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MS Copway, George, “Life and Death” Ojibwe and English
MS Copway, George, “Life and Death” Ojibwe and English
MS Copway, George, “Life and Death” Ojibwe and English
Pah ma duk - Ke ne bood
Kah we ne ne bod owh Meses wah ge wing ke e shah ape o ge ejovn owh Nases Enah ka ke enah be Ishpe sni[n?]g (ink splot)
Life - and Death
When the days of Moses [inserted above] was an end He by the good was called to mourn the rugged hill – assend And as he gaged on frends by his side And heard a sweet voice h..y[?] [inserted from below] That called him – then Ehcoom died
Kah ge ga gah bowh or George Copway [inserted beside signature] New year Dec. 24/50
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paper and ink
manuscript with Ojibwe on the top portion and English on the bottom portion, signed by author with both Ojibwe and English names, no writing on the back (AC)
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Manuscript: Yellowed on edges, top left corner has been folded down, fold mark where it was folded in half. In the Burton Historical Collections.
Written on manuscript, "Dec. 24/50" - assumption made to be 1850.
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MS Copway, George. Burton Historical Collections
This record was created as part of a Great Lakes Research Alliance for the Study of Aboriginal Arts and Cultures (GRASAC) research trip to the Burton Historical Collection at the Detroit Institute of the Arts. funded by a grant from the International Opportunities fund of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).
45.8, -83.9
AC said this was written in Ojibwe.(DLM)