John Tanner: Growing Up a Captive, Part XX
They were all hungry; the Old Woman sent John to seek help, a difficult trek, when he arrived at the Trader House they immediately knew...
John Tanner: Growing up a Captive, Part XIX
John Tanners family’s prospects were so discouraging that they lightened some of their baggage in order to make their journey more...
John Tanner: Growing up a Captive, Part XVII
John Tanner's family has decided to leave the Red River area and head to Lake Huron. They felt very good about their prospects, they had...
John Tanner: Growing Up a Captive, Part XV
The Indians had a road from Lake of the Woods to Red River which the white men never followed. John Tanner’s family had camped next to a...
John Tanner: Growing Up a Captive, Part XII
John’s family decided to return to the Lake Huron area, times of revelry after a long winter saw a number of them trade winter hides for...
John Tanner: Growing Up a Captive, Part X
John’s family paddled up the Red River and in two days came to the mouth of the Assiniboine River where they found great numbers of...
John Tanner: Growing Up a Captive, Part IX
John was rising in the estimation of the Indians and becoming one of them but silently intended at some future time to return and live...
The Life of Jeremiah Johnston: Part II
In 1895, Jeremiah Johnston was called to take a special course for the ministry and was ordained and assigned to The Long Sault. By...
Survival in a Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story--Part XLIV
Like all of us, as time passed Violet ruminated about her adventures, she already had eleven grandchildren and eleven great-children. ...
Survival in a Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story--Part XLI
After getting ashore and getting the outboard motors cleaned of sand and the evening meal, they wondered what challenges were to come. ...
