SCOTT, DUNCAN CAMPBELL

born , Aug. 2, 1862, Ottawa, Canada West [now Ontario, Can.] died Dec. 19, 1947, Ottawa Canadian regionalist poet who wrote of the untamed aspects of nature in the northern wilderness and life in the Indian territories. An administrator for more than 50 years in the Department of Indian Affairs (18791932), Scott had a conscientious and sincere concern for Indians. His poetry was influenced by his close friend the Ottawa poet Archibald Lampman, whose work he edited on Lampman's death (1899). Scott produced several volumes of verse of uneven quality from 1893 (The Magic House, and Other Poems) to 1947 (The Circle of Affection). He also published two volumes of stories, In the Village of Viger (1896) and The Witching of Elspie (1923).