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Ozhaguscodaywayquay (''Ozhaawashkodewekwe'': Woman of the Green Glade), also called Neengay (''Ninge'': "My mother") or Susan Johnston (born ca. mid-1770s; died ca. 1840s), was an important figure in the Great Lakes fur trade before the War of 1812. She was born into an Ojibwa family near La Pointe, Wisconsin; her father was the famous war chief Waubojeeg.〔 〕 She married the British fur trader John Johnston,〔 a "wintering partner" of the North West Company. They had prominent roles in the crossroads society of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan and the territory before 1830, and entertained notable visitors from a variety of disciplines. Their daughter Jane Johnston Schoolcraft has become recognized as the first Native American literary writer in the United States. ==Marriage and family== Susan married the Scots-Irish fur trader John Johnston in 1793, and they settled at Sault Ste. Marie in present-day Michigan. The settlement extended on both sides of the river and was then considered part of Canada. The community was made up mostly of Ojibwa, Ottawa and Métis peoples, centered on a trading post of the British-founded North West Company. A mixture of European immigrants also worked there. It became a center of European, United States, and Native American politics and trade in the area.〔(Robert E. Bieder, "Sault Ste. Marie and the War of 1812: A World Turned Upside Down in the Old Northwest" ), ''Indiana Magazine of History'', XCV (Mar 1999), accessed 13 Dec 2008〕 Johnston was a "wintering partner" of the North West Company; one of the men who traded directly with the trappers, who were usually of Native American descent. He was a man of substance, having arrived in Canada with capital to invest in the business. He and his wife were influential in the trade and relations among the Ojibwe, Canadians, Europeans and Americans in the area. They received as hosts many explorers, politicians of both Canada and the U.S., scholars, Native chiefs, and military officers. They were considered among the ruling class in both the Native and European communities.〔 Susan taught him and their eight children the language and ways of the Ojibwe. He taught them to speak, read, and write English, and had a large library from which some of the children particularly drew. Their eldest daughter Jane Johnston married the American ethnographer Henry Rowe Schoolcraft in 1823. Assigned to the community as the U.S. Indian agent in 1822, he became noted for his work on the Ojibwe, aided by Jane's access and her knowledge of the Ojibwe language and culture. Jane Johnston has been recognized as the first Native American literary writer and poet in the United States. In 2008, she was inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame. Two other Johnston daughters also married prominent white men of the region; one married Henry R. Schoolcraft's younger brother, James. George Johnston assisted Schoolcraft as a U.S. Indian agent. The youngest son, John McDougall Johnston, served as the last official Indian Agent in the area.〔(Mary M. June, "British Period - Sault Ste. Marie Timeline and History" ), Bayliss Public Library, 2000, accessed 13 Dec 2008〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ozhaguscodaywayquay」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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