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NO. 7 MARTIN HUNTER SERIES – Long Lake Indians : Part 1 of 2
[PREAMBLE It is recommended that the reader study this chapter before proceeding to “NO. 6 MARTIN HUNTER SERIES – Nipigon”. In the No. 6 chapter, the writer, T.A. Reynolds, makes these remarks: “…[A drunken] Indian came staggering over the threshold . . . When liquor was first brought into the country the Indians nearly ruined…
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1897 TRIP ON THE ATIK-OKAN RIVER : Part 2 of 3
The next interesting point we came to was Sabawe Rapids. Sabawe [8] in Chippewa [9] means “drowned”, and here, nobody knows how long ago, an Indian princess lost her life, since when no Red man [10] has been known to run these swift waters. On Indian Grounds Portaging around this this part of the…
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