- Elbert H. Smith
Elbert H. Smith was the author of the best selling epic poem "Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak" in 1839.
References
*cite journal
last = Mielke
first = Laura L.
title = "native to the question" William Apess, Black Hawk, and the Sentimental Context of Early Native American Autobiography
journal = The American Indian Quarterly
volume = 26
issue = 2
pages = 246-270
publisher = The University of Nebraska Press
date = Spring 2002
url = http://muse.jhu.edu/login?uri=/journals/american_indian_quarterly/v026/26.2mielke.html
*Citation
title=Odd Wisconsin: Joke played on poet leads to best-selling book
newspaper=Wisconsin State Journal
date= April 16, 2008
url=http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/local/wonder/odd/281829
*cite journal
last = Beidler
first = Philip D.
title = A.B. Meeks great American epic poem of 1855; or, the curious career of The Red Eagle.
journal = Mississippi Quarterly
volume = 51
issue = 2
pages = 275, 16p
publisher = The University of Nebraska Press
date = Spring 1998
url = http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=2&hid=108&sid=89448124-cb50-4504-9c6e-da62866fc93a%40sessionmgr107
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=qeE-AAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=editions:LCCN16004968&hl=en#PPP11,M1 Full text of "Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak"]
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