Stories from Indian wigwams and northern campfires
Record details
- Physical Description: print
- Edition: Facsimile edition.
- Publisher: Toronto, Ontario : Coles, 1970.
- Copyright: ©1970, ©1893.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Originally published in 1893 by Charles H. Kelly, London, England. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Chapter I: The Indians -- Contradictory notions formed of them -- Physical appearance -- Power to endure -- High ideas of honor -- Social life -- Self-control under all circumstances -- Atahulpa -- Maxims -- Decorum in their councils -- Methods of war -- Only volunteers -- How a captain enlisted volunteers for a battle -- No public commissariat -- Every man for himself -- Open warfare and pitched battles almost unknown -- The secret attack and ambush preferred -- Eagle feathers the badge of success -- Scalping confined to Indians -- Romantic story of its origin -- Chapter II: On the way to our mission-field -- Fort Garry -- Lake Winnipeg -- Primitive cooking -- Pemmican -- The tumble in the lake -- Cordial welcome -- No locks or keys -- Visitors at all hours -- The startled bedroom caller -- Teaching by example as well as precept -- Love of the Indians for our children -- Beautiful Indian names given to them -- Chapter III: Happy routine duties -- Surrender of the Hudson Bay Company's charter -- An increase of our responsibilities -- Reverence for the Sabbath, and love for and good attendance in the house of God -- Papooses hung on the walls -- Story of the missionary sermon on Sabbath observance and what resulted -- The shattered hand -- The wounded man's testimony -- His conversion and death -- The brave Sabbath-keeping guide -- The sinking of the ship -- Indians deeply impressed -- Another argument for the sanctity of the Sabbath -- The brigade of boats -- The inland fur trade -- Portaging -- Marvelous strength and endurance of the tripmen -- Dr. Taylor's testimony -- The practical testing of the question between the Sabbath-keeping and the non-Sabbath-keeping brigades -- The camp-fire story -- The Sabbath vindicated -- Chapter IV: The half-breeds of Manitoba -- Scotch half-breeds -- Lord Selkirk -- Rev. Mr. Black -- Donald Bannerman -- 'Only pemmican' -- Early stormy times -- The Indian raid -- Singular stratagem -- Caught in the log -- Rapid progress of this thrifty people -- French half-breeds -- Riel rebellion -- Ancestry -- Characteristics -- Poor farmers -- Splendid hunters -- Long disconnected -- Red River carts -- The great buffalo hunt -- Annihilation of the buffalo -- Wondrous changes wrought by civilization -- Dr. Sutherland's eloquent words -- Canada's great future -- Chapter V: The Indian's greatest curse the White man's fire-water -- Terrible results which have followed from its introduction among them -- Pathetic protests of the Indians against it -- An eloquent but fruitless address -- Sad scenes witnessed -- Cunning tricks of whiskey traders to bring in the liquor among the Indians -- Queer methods of 'treating' -- Disappointing visit to an Indian trading-post -- Indians all drunk on the White man's rum -- Our lives in jeopardy -- Sigenook's will-power -- Prohibition now the law in many parts of the country -- Chapter VI: The religion of the Indians -- Their religious instincts strongly developed -- Similarity of beliefs among all the tribes -- A good and a bad spirit -- Multitudes of inferior Gods -- Marvelous similarity between many Indian and ancient Jewish customs -- Belief in and fear of Windagoos or man-eaters -- Story of a missionary speech -- Reference to cannibals brings up the dread of Windagoos -- People all flee to an island -- Brought back by the missionary -- Chapter VII: The search for the Bible -- Truth stranger than fiction -- The visit of the Flathead Indians -- Their request for the book denied -- Popery still refuses the Bible to the people -- Pathetic speech of an Indian -- The tribe disheartened and soured -- Story of Maskepetoon -- The warrior Chief interested by hearing the story of Christ's forgiving love -- His only son murdered -- Murderer forgiven -- Maskepetoon a Christian -- His useful life -- His tragic death -- Story of an old conjurer -- The missionary's visit -- Strange dinner and it's results -- Poisons destroyed -- The conjurer revisited -- His love for the word -- Chapter VIII: Visit of a deputation of strange Indians looking for a missionary -- Able to read the good book -- Taught by our Christian hunters -- Obtained Bibles -- Then taught their own people -- Longing for instruction -- Story of the Ethiopian Eunuch here repeated -- Visit them -- Hungry for the truth -- Chapter IX: Missionary encouragements -- Beautiful incidents of the Gospel's power -- Sick Indian brought twenty-five miles to see the missionary -- Convicted Indian's prayer, "Here Lord, I can do no more; please take poor Indian too" -- Story of Joe -- The hot Sunday -- Simple service -- Joe's doubts -- Accepts Christ -- The small-pox -- Sorrows and bereavements in the missionary's home -- None to help or sympathize with them -- Providential deliverance from savage Blackfeet Indians -- Joe dying of small-pox-- His message -- His death -- Chapter X: President Cleveland wanted more dog stories -- Mrs. Cleveland's kind words for the missionary's wife -- My dogs -- Essential for traveling in the North-land -- Esquimaux -- A trial of patience -- Biting a dog's ear -- A stubborn dog's end -- A meat-pot or soup kettle -- The ecclesiastic's expedient to get in -- The method of breaking in young boys -- Jack's help -- Cunning old Caesar -- My own train -- Voyageur the matchless leader -- How I unfortunately broke his heart -- Jack the noblest of them all -- Chapter XI: More Indian deputations -- Caught in a blizzard storm on Lake Winnipeg -- Alone and bewildered in the gale -- Expedient to keep from being lost -- Welcome war-whoop -- Faithful Indians -- A noisy reception -- Ceremonious council -- Religious services -- Treaty discussions -- The inside view of paganism -- Women's sad and humiliating condition -- My breach of etiquette by kindly preaching to them -- Contrast of women's condition in pagan and Christian villages -- Invalid mother carried to church -- Chapter XII: Out in the bitter cold -- The missionary's camp-fire story of his bitterest experience from the extreme cold -- Trying to mend the broken harness -- Hands freezing -- Seraphic music -- Gorgeous colors -- Snowshoe tracks transformed into luxurious couches -- The warning voice -- The rough trip -- Returning vitality -- The narrow escape from freezing to death -- Similar experiences of arctic explorers and other northern travellers who have been nearly frozen to death -- A necessary buffeting -- Chapter XIII: Camp-fire stories -- Baptiste's story of the battle between two buffalo bulls and a grizzly bear -- Sammo's story of being chased by a grizzly bear that robbed him of his antelope meat -- Sandy bar -- The story of the plum-pudding and the happy Indians -- Chapter XIV: Exploring new fields -- Dangers in the way -- dog-travelling by night -- Breaking through the ice -- Sagacious dogs -- Scant supplies and hungry Indians -- Indian hospitalities -- A successful bear-hunter -- Primitive methods of eating -- A dinner under peculiar circumstances -- Attentive hearers of the word -- Ice-rafts -- The successful wildcat hunter -- Preaching the word as we journey on -- Sleeping twenty-three strong in a small wigwam -- A troublesome dog -- Hitting Oojibetoos by mistake -- An almost tragedy turned into a comedy -- "All's well that ends well" -- Chapter XV: Courtship and marriage -- Rapid changes -- Different tribal customs -- Fluctuating prices paid for wives -- Marriage of old Ja-koos -- Wedding feast -- Nervous attempts at civilized courtship -- Seeking assistance -- Young maidens anticipate leap-year privileges - Barkis-like, she was "quite willing" -- Chapter XVI: Indian wit and humor -- The dish of horse radish -- General Custer's story of the Chief who surrendered because a whole mule was fired at him -- Quaint stories of John Sunday -- His fable of the black snake and the frog -- How John silenced the Mormon preacher -- How near he came to getting a D.D. -- His quaint missionary appeal to Mr. Gold -- Old Thickfoot -- The stolid, humorous chief's idea of sin -- An Indian's shrewdness in carrying cider in a basket -- A sensible reply to a challenge to fight a duel -- The Indian magistrate who fined both plaintiff and defendant -- A queer verdict -- "Man afraid of nothing" -- Chapter XVII: Indian oratory -- The gift highly prized and cultivated -- Admired by eminent writers -- Charlevoix's opinion -- Dr. Punshon's testimony to Salas-salton -- Specimens gathered from various sources -- Logan's speech -- Tecumseh's character and addresses -- His haughty reply to General Harrison -- Orations at peace councils -- Highest style of oratory among them -- Pathetic words of Push-ma-ta-ha -- Simmo's beautiful address -- A chief's speech at the ceremony of the burial of the tomahawk -- Weatherford's eloquent and brave address to General Jackson -- The annihilation of such a people to be regretted -- Chapter XVIII: The medicine-men or conjurers -- Description -- Among all the tribes -- Power they expertise -- Knowledge of some medicine -- Rely principally on their imaginary supernatural power to retain their influence -- Shrewd observers of nature -- Rain-makers -- Charms -- Good medicine -- General Custer -- Test of skill between rival medicine-men -- Jesuit priest -- Mountain sheep killed by the conjurer's word -- Wild goose killed by magic -- Conjurer's blackmailers -- Power of superstitious -- Frightened to death -- Successful conjurer at Norway House -- Failure of a boastful medicine-man -- Not invulnerable against fire or bullets -- The red hot poker too much for him -- Some of them converted -- "Call me Daniel" -- Chapter XIX -- The Hudson Bay Company -- Enormous extent of its operations -- Vastness of the country -- From ocean to ocean -- World long kept in ignorance of the possibilities of the Canadian North-west -- Marvelous changes -- Canadian Pacific Railroad -- Coming greatness of Canada -- Bryant -- Hudson Bay traders -- Trading posts -- Methods of barter -- Story of the Indian and his lost money -- Beaver-skin standard -- Mails but once or twice a year -- A daily paper -- John and his master -- The pea-soup -- Securing the company's good will -- Visits to the lonely posts -- Grateful Whites as well as Indians -- "All things to the men that we might win some" -- Chapter XX: The fur-bearing animals of the Hudson Bay territory -- Clever fur-hunters -- Fox easily shot -- Industrious beavers -- Their dams -- Houses built -- The old sentinel -- Young beavers at work also -- Fur-hunting dangerous work -- Poor remuneration of the Indian -- Chapter XXI: Black bears -- Easily tamed -- Bears fishing -- A tame bear rocking a baby's hammock -- An adventure with one -- Shooting it in the river -- Marvelous cleverness of the Indians -- Dinner of bear ribs -- Supper of bear paws -- Story of Mis-mis the old Indian -- Condemned to die -- Aided by the boys, captured a grizzly bear -- Because of his bravery the sentence of his death was revoked -- Lived to become a Christian -- Chapter XXII: The moose-deer -- Valuable to the Indians -- Methods of capture -- Big Tom's camp-fire story -- His method of hunting them -- The reindeer -- Migratory habits -- Fond of swimming -- Easily killed in the lakes -- Women hunters -- A tragic story -- Three lives lost by the reindeer smashing the canoe -- Wanted, a Christian wife -- Successful in the undertaking -- A short courtship, with happy results -- Chapter XXIII: A model missionary superintendent, Rev. George Young, D.D. -- Beginning the work in Manitoba under hardships and difficulties -- His genuine sympathy with the isolated missionaries -- His twelve-hundred mile trip by dog-train -- Narrow escape from the crack in the ice -- Varied travel experiences -- The camp in the snow -- The missions visited -- Norway House -- Oxford House -- Missionary discomforts -- Nelson River mission -- Rev. J. Semmens - Beren's River mission -- Difficulties that have to be overcome in Christianizing the Indians -- Dr. Young's return home -- Long sickness as a result of the hardships of the journey -- Closing words -- Quotation from the Rev. J. Punshon. |
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