Life, Letters and SpeechesGeorge Copway (Kahgegagahbowh, 181869), an Ojibwe writer and lecturer, rose to prominence in American literary, political, and social circles during the mid nineteenth century. His colorful, kaleidoscopic life took him from the tiny Ojibwe village of his youth to the halls of state legislatures throughout the eastern United States and eventually overseas. Copway converted to Methodism as a teenager and traveled throughout the Midwest as a missionary,