Maungwudaus

George Henry (1811–1888), later Maungwudaus, was an Ojibwe performer, interpreter, mission worker, and herbalist.

[2] Around 1824, Maungwudaus became a Methodist after being converted by ministers and he attended a Credit River mission school.

Due to how well he did as a student, New York City's John Street Methodist Church paid for him to attend the mission school from 1830 to 1831.

[2] He served at multiple missions and he was a teacher at Muncey during the winter of 1835 which was to the north of Brantford, Ontario.

[2] Maungwudaus organized a dance troupe, which included his family and some non-Christian Ojibwe from Walpole Island, during the summer of 1844 to tour across England.

After deciding to go by the name Maungwudaus instead of George Henry, his troupe was entertained by noted people and he joined the Roman Catholic Church.

He knew how to cure common ailments with herbs and they hung from his ceiling with a strong aroma.

The last known newspaper record of Maungwudaus is from 1877 when he was building a canoe for a 4 July boat race in Carthage, New York.

[1] In 2002, an 1851 painting of Maungwudaus by Paul Kane sold for $2.2 million in Calgary which placed it as the "second-most valuable artwork" in Canada.