Category Archives: Seneca

Critical Reading

The short story, “Catherine, the Faithful Ojibway”, is a love story that recounts the fatal feelings that an Ojibway woman and British fur trader develop for one another during an incredibly tense time between the two races. The short story … Continue reading

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Biography

Charles Waterman was born in August of 1880 outside of the Cattaraugus Reservation in Erie County, New York. His parents, Phillip Waterman and Marry E Winnie, were both of the Seneca tribe and native to the upstate New York area. … Continue reading

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Cultural and Historical Context

To further understand the historical and cultural contexts of the story, both the identity of the author and characters in the story must be understood. Furthermore, it is also important to understand the chronological context and setting in which the … Continue reading

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Charles Waterman

Catharine: The Faithful Ojibway: By Charles E. Waterman. “Should you ask me, whence these stories? Whence these legends and traditions, With the odors of the forest, With the dew and damp of meadows, With the curling smoke of wigwams, With … Continue reading

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