SCHOOLCRAFT, HENRY ROWE
\skˈuːlkɹaft], \skˈuːlkɹaft], \s_k_ˈuː_l_k_ɹ_a_f_t]\
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(1793-1864), an expert on Indian affairs and ethnologist, studied the natural sciences and passed many years as Indian agent for the Government in the region of the great lakes. Mackinaw was his headquarters. He led a Government expedition in 1832. At various times he was commissioned in regard to Indian matters. Besides poems, Schoolcraft wrote a number of books of travel, and works relating to American languages and antiquities.
By John Franklin Jameson
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