Sept 18 Grey Owl 1888-1938 naturalist, writer, was born Archie Belaney on this day at Hastings, England in 1888; died in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan 1938. Belaney has an unhappy childhood, being raised by maiden aunts and a stern grandmother, and he fantasized about the Indians he read about in boys' magazines. At age 17 he left England for Northern Ontario, where he lived with the Ojibway, taking the name Grey Owl and claiming he was the son of an Apache woman and a Scotch fur trader. In 1931, he published his first book, Men of the Last Frontier, followed by Pilgrims of the Wild (1934), The Adventures of Sajo and Her Beaver People (1935) and Tales of an Empty Cabin (1936). With his Iroquois wife Anahareo, he managed a beaver conservation program in Prince Albert National Park, and gave popular lectures on wildlife. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sept 18,1898 - George (Ernest) Uhle ‘The Bull’: baseball: Cleveland Indians [World Series: 1920], Detroit Tigers, NY Giants, NY Yankees; died Feb 26, 1985