Authors and Illustrators Database

Simon Pokagon

Born: 1830  Indian village on St. Joseph River
Died: 01/28/1899
Parents: Leopold Pokagon, famous Potawatomi chief; Elizabeth Pokagon
Spouse: Angeline (Lodinaw) Pokagon
Children: four children
Contact Information:
Website: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=14687929

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Algonquin Legends of South Haven Non Fiction Adult C. H. Engle of Harford, MI 1900
The Massacre of Fort Dearborn at Chicago Gathered from the traditions of the Indian tribes engaged in the massacre, and from the published accounts Non Fiction Adult Harper's Magazine 1899
O-Gi-Maw-Kwe Mit-I-Gwa-Ki (Queen of the Woods ); Also Brief Sketch of the Algaic Language Biography, Michigan Adult C. H. Engle of Hartford, MI 1899-1901
The chi-kog-ong of the red man
- Copy at the Smithsonian Institute
Poetry Adult New York Sunday Press 1897
Birch Bark Booklets Poetry C.M. Engle of Hartford, Michigan 1893-1901
The Red Man's greeting, 1492-1892 Non Fiction Adult Hartford, MI: C.H. Engle of Hartford, Michigan 1893
The red man's rebuke Non Fiction Adult hartford, MI: C. H. Engle 1893
"The Red Man's Greeting"
- Poem, circulated at the 1893 Columbian Exposition
Poetry 1893
Other writings:
- Articles in magazines such as Chicago Inter-Ocean, Harper's, The Arena, Review of Reviews, The Chautauquan, others.
Adult

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Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

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Author

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) English University of California Berkeley, CA 1946-1950

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Lecturer
Translator
- Several hundred sermons into Indian language
Tribal chief of eastern Potawatomi Indians
Tried many years to obtain payment for sale of Indian land to the government
Representative of his people as owners of Chicago area Columbian Exposition Chicago

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Birth Location - near or on IN border, Berrien County

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