By canoe and dog-train among the Cree and Salteaux Indians / by Egerton Ryerson Young ; with an introduction by Mark Guy Pearse.

  • Egerton Ryerson Young
Date:
1894
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: By canoe and dog-train among the Cree and Salteaux Indians / by Egerton Ryerson Young ; with an introduction by Mark Guy Pearse. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. Introduction . 1 CHAPTER I. Indian Evangelisation—New Kecords of Work done—Heroic Efforts— The Puritans—Brainerd—President Grant's Humane Policy . . 5 CHAPTER II. Work in Canada—William Case—James Evans and his Co-labourers in the Great Lone Land, with Sketches of Revs. Peter Jones, John Sunday, and Henry Steinheur i -9 CHAPTER III. The Summons to the Indian Work—The Decision—The Valedictory Services—Dr. Punshon—The Departure—Leaving Hamilton—St. Catherine's —Milwaukee Custom-House Delays—Mississippi—St. Paul's—On the Prairies—Frontier Settlers—Narrow Escape from Shooting One of our School Teachers—Sioux Indians and their Wars—Saved by pur Flag—Varied Experiences . . . .27 CHAPTER IV. Still on the Route—Fort Garry—Breaking up of our Party of Mission- aries—Lower Fort—Hospitable Hudson's Bay Officials—Peculiari- ties—Fourteen Days in a Little Open Boat on Stormy Lake Winnipeg—Strange Experiences—Happy Christian Indian Boat- men— In Perils by Waters 41
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