“McKenney's Tour to the Lakes is the dullest of books, yet faithful and quiet, and gives some facts not to be met with elsewhere.”
Author
Thomas Loraine McKenney(1793–1868)
Thomas Loraine McKenney is documented in Fuller’s books and published essays (1843–1846). 3 distinct works are named, most often in Summer on the Lakes, in 1843, and the most intensive engagement recorded is “analyzed”.
Read for the 1843 western tour
Named among the books Fuller consulted for her western journey, and discussed in Summer on the Lakes, in 1843.
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In Fuller’s words
“McKenney mentions that the young wife, during the short bloom of her beauty, is an object of homage and tenderness to her husband. One Indian woman, the Flying Pigeon, a beautiful, an excellent woman, of whom he gives some particulars, is an instance of the power uncommon characters will always exert of breaking down the barriers custom has erected round them.”
When Fuller engaged with Thomas Loraine McKenney
This page brings together documented engagements currently identified within the Fuller Reading Worlds catalog.
McKenney in Fuller’s reading world
Documentary evidence
Selected passages from Fuller’s own writings, in chronological order.
1843—
Summer on the Lakes, in 1843
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“McKenney mentions that the young wife, during the short bloom of her beauty, is an object of homage and tenderness to her husband.”
Inferred Fuller names McKenney explicitly and summarizes his account of the Flying Pigeon, an Indian woman notable for her religious and moral character.
“McKenney and Hall's book upon the Indians is a valuable work. The portraits of the chiefs alone would make a history, and they are beautifully colored.”
“Of the practical ability of the Indian women, a good specimen is given by McKenney, in an amusing story of one who went to Washington, and acted her part there in the "first circles," with a tact and sustained dissimulation worthy of Cagliostro.”
Inferred Fuller names 'McKenney' explicitly as her source for an anecdote about an Indian woman who navigated Washington society with cunning.
Fuller, Margaret. Summer on the Lakes, in 1843. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1844.
1845—
Woman in the Nineteenth Century
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“The Flying Pigeon (Ratchewaine) was the wife of a barbarous chief, who had six others, but she was his only true wife.”
Fuller, Margaret. Woman in the Nineteenth Century. New York: Greeley & McElrath, 1845.
Inferred Fuller alludes to an anecdote from McKenney and Hall's History of the Indian Tribes of North America. The title is inferred because the excerpt names the subject ('Flying Pigeon') but does not explicitly name the book.
1846—
Letters From England.
“Letters From England.”mentioned
“and seemed as willing to accept the distinction as Colonel McKenney is to wear as his last title that of ‘the Indian’s friend.”
Fuller, Margaret. "Letters From England." New-York Daily Tribune, 24 September 1846. · 24 September 1846
1846—
Colonel McKenney’s New Book upon the Indians.
“Colonel McKenney’s New Book upon the Indians.”analyzed · quoted · read3 selected passages
“The following letter relates to the forthcoming work of Col. McKenney, and refers to the last division of this work, headed “PRESERVATION OF THE INDIANS.”
“I have seen nothing relative to that great National difficulty in which the United States have become involed, in their Indian relations, to compare in point of wisdom, benevolence and efficiency, with the ‘Plan’ proposed by Col.”
“We have read some portion of this work in the proof sheets, and claim the attention of the public to the appeal it makes and the scheme it proposes in behalf of benevolence and justice.”
Fuller, Margaret. "Colonel McKenney’s New Book upon the Indians." New-York Daily Tribune, 4 July 1846.