Kitchi-Gami

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Excerpt from Kitchi-Gami: Wanderings Round Lake SuperiorIn the mean while, Mr. Kohl prepared a large volume on his Travels in north-westem America, which has met with great success in Germany and the present volume is a further instalment. During a stay on the shores of Lake Superior, Mr. Kohl formed the acquaintance of several of the Ojibbeway Indians, and was so struck with the novelty of their traditions, that he began collecting them, and they eventually gained their present proportions. This work, in the original, was designed as a Contribu tion to the Knowledge of Indian Character, and has fully answered the purpose, as far as the Germans are concerned. But on perusing the work previously to commencing my pleasing task of translation, I fancied that several of the stories were already familiar to the English reader, and a careful studv Americo Indian literature confirmed me in mic Ti 7 is especially the case in Hiawa the legends are identical with the, nuns of the Ojibbeway Menabom.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.