The Ojibwe will always be interesting, because they prefer to live in
the backwoods, and because they cling so closely to their traditions. A
further reason is that they are more numerous than any other Wisconsin
tribe. They are good friends of the white people and find it hard to
keep to a strictly commercial basis, when hired as guides for fishing
and hunting. Many Milwaukee sportsmen have much appreciated friends
among the Ojibwe, who have ever been strict and upright in their
dealings with them.
There remains a considerable amount of folk lore or ethnology to be
studied and recorded, and since it is easy to find well educated men
and women among them, who still recall the traditions and stories of
their early life, it should prove a fertile field of investigation for
some student. The writer is satisfied that he has only touched the
surface in their ethnobotanical uses, knowing that three or four months
are really too short a time to get this lore from them. But he wishes
to close by saying that the Ojibwe are one of the most interesting
people he has ever met.
FOOTNOTES:
[85] Walter J. Hoffman. “The Midewiwin or ‘Grand Medicine Society’ of
the Ojibwa.” In the 7th Annual Report of Bur. of Ethnol. 1891, pp.
143-299.
[86] Miss Frances Densmore. “Use of Plants by the Chippewa Indians.” In
44th Ann. Rept. Bur. Am. Ethnol., 1928, pp. 275-397.
[87] Field work is completed upon the ethnobotany of the Forest
Pottawatomi, Winnebago and Oneida Indians, and bulletins will appear
upon their ethnobotany at a future date. All will follow the same
general plan.
[88] OJIBWE SYLLABARY
ba be bi bo
ka ke ki ko
sa se si so
wa we wi we
sha she shi sho
ya ye yi yo
na ne ni no
a e i o
ma me mi mo
da de di do
ta te ti to
ga ge gi go
tta tte tti tto
The letters all have the English value except tta and ga, which are
pronounced cha and kwa. A, e, i, and o when pronounced alone become ha,
he, hi, ho. Extra characters are Ji, pronounced zhi, and di, pronounced
dzhi.
[89] “The Indian tribes of the Upper Mississippi Valley and region of
the Great Lakes” By Nicolas Perrot, translated by E. H. Blair, 1911,
Vol. 1, p. 109.
[90] “The last Indian uprising in the U.S.” Louis H. Roddis, Minn.
Hist. Bull. Vol. 3, No. 5, pp. 273-290.
[91] “Sketches of a tour of the Lakes, of the character and customs of
the Chippeway Indians, and of the incidents connected with the treaty
of Fond du Lac,” Thos. L. McKenney, (Balto. 1827).
[92] Present Series, Vol. IV, pl. 31, fig. 3
[93] Present Series, Vol. IV, pl. 31, fig. 4
[94] Present Series, Vol. IV, pl. 35, fig. 4.
[95] Present Series, Vol. IV, pl. 15, fig. 4
[96] Present series, Vol. IV, pl. 45, fig. 1.
[97] Present series, Vol. IV, pl. 26, fig. 2.
[98] Present series, Vol. IV, pl. 28, fig. 2.
[99] Present series, Vol. IV, pl. 16, fig. 3.
[100] Present series, Vol. IV, pl. 17, fig. 1.
[101] Present series, Vol. IV, pl. 17, fig. 2.
[102] Present series, Vol. IV, pl. 16, fig. 1.
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