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Grey Hawk: Life and Adventures Among the Red Indians
by John Tanner
John Tanner
Grey Hawk: Life and Adventures Among the Red Indians
by John Tanner
John Tanner
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Overview
"These adventures are spirit-stirring." -Court Journal
"Absorbing interest." - British Quarterly Review (1884)
"Unable to escape from the Shawnee and Ojibbeways who had captured him when a lad, he became naturalised among them, assuming the name of Falcon or Grey Hawk." - The Bookseller (1883)
"When Tanner finally made his return after some 20 years, he was at best barely tolerated since he had by then become a 'savage himself', went back into Ojibwe territory and was never heard from again." - Hans Staden's True History (2008)
"Tanner became the courageous leader of the Chippewa Indians." -White Falcon (2016)
Known as Grey Hawk, John Tanner (1780 –1846) was captured by Shawnee Indians as a child after his family had homesteaded on the Ohio River in present-day Kentucky.
He was transferred to the Ojibbeways, by a chief of which tribe he was purchased, and adopted by his wife, in place of a son who had died. He grew up with the Ojibwe nation, becoming fully acculturated and learning the Saulteaux language. He married an Indian woman, and eventually headed out to the American West where served as a guide for fur traders, worked as an interpreter, and fur trader. His story of life with the American Indians was published in 1830, and in 1841 a revised edition of his narrative was published under the title "Grey Hawk: Life and Adventures Among the Red Indians," (republished here).
Tanner likely acquired a more complete knowledge of Native American manners and customs, of their life and occupations, than had ever been acquired by a white man during his time. Interesting descriptions of the various Indian tribes, the policy of the U.S. Government in "civilising" them, the rapid rise of certain large towns—notably Chicago, &c.—are all interwoven by Tanner into his work.
In describing how he joined a war party headed to the American West, Tanner relates:
"Crees sent tobacco to the Ojibbeways, with invitations to accompany them to the Mandans, and join in an attack on some of the Bwoin-nug or Sioux, in the country of the Missouri. As these preparations were making, I received a message from Ba-gis-kun-nung that he did not wish to have me join the war-party. This amounted to a threat to take my life if I went, but I paid no attention..."
In describing a Sioux siege of a fortified Mandan village, Tanner writes:
"The Mandan chief, calling to the Sioux from the inside, said to them, 'Depart from about our village, or we will let out upon you our friends, the Ojibbeways, who have been sitting here all day, and are now fresh and unwearied.' The Sioux answered, 'This is a vain boast, made with a design to conceal your weakness. You have no Ojibbeways in your house, and if you had hundreds we neither fear nor regard them. The Ojibbeways are women, and if your village were full of them we would the sooner come among you.' The Crees and Assineboins, hearing these taunts, became irritated, and ran out..."
Later would Tanner would be reunited with his long-lost brother, as he describes:
"Two days from Detroit I met a man, having a Sioux pipe in his hand, who merely gave me a look as he passed. It struck me as I went on that this man had a strong resemblance to my father, whose appearance was thereby recalled to my memory. On arriving on the second day at Detroit, I learned that this man on the road was really my brother.... He persuaded me to cut my long hair, which I still wore in Indian style, and also to lay aside the Indian dress. But the dress of a white man was uncomfortable to me."
The book ends with Tanner signing up to be interpreter for Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, an American geographer, geologist, and ethnologist, noted for his early studies of Native American cultures.
"Absorbing interest." - British Quarterly Review (1884)
"Unable to escape from the Shawnee and Ojibbeways who had captured him when a lad, he became naturalised among them, assuming the name of Falcon or Grey Hawk." - The Bookseller (1883)
"When Tanner finally made his return after some 20 years, he was at best barely tolerated since he had by then become a 'savage himself', went back into Ojibwe territory and was never heard from again." - Hans Staden's True History (2008)
"Tanner became the courageous leader of the Chippewa Indians." -White Falcon (2016)
Known as Grey Hawk, John Tanner (1780 –1846) was captured by Shawnee Indians as a child after his family had homesteaded on the Ohio River in present-day Kentucky.
He was transferred to the Ojibbeways, by a chief of which tribe he was purchased, and adopted by his wife, in place of a son who had died. He grew up with the Ojibwe nation, becoming fully acculturated and learning the Saulteaux language. He married an Indian woman, and eventually headed out to the American West where served as a guide for fur traders, worked as an interpreter, and fur trader. His story of life with the American Indians was published in 1830, and in 1841 a revised edition of his narrative was published under the title "Grey Hawk: Life and Adventures Among the Red Indians," (republished here).
Tanner likely acquired a more complete knowledge of Native American manners and customs, of their life and occupations, than had ever been acquired by a white man during his time. Interesting descriptions of the various Indian tribes, the policy of the U.S. Government in "civilising" them, the rapid rise of certain large towns—notably Chicago, &c.—are all interwoven by Tanner into his work.
In describing how he joined a war party headed to the American West, Tanner relates:
"Crees sent tobacco to the Ojibbeways, with invitations to accompany them to the Mandans, and join in an attack on some of the Bwoin-nug or Sioux, in the country of the Missouri. As these preparations were making, I received a message from Ba-gis-kun-nung that he did not wish to have me join the war-party. This amounted to a threat to take my life if I went, but I paid no attention..."
In describing a Sioux siege of a fortified Mandan village, Tanner writes:
"The Mandan chief, calling to the Sioux from the inside, said to them, 'Depart from about our village, or we will let out upon you our friends, the Ojibbeways, who have been sitting here all day, and are now fresh and unwearied.' The Sioux answered, 'This is a vain boast, made with a design to conceal your weakness. You have no Ojibbeways in your house, and if you had hundreds we neither fear nor regard them. The Ojibbeways are women, and if your village were full of them we would the sooner come among you.' The Crees and Assineboins, hearing these taunts, became irritated, and ran out..."
Later would Tanner would be reunited with his long-lost brother, as he describes:
"Two days from Detroit I met a man, having a Sioux pipe in his hand, who merely gave me a look as he passed. It struck me as I went on that this man had a strong resemblance to my father, whose appearance was thereby recalled to my memory. On arriving on the second day at Detroit, I learned that this man on the road was really my brother.... He persuaded me to cut my long hair, which I still wore in Indian style, and also to lay aside the Indian dress. But the dress of a white man was uncomfortable to me."
The book ends with Tanner signing up to be interpreter for Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, an American geographer, geologist, and ethnologist, noted for his early studies of Native American cultures.
Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940161123157 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Far West Travel Adventure |
| Publication date: | 04/28/2022 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 2 MB |
About the Author
Known as Grey Hawk, John Tanner (1780 –1846) was captured by Shawnee Indians as a child after his family had homesteaded on the Ohio River in present-day Kentucky.
He was transferred to the Ojibbeways, by a chief of which tribe he was purchased, and adopted by his wife, in place of a son who had died. He grew up with the Ojibwe nation, becoming fully acculturated and learning the Saulteaux language. He married an Indian woman, and eventually headed out to the American West where served as a guide for fur traders, worked as an interpreter, and fur trader. His story of life with the American Indians was published in 1830, and in 1841 a revised edition of his narrative was published under the title "Grey Hawk: Life and Adventures Among the Red Indians," (republished here).
Tanner likely acquired a more complete knowledge of Native American manners and customs, of their life and occupations, than had ever been acquired by a white man during his time. Interesting descriptions of the various Indian tribes, the policy of the U.S. Government in "civilising" them, the rapid rise of certain large towns—notably Chicago, &c.—are all interwoven by Tanner into his work.
He was transferred to the Ojibbeways, by a chief of which tribe he was purchased, and adopted by his wife, in place of a son who had died. He grew up with the Ojibwe nation, becoming fully acculturated and learning the Saulteaux language. He married an Indian woman, and eventually headed out to the American West where served as a guide for fur traders, worked as an interpreter, and fur trader. His story of life with the American Indians was published in 1830, and in 1841 a revised edition of his narrative was published under the title "Grey Hawk: Life and Adventures Among the Red Indians," (republished here).
Tanner likely acquired a more complete knowledge of Native American manners and customs, of their life and occupations, than had ever been acquired by a white man during his time. Interesting descriptions of the various Indian tribes, the policy of the U.S. Government in "civilising" them, the rapid rise of certain large towns—notably Chicago, &c.—are all interwoven by Tanner into his work.
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