Naturally, I couldn’t resist writing about The Birchdale Area (aka) End of the Rainbow. I want to tell you about Mrs. Mae Smart. She was born in Minneapolis; her parents had come to Minneapolis from New York State. Her father Carl Buell was long prominent in educational opportunities and affairs of the Flour City. He was also an author and lecturer of more than local fame and enjoyed the friendship of many of the great men and women of the nation.
Jeremiah Johnston Chapter 9 Missionary, traveler, and newspaper reporter Mr. Rodgers tried fishing in the early afternoon of July 19,1898, from the shore of the Rainy River with poor results.
Chapter 8 While missionary Rodgers and Jeremiah Johnston strolled through the reserve, they came across an old Indian sitting under a shade tree making canoe ribs. He seemed interesting and they tried to bring some truth home to his mind. It was a bit of a surprise when Jeremiah took up the crooked knife and started whittling. The old man noticed that he could use the knife and said so, “why not, I am an Indian,” was Jeremiah’s reply. The old man showed Mr. Rodgers his flint, steel and tinder in his bag and struck a light. They used matches then but kept the sack as a “just in case.” He was interested in hearing that Mr. Rodgers had come from a long way east and was going to the mountains, then when he heard that Mr. Rodgers wrote for a paper and was glad to see that he was keen on learning about their ways, the old man grunted an exclamation of approval and to the delight of Mr. Rodgers, he asked him to come more under the shade.
Jeremiah Johnston Chapter 7 Jeremiah and the Missionary Rodgers strolled through the reserve passing by the burial grounds; they passed three graves that Mr. Rodgers hoped to photograph.
Jeremiah Johnston Chapter 6 Those who were Christian Indians were like most denominations, varied personalities who came from different backgrounds. According to Rev.
Jeremiah Johnston convinced Chief Blackbird that if a church was built on the site of his father’s home it would be seen as a monument to the old chief. Chief Blackbird was very much taken with the idea.
Jeremiah Johnson Chapter 4 Old Chief Great Hawk was not pleased when Jeremiah was giving a sermon concerning God’s word and his decree was that Jeremiah could talk about schooling but not about his god. He told other members of his tribe to leave and said “goodbye.” It did have impact on some of the members including the chief’s son Red Hawk and his grandson and they wanted to know more.
Jeremiah Johnston’s fellow missionary James Taylor Rogers and a native left the School at Little Forks in a canoe that would see them down river for about 35 miles. The Indian sat in the bow on a piece of bark, Mr. Taylor in the middle with Jeremiah steering with his paddle at the stern. Mr. Taylor twisted and turned to try to get a comfortable position for his feet and legs; he found kneeling upright to be the least cramped. For a time, he sat down which was comfortable but he could not paddle much. At Emo they stopped for dinner in which Mr. Taylor described as a room like an oven. Afterwards they went onto the Manitou Rapids and landed below the schoolhouse and were met by a Mr. Wood who had only one scholar, “George” the son of Red Hawk.
Jeremiah Johnston Chapter 2 In 1895 Jeremiah Johnston was called to take a special course for the ministry and was ordained and assigned to the Long Sault; by September of 1896 he had cleared 5 acres of land and a house and church were built. James Taylor Rogers traveled from Toronto to Rat Portage (Kenora, Ontario) where he saw Indians buying items from the various shops, some of whom had received their treaty money, $5 per head.
Jeremiah Johnston Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung Center – some of you may know what it is or where it is, some of you have visited but I strongly suspect most have not and I’m pretty sure that Jeremiah Johnston didn’t ever contemplate about its future history, nor had vision of his part in it because he was born Nov. 20, 1860 at St.