A Narrative of the Captivity and Adventures of John Tanner

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John Tanner. A Narrative of the Captivity and Adventures of John Tanner

A Narrative of the Captivity and Adventures of John Tanner

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER

TANNER’S NARRATIVE

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER V

CHAPTER VI

CHAPTER VII

CHAPTER VIII

CHAPTER IX

CHAPTER X

CHAPTER XI

CHAPTER XII

CHAPTER XIII

CHAPTER XIV

CHAPTER XV

PART TWO

CHAPTER I

OF INDIAN FEASTS

OF FASTS AND DREAMING

CEREMONIES AT INTERMENTS

CATALOGUE OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS. Found in the country of the Ojibbeways; with English names, as far as these could be ascertained. Metik-goag—Trees. Shin-go-beek—Ever greens, or cone bearing trees

Ne-bish-un—Trees with broad leaves

Weah-gush-koan[43]—Weeds, or herbaceous plants

O-zhush-kwa-to-wug—Fungi

Ah-wes-sie-ug[46]—Animals

Ane-ne-moo-shug—Dogs

Waw-goo-shug—Foxes

Ba-bah-mo-ta-jeeg—Reptiles

Be-nais-se-wug—Birds

Che-chees-che-me-uk—Waders

Ko-ko-ko-oge[52]—Owls

She-she-bug—Ducks

Man-e-toanse-sug[53]—Insects

Mo-saig—Worms

Ke-goi-yug—Fishes

MINERALS

OF TOTEMS

CATALOGUE OF TOTEMS. Among the Ottawaws and Ojibways with the names of some to whom they belong

KNOWLEDGE OF ASTRONOMY

CHAPTER II. Comparison of numerals, to ten, in several American dialects

1. Oto—From Say

2. Konza

3. Omawhaw

4. Yauktong

5. Dahkotah—Of Upper Mississippi

6. Minnetahse

7. Pawnee

8. Choktaw

9. Ojibbeway

10. Muskwake

11. Minsi—From Heckewelder

12. Algonkin—From Heckewelder

13. Delaware—From Heckewelder

14. Mahnomonie

15. Cree—From Say

16. Winnebago

17. Adage—From Duponceau

18. Muskogee—From Adair

19. Choktah and Chiksah—From Adair

20. Cherokee—From Adair

21. Quaddies, (Maine.)—From Duponceau

22. Quawpaw—From Duponceau’s MS

23. Penobscot—From Duponceau’s MS

24. Miami—From Duponceau’s MS

25. Shawnese—From Duponceau’s MS

26. Unachog—From Duponceau’s MS

27. Natick—From Elliot’s Bib

28. Nousaghauset—From Elliot’s Bib. in MS

29. Sourikwosiorum.—From John De Laet

30. Canadenses, Ib.—From Auct. Lescarbot

31. Saukikani—From J. Daet, Auct. Johan. Smith

32. Algonkin—From J. Long

33. Chippeway—From J. Long

34. New Stockbridge—From Kao-no-mut, a woman who had been living on Fox River, 1827

35. Mohegan

36. Monsee—From an Indian at Buffaloe

37. Naudoway—From Tanner

38. Seneca—From an Indian at Buffaloe, 1827

39. Potiwattomie—From an Indian at Detroit, 1827

40. Ottawwaw—From Tanner

41. Chippewyan—From a German Interpreter

42. Chippewyan—From M’Kenzie

43. Chippewyan—From a woman, a native of Churchill

44. Anglo Saxon

45. Cree—From M’Kenzie

46. Algonkin—From M’Kenzie

47. Chippewyan—From a Chippewyan

48. Winnebago—From a Winnebago

49. Cree—From a native

50. Mahnesheet, (slow-tongues,) residing on the St. Johns, N. B. From a native

CHAPTER III. Music and poetry of the Indians

Song for the Metai only

Song for beaver hunting and the Metai

Song for medicine hunting—rarely for the Metai

Song for the medicine hunting, particularly for beavers

Medicine song, for hunting, and sometimes for making love

Song of a medicine man, at the giving of medicine to a sick person

Song of Chi-ah-ba, a celebrated Ojibbeway Medicine man, at the administration of his remedies

War medicine song

Song of the warriors about to start on a war party

CHAPTER IV

LANGUAGES OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS

OJIBBEWAY WORDS AND PHRASES

CONJUGATION OF A VERB

LORD’S PRAYER, IN OJIBBEWAY AND ENGLISH

LORD’S PRAYER, IN OJIBBEWAY

COMPARISON OF THE LANGUAGE OF ELLIOT’S VERSION OF THE BIBLE, WITH SOME OF THE DIALECTS OF THE PRESENT DAY

COMPARISON OF THE LANGUAGE OF SOME VERSIONS OF THE BIBLE, WITH THE OTTAWWAW OF THE PRESENT TIME

COMPARISON OF A GREEK SENTENCE WITH THE DIALECT OF THE OTTAWWAWS

FIRST CHAPTER OF GENESIS, TRANSLATED INTO THE OJIBBEWAY LANGUAGE

Footnote

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John Tanner

U.S. Interpreter at the Saut de Ste. Marie

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But none of Tanner’s children had lived with him for years; all accounts agree on that. Therefore it appears that the last two children born to his second wife must have returned with her to her people, and likely the small child of his third wife must have been taken with her; this last child, at any rate, would have been too young for any normal relationship with James Schoolcraft—and nothing else is even implied. Therefore there was only Martha who may have been in Sault Ste. Marie (Lucy and Mary both having died), and Martha was probably 38 years old, and far beyond the age where an Indian would feel impelled to kill to preserve her value, or a white parent to protect her honor. In other words, she had reached the age of discretion. For the record, however, no hint is ever given that Martha was involved, and all accounts say that she lived a good and useful life.

Who, then, did kill Schoolcraft? One account offers this answer: Schoolcraft and Lieutenant Tilden were rivals for the attention of a woman. Likewise, there were other bits of evidence that seemed to indicate Tilden, while the main thing against Tanner was his unsocial attitude. For those who consider character in the nature of evidence, it is interesting to know that Lieutenant Tilden was later court-martialed in Mexico. The two reports of Tilden’s confession must be considered, and likewise the fact that the body found years later was presumed to be Tanner’s. If it was, how did he die?

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