02493cam a2200361 i 4500 353723239 TxAuBib 20180807120000.0 170913s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017914259 9780999392324 0999392328 TxAuBib rda Morgan, Cheryl L.,. Ottissippi : the truth about Great Lakes Indian history and the gateway to the West / Cheryl Morgan. Truth about Great Lakes Indian history and the gateway to the West. [Place of publication not identified] : Cheryl Morgan, 2017. [Place of publication not identified] : Cheryl Morgan, 2017. ©2017. xiii, 629 pages ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 596-615) and index. Prologue -- Origins -- A sense of place - waterways, St. Clare, Walpole, and boundaries -- Early Indian culture and history -- Explorers and missionaries -- Disease and epidemics -- Trade and traders -- Part 1. The French, British, English and Americans -- Part 2. Forts, Indian captives, and American biography -- Early Detroit and Canada -- Biographies of Indian chiefs -- Reserves and Indian lands -- Mounds and treaties -- Northern slavery -- Indian culture and lifeways, Part 1 - Religion, tribal structure, roles and responsibilities -- Indian culture and lifeways, Part 2 - Hunting, fishing, and war -- Blue water Indians then and now -- Early St. Clair County pioneers -- Glossary: Indian names and places - Appendix: Peoples, places, and waterways. "Ottissippi is the collection and compilation of many early writers, historians, and others who recorded something about the Indians of Southeast Michigan, the Great Lakes and the Northwest Territory. It includes, early writings, interviews and modern writers that added valuable contributions to the Indian history of Michigan and beyond."--Back cover. 20180807. Indians of North America Michigan Saint Clair County History. Indians of North America Great Lakes Region (North America) History. Ojibwa Indians History. Michigan History To 1837. Saint Clair County (Mich.) History.