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The Ojibwe Journals of Edmund F. Ely, 1833-1849

Twenty-four-year-old Edmund F. Ely, a divinity student from Albany, New York, gave up his preparation for the ministry in 1833 to become a missionary and teacher among the Ojibwe of Lake Superior. During the next sixteen years, Ely lived, taught, and preached among the Ojibwe, keeping a journal of his day-to-day experiences as well as recording ethnographic information about the Ojibwe. From recording his frustrations over the Ojibwe's rejection of Christianity to describing hunting and fishing techniques he learned from his Ojibwe neighbors, Ely’s unique and rich record provides unprecedented insight into early nineteenth-century Ojibwe life and Ojibwe-missionary relations. Theresa M. Schenck draws on a broad array of secondary sources to contextualize Ely’s journals for historians, anthropologists, linguists, literary scholars, and the Ojibwe themselves, highlighting the journals’ relevance and importance for understanding the Ojibwe of this era.

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The Ojibwe Journals of Edmund F. Ely, 1833-1849

Twenty-four-year-old Edmund F. Ely, a divinity student from Albany, New York, gave up his preparation for the ministry in 1833 to become a missionary and teacher among the Ojibwe of Lake Superior. During the next sixteen years, Ely lived, taught, and preached among the Ojibwe, keeping a journal of his day-to-day experiences as well as recording ethnographic information about the Ojibwe. From recording his frustrations over the Ojibwe's rejection of Christianity to describing hunting and fishing techniques he learned from his Ojibwe neighbors, Ely’s unique and rich record provides unprecedented insight into early nineteenth-century Ojibwe life and Ojibwe-missionary relations. Theresa M. Schenck draws on a broad array of secondary sources to contextualize Ely’s journals for historians, anthropologists, linguists, literary scholars, and the Ojibwe themselves, highlighting the journals’ relevance and importance for understanding the Ojibwe of this era.

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The Ojibwe Journals of Edmund F. Ely, 1833-1849

The Ojibwe Journals of Edmund F. Ely, 1833-1849

The Ojibwe Journals of Edmund F. Ely, 1833-1849

The Ojibwe Journals of Edmund F. Ely, 1833-1849

Overview

Twenty-four-year-old Edmund F. Ely, a divinity student from Albany, New York, gave up his preparation for the ministry in 1833 to become a missionary and teacher among the Ojibwe of Lake Superior. During the next sixteen years, Ely lived, taught, and preached among the Ojibwe, keeping a journal of his day-to-day experiences as well as recording ethnographic information about the Ojibwe. From recording his frustrations over the Ojibwe's rejection of Christianity to describing hunting and fishing techniques he learned from his Ojibwe neighbors, Ely’s unique and rich record provides unprecedented insight into early nineteenth-century Ojibwe life and Ojibwe-missionary relations. Theresa M. Schenck draws on a broad array of secondary sources to contextualize Ely’s journals for historians, anthropologists, linguists, literary scholars, and the Ojibwe themselves, highlighting the journals’ relevance and importance for understanding the Ojibwe of this era.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780803271401
Publisher: Nebraska
Publication date: 11/01/2012
Pages: 520
Product dimensions: 6.20(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.60(d)

About the Author

Edmund F. Ely (1809–1882) spent sixteen years as a missionary and teacher among the Ojibwes of Lake Superior during the 1830s and 1840s.

 

Theresa M. Schenck is an associate professor of life sciences communications and American Indian studies and folklore at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She is the author of William W. Warren: The Life, Letters, and Times of an Ojibwe Leader (Nebraska, 2007) and the editor of William W. Warren’s History of the Ojibway People: The Annotated Edition.


Table of Contents

List of Illustrations vii

List of Maps viii

Introduction ix

Chapter 1 Albany, New York, to Sandy Lake, Iowa Territory July 5 to September 28, 1833 1

Chapter 2 Sandy Lake September 28 to December 7, 1833 33

Chapter 3 Sandy Lake to Leech Lake December 8, 1833, to May 4, 1834 59

Chapter 4 Leech Lake to Fond du Lac and La Pointe may 4 to December 28, 1834 87

Chapter 5 Fond du Lac, Yellow Lake, and La Pointe January 1 to September 21, 1835 132

Chapter 6 Life at Fond du Lac September 20, 1835, to December 27, 1836 168

Chapter 7 Missionary Life at Fond du Lac january 7 to november 25, 1837 239

Chapter 8 Struggles at Fond du Lac January 4 to December 14, 1838 286

Chapter 9 Closing Fond du Lac January to October 20, 1839 305

Chapter 10 Events of 1840 to 1842 339

Chapter 11 Final Years in Missionary Life, 1842 to 1849 384

Aftermath 425

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