Jane Johnston Schoolcraft

Jane Johnston Schoolcraft worked with her husband Henry Rowe Schoolcraft during the winter of 1826-1827 to produce a weekly manuscript magazine called "The Literary Voyager."

"The Literary Voyager," also called "Muzzenyegun," ran fourteen issues altogether, and it contained original works, and the retellings of traditional Ojibwa tales, written by Jane under the pen names Rosa and Leelinau.

" 'The Literary Voyager' was an idiosyncratic grab bag of random American Indian lore, family poetry, personal information, and humor, with various family members providing material under numerous pseudonyms."

Much of the material her husband, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, publiched in Algic Researches was actually credited to Jane and her mother. They were integral to much of the research, authentification and compilation of the materials that went into the publication.

Longfellow, Henry W. "A Song of Hiawatha." _US Politics Online Archive._ Nov 16, 2004. .

Although Schoolcraft is a prolific recorder of Native American oral tradition, it is important to consider that she was heavily influenced by European American ideals, as evidenced in her poem "Lines Written Under Severe Pain and Sickness."

“The Literary Voyager," or "Muzzenyegun,” as it was also called, was circulated in Detroit, New York, and Sault Ste. Marie. It contained Ojibwa history and legends, biographies and speeches.