In the Wake of the War Canoe: A Stirring Record of Forty Years' Successful Labour, Peril and Adventure

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1915. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XXVII THE LAKGALZAP MISSION "Buried was the bloody hatchet, Buried was the dreadful war club, Buried were all warlike weapons, And the war cry was forgotten; There was peace among the natives, Unmolested roved the hunters, Built the birch canoe for sailing, Caught the fish in lake and river, Shot the deer and trapped the beaver; Unmolested worked the women, Gathered wild rice in the meadows, Dressed the skins of deer and beaver All around the happy village." Longfellow (" Hiawatha"). SHORTLY before this occurred, the Christian congregation of Indians belonging to the Methodist Mission at Lakgalzap were at their own earnest desire received into connection with the Anglican Missions on the Nass. They had long become discontented because of the too frequent change of miss