John Tanner: Growing up a Captive, Part VI
John Tanner the Falcon requested permission to go and try to kill some pigeons with a pistol, his mother Net-no-kwa said “it is time for...
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 XXXVIII
Orrah Jr. was holding a telegram in his hand, and Violet just knew “we had lost our beloved Frankie”, it read “Frank drowned on Harris...
Survival in a Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story--Part XXXIV
Friday, August 31, 1956 The International Falls Daily Journal article; KIELCZEWSKI FAMILY “PULLS ANCHOR” FOR BRITISH COLUMBIA. As...
Survival in a Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story--Part XXX
A gift of $150 from son Wesley allowed Violet to buy a new piano, but it didn’t come with a bench. Wes decided he would build one and...
Survival in a Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story--Part XXIX
It was early June of 1952 and Violet was expecting a new addition to the family but didn’t show it; however she never showed with any of...
Survival in a Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story--Part XXVIII
It had been four years since Orrah told Wesley that they did not need a team of horses, including harnesses, that he could have purchased...
Survival in a Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story--Part XXVII
Violet had a proverbial laundry list of things to do before winter set in but Orrah kept pestering her to go out on the trap line with...
Survival in a Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story-- Part XXVI
Violet’s boys took jobs guiding tourists during the summer, however, the girls were not allowed to participate in any work outside the...
Survival in a Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story--Part XXV
Violet was badly hurt when daughter Elnora was chopping clods of frozen sawdust with an unusually sharp grub hoe to cover their summer...
