William Howe Cuyler Hosmer

'William Howe Cuyler Hosmer or William H. C. Hosmer (born in Avon, New York, 25 May 1814; died there, 23 May 1877) was a United States poet.

Biography

He was a son of lawyer George Hosmer. He graduated at the University of Vermont in 1841, studied law, and became a master in chancery at Avon, and in 1854 was appointed clerk in the New York City Custom House. He was a student of the character and lore of the Native Americans in the United States, and traveled extensively among the tribes of Florida and Wisconsin.

Literary works

• The Fall of Tecumseh, a drama (Avon, 1830)
• The Themes of Song (Rochester, 1834)
• The Pioneers of Western New York (Boston, 1838)
• The Months (1847)
• Yonnondio, or the Warriors of Genesee (New York, 1844)
• Bird-Notes (1850)
• Indian Traditions and Songs (1850)
• Legend of the Senecas (1850)
• Poetical Works, a collection of the above-listed works (2 vols., 1854)

Notes

References

• "Subjects of Biographies". Dictionary of American Biography. Comprehensive Index. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1990. 
•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wilson, James Grant; Fiske, John, eds. (1892). "Hosmer, Titus". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton. 

External links

• Works by William Howe Cuyler Hosmer at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about William Howe Cuyler Hosmer at Internet Archive