linguistic comparisons with other new world languages and with Greek. Illustrates some pictographs.

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