The Indian Chief: An Account of the Labours, Losses, Sufferings, and Oppression of Ke-zig-ko-e-ne-ne (David Sawyer) a Chief of the Ojibbeway Indians in Canada West
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| Database ID | 24719 | |
| Institution | University of Saskatchewan Libraries Special Collections | |
| Fonds/Collection | Shortt Library of Canadiana | |
| File/Item Reference | E90.S2V24 | |
| Date of creation | 1867 | |
| Physical description/extent | 1 book; 204 pages | |
| Number of images | 216 | |
| Scope and content | The author states in the preface: "In presenting this volume to the public, the writer has three objects in view. First, to give a concise description of the character of the aborigines of British North America; their superiority over many other pagan nations in intellect, oratory and generosity. Also, their increasing desires when brought under the influence of civilization, to abandon the wandering habits of the savage, and become agriculturists and citizens, and cultivate the habits of industry and frugality. In the second place, to show that the Indians of Canada are not in this respect aided or encouraged by the Indian Department, or the Canadian Government, in the way they should be...And, in the third place, to elicit the sympathy of a Christian public, by making the facts of the case generally known, hoping thereby to influence the Colonial Government to redress the grievances of which the Indians of Canada so justly complain...[and to recount] the fate of Chief David Sawyer, as an individual instance, is selected as a substantial representation of the many other similar cases that exist." | |
| Restrictions on access | There are no restrictions on access. | |
| Contributer | Enimikeese (author) | |
| Copyright holder | Public domain | |
| Copyright expiry date | Public domain | |
| Other terms governing use and reproduction | Responsibility regarding questions of copyright that may arise in the use of any images is assumed by the researcher. | |
| Type | Published | |
| Primary Media | Textual documents | |
| Provenance Access Point | University of Saskatchewan Library. Shortt Library of Canadiana | |
| Place | Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada | |
| Treaty boundaries | Robinson-Huron | |
| Cultural region | Subarctic | |
| Names | Kezigkoenene Sawyer, David (Chief) Van Dusen, C. | |
| Subject | Land Claims Rights Chiefs External representations Chiefs Early European Settlers | |
| Date Range(s) | 1860-1869 | |
| Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/24719
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