John Tanner: Growing Up a captive, Part XL
As the winter became more severe John Tanner returned to his “sunjegwum” where he had cached a supply of meat and was expecting to live...
John Tanner: Growing Up a Captive, Part XXXVII
While joining in the hunt for Buffalo during the rutting season John described the sound caused by their incessant tramping mixed with...
John Tanner: Growing Up a Captive, Part XXXVI
John returned to his lodge from a trip to the Trading Post and was surprised as Red Sky in the Morning was sitting in his place, he...
John Tanner: Growing Up a Captive, Part XXXI
John had hunted with the other members of the family, it took nearly all day but they had literally run down a herd of Elk killing four. ...
John Tanner: Growing Up a Captive, Part XXX
The Trader brought a large quantity of rum and encamped a few miles from his house so if the Indians over indulged any trouble would not...
John Tanner: Growing Up a Captive, Part XXVII
John with his brother and his wife started to return home, they got to the village where they had tried to kill his horse. They slept...
John Tanner: Crowing Up a Captive, Part XXVI
Sugar season arrived, the trees were called by the whites “River Maple,” they were large but scattered and for this reason they made two...
John Tanner: Growing Up a Captive, Part XXIII
In the course of the Fall John had killed a good many beaver and other animals and his family had enough to supply all their wants. One...
John Tanner: Growing up a Captive, Part XXII
It was winter and as it advanced it continually became colder. John Tanner hunted for a Trader called by the Indians Aneeb which meant...
John Tanner: Growing Up a Captive, Part XXI
John Tanner used to take with hook and line a great number of fish from the River called Kocheche-se-bee (Source River) which fed Rainy...
