Kah-Ge-Ga-Gah-Bowh, Chief [George Copway]

Kah-Ge-Ga-Gah-Bowh, Chief [George Copway]( 1818–63),
writer. An Ojibway chief born in Canada and educated in Illinois, Copway became a highly respected writer and a friend of Longfellow's. His works include The Life, Letters, and Speeches of Chief Kah-ge-ga-gah-bowh (1850); The Ojibway Conquest, a Tale of the Northwest (1850), an epic-length poem; and Running Sketches of Men and Places in Europe (1851).