Virginia M Soetebier

This book is no more than what the author states in her introduction: a romanticized version of the life of an Ojibway woman who stepped a foot into the white world and thus had some influence on Native/European relationships during the late 1700'2-early 1800's. Sotebier didn't quite bring her to life; lacking insight into Native culture, thoughts, and emotions. Indeed, more than enough mention was made of Longfellow's poem "The Song of Hiawatha" inspired by Ozhauguscodaywayquay's son-in-law's collection of Ojibwe stories he heard from her & other family members. But, as a very short book, it was worth reading for this unknown aspect of history.
Includes glossary of Ojibwe words, bibliography, and index.
I was very bothered by the translation of Ozhauguscodaywayquay's name, as "Green Glade" is not a description that I have any connection with--it seems very much an Anglo-European landscape setting.… (mais)