By Canoe and Dog-Train
Chapter One. 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 our flag Varied experiences.
Chapter Two. Still on the route Fort Garry
Breaking up of our party of missionaries Lower Fort Hospitable
Hudson's Bay officials Peculiarities Fourteen days in a little
open boat on stormy Lake Winnipeg Strange experiences Happy
Christian Indian boatmen In perils by waters.
Chapter Three. Arrival at Norway House Our new
home Rev. Charles Stringfellow Thunderstorm Rev. James Evans
Syllabic Characters invented Difficulties overcome Help from
English Wesleyan Missionary Society Extensive use of the Syllabic
Characters Our people, Christian and pagan Learning lessons by
dear experience The hungry woman The man with the two ducks
The first Sabbath in our new field Sunday School and Sabbath
services Family altars.
Chapter Four. Constant progress Woman's sad
condition in paganism Illustrations Wondrous changes produced by
Christianity Illustrations New Year's Day Christian Festival
The aged and feeble ones first remembered Closing Thanksgiving
services.
Chapter Five. Oxford House mission Visited by
canoe Description of this useful craft-Indian skill Oxford Lake
Dr. Taylor Edward Papanekis Still on the trail by birch canoe
Narrow escape from being crushed by the ice On stormy Lake
Winnipeg Pioneering farther north Successes Show us the
Father, and it sufficeth us Christ accepted in the place of idols.
Chapter Six. The wild north land The two methods
of travel, by canoe and dog-train The native dogs St. Bernard and
Newfoundland dogs The dog sleds The guide The dog drivers
The long journeys Night travelling Wondrous visions of the night.
Chapter Seven. On the trail with the dogs, to
fields ripe for the reaper The place The trip The winter camp
The bitter cold Enduring hardness Death shaking hands with us
Many days on the trail.
Chapter Eight. Nelson River A demonstrative
welcome First religious service A four hours' sermon The
chief's eloquent reply The old man with grandchildren in his wigwam
Our Father Then we are brothers Yes Then why is the
white brother so long time in coming with the Gospel to his red
brother? Glorious successes.
Chapter Nine. A welcome accession The Rev. John
Semmens A devoted young missionary First to reside At Nelson
River In labours and in perils oft In journeyings oft by
dog-trains together The centenarian old Christian William
Papanekis His godly life and wondrous translation.
Chapter Ten. Rev. James Evans, the peerless
missionary His journeys by canoe and dog-train The Cree Syllabic
Characters, his invention Lord Dufferin's words concerning him
His successes His trials Accidental shooting of his interpreter
Surrendering himself to the avengers Adopted into a pagan family
Visit to England Sudden death.
Chapter Eleven. Sowing and reaping Beautiful
incident Help me to be a Christian! Thirty years between the
sowing and the reaping Sorrowing, yet stubborn, Indians induced to
yield by the expression, I know where your children are!
Chapter Twelve. On the trail to Sandy Bar
Sleeping on the ice Thievish Esquimaux Dogs Narrow Escape of Jack
Joyous Welcome Society formed Benjamin Cameron, once a
cannibal, now a lay helper Plum-pudding A striking instance of
honesty.
Chapter Thirteen. An Indian Lovefeast Many
witnesses Sweet songs of Zion The Lord's Supper Memoir of
William Memotas, the devoted Christian.
Chapter Fourteen. Varied duties Christianity
must precede civilisation Illustrations Experimental farming
Ploughing with dogs Abundance of fish Visits from far-off Indians
Some come to disturb Many sincere inquirers after the truth
Where is the Missionary? Beren's River Mission begun Timothy
Bear Perils on the ice.
Chapter Fifteen. Small-pox pestilence Heroic
conduct of Christian Indians Whites supplied with provisions by Red
men The guide Samuel Papanekis His triumphant death Nancy, the
happy widow In poverty, yet rejoicing.
Chapter Sixteen. A race for life in a blizzard
storm Saved by the marvellous intelligence of Jack Where is the
old man, whose head was like the snow-drift?
Chapter Seventeen. Work outside the pulpit
Polygamy and its evils Family re-arrangements Dangerous work at
times Practical pastoral duties A fish sermon Five men won to
Christ.
Chapter Eighteen. Exploring new fields The
Gospel before treaties Big Tom's noble spirit of self-sacrifice.
Chapter Nineteen. The mission among the Saulteaux
established Nelly's death Missionary anniversaries attended
Rev. Thomas Crosby Travelling adventures More working with dogs
Our new home Visit from a chieftainess Closing words.
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