Blackbird, called Mack-aw-de-be-nessy, recounts the traditions and history of the Ottawa and Chippewa around L’Arbre Croche and the Straits of Mackinac, their treaties and losses, and his own struggle for an education, marriage and service as interpreter and postmaster. A short grammar of the language closes the book.
An 1887 history written from inside a Native community, rare and valuable for its time. Download the free EPUB.