Mission life in Cree-Ojibwe country :: memories of a mother and son /

In May of 1868, Elizabeth Bingham Young and her new husband, Egerton Ryerson Young, began a long journey from Hamilton, Ontario, to the Methodist mission of Rossville. For the next eight years, Elizabeth supported her husband's work at two mission houses, Norway House and then Berens River. Her...

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Weitere Verfasser: Brown, Jennifer S. H., 1940- (HerausgeberIn), Young, Elizabeth Bingham, Young, E. Ryerson (Egerton Ryerson), 1869-1962
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Edmonton, Alberta : AU Press, [2014]
Schriftenreihe:Our lives--diary, memoir, and letters.
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Zusammenfassung:In May of 1868, Elizabeth Bingham Young and her new husband, Egerton Ryerson Young, began a long journey from Hamilton, Ontario, to the Methodist mission of Rossville. For the next eight years, Elizabeth supported her husband's work at two mission houses, Norway House and then Berens River. Her account of mission life is accompanied by that of her eldest son, ""Eddie."" Born at Norway House in 1869 and nursed by a Cree woman from infancy, Eddie was immersed in local Cree and Ojibwe life, culture, and language, in many ways exemplifying the process of reverse acculturation often in evidence amo.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xix, 316 pages, 16 pages of plates) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781771990035
1771990031
9781771990042
177199004X
9781771990059
1771990058
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