A Dictionary of the Otchipwe Language, Explained in English. This Language is Spoken by the Chippewa Indians, as also by the Otawas, Potawatamis and Algonquins, with Little Difference. For the Use of Missionaries, and Other Persons Living Among the Above Mentioned Indians

• Main Author: Baraga, Frederic, 1797-1868
• Format: Text
• Language: English; Ojibwa
• Published: Printed for Jos. A. Hermann 1853
• Subjects: Native Americans; Publishers and publishing; Ojibwe; Ottawa; Potawatomi; Indian; Detroit; Green Bay; Metis
• Online Access: http://cdm15932.contentdm.oclc.org/u?/tp,27878

Fr. Frederic Baraga (1797-1868) was a Roman Catholic priest who left Europe specifically to work with America Indians. When he arrived at La Pointe, Wis., in July of 1835, he was already fluent in Latin, Greek, French, Italian, and German and eager to learn Native American languages. Over the next e...