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General Information:
Full Name: George Copway
Biography:
(1818-1869) Essayist, historian. George Copway was born in the Canadian province of Ontario near Lake Ontario. He was a Christian convert and became a Methodist preacher. In about 1846 he left Canada and went to New York City.
Native American Information:
Name: Kah-Ge-Ga-Gah-Bowh
Tribe: Ojibwa
Author's Timeline:
1852 Erie County
Copway spent time in Erie County, New York.  
1818 (Unknown) County
George Copway was born near Trenton, Ontario, Canada, near Lake Ontario in 1818. 
1869 (Unknown) County
George Copway died in Oka, Quebec, Canada, in 1869. 
1850 (Unknown) County
The Traditional History and Characteristic Sketches of the Ojibway Nation
 
1847 (Unknown) County
The Life, History, and Travels of Kah-Ge-Ga-Gah-Bowh
Autobiography. 
1851 (Unknown) County
Running Sketches of Men and Places, in England, France, Germany, Belgium, and Scotland
 

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