death cries, 81, 369–70
de la Ramée, Louise (Ouida), 79
Devlin, Charles, 317
Dewart, Rev. Dr., 141
Dingman, Mr. (Inspector of Indian Affairs), 244
Ditchburn, William, 113
The Dominion Illustrated, 48, 160
Doyle, Arthur Conan, 316
Dr. Bill (Aidé), 182
Drayton, Agnes, 241
Drayton, Charles, 235–37, 238, 239, 255
relationship with Pauline, 240–43, 246–47, 248, 255
Drayton, Henry, 236, 241, 246, 255
Drayton, Margaret Covernton (mother of Charles), 236, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246
Drayton, Margaret (sister of Charles), 236, 241, 242, 245
Drayton, Philip, 235–36, 237
Drayton, Reginald, 236
Drummond, William Henry, 283–84
Dufferin, Frederick Temple Blackwood, Lord, 61, 69, 176
Dufferin, Hariot Hamilton, Lady, 61, 69
Duffy, Dennis, 399
dugout canoes, 3, 107, 108
Dunbar, Paul Lawrence, 179–80
Duncan, Sara Jeannette, 88–89, 91–93, 125, 237–38
Dunne, Mary Chevalier (George Egerton), 190
Duse, Eleanora, 183
“East and West with Pauline Johnson” (McRaye), 303
Edgar, Mrs. James, 263
Edgar, Pelham, 79
Edwards, George, 320, 358, 365
Edwards, Rosalind, 320, 358, 360–61, 380
Edward VII (King of Great Britain), 310, 316, 382
and Joe Capilano, 322, 323, 325, 326, 352–53
as Prince of Wales, 69, 110, 179, 309
Egerton, George (Mary Chevalier Dunne), 190
Elliott, Adam, 13, 14–15, 32–33, 40, 43–44, 48
Elliott, Charles O’Reilly (son), 33, 38
Elliott, Eliza Howells, 8, 13, 14, 33, 38
Elliott, Emily (daughter), 38
Elliott, Henry Christopher (son), 33, 38
Elliott, Mary Margaret (daughter), 33, 38
Empire (Toronto), 168
Empress of Ireland (ship), 329
English, William, 109
Epps, Laura, 185
erysipelas, 80, 286–87
Etruria (steamship), 170–71
Evangeline (Longfellow), 228
Evening Journal (St. Thomas), 223
“Evening with Canadian Authors,” 139–45, 146, 149
Fax brothers, 220
Fay, Anna Eva, 282
Fenian raids, 72
Fenton, Faith (Alice Freeman), 168
Fenwick, Maggie Barr, 151
Ferguson, John, 27
The Field, 108
Field, Eugene, 119
FitzGibbon, Mary Agnes, 263
Fleming, Sanford, 204, 315
Forget, Henriette, 263, 289–90
Forster, J. W. L., 232
Foster, Mrs. W. Garland, 396, 398
Fréchette, Achille, 130, 286
Fréchette, Annie Howells, 130, 131, 286
Fréchette, Louis-Honoré, 130, 131, 141, 283
Frederick VIII (King of Denmark), 337
Freeman, Alice (Faith Fenton), 168
Free Press (Ottawa), 165
French and Indian Wars, 23
The Gazette (London), 187–88, 191
Gems of Poetry (magazine), 79
George Morang, 299
Gérin-Lajoie, Marie, 263
Gerson, Carole, 399
Gilkison, Jasper, 57–58, 86, 244
Gillilan, Strickland, 342
Glasgow, Mr. (dog fancier), 5
Gleichen (Alta.), 290
Globe (Toronto), 88, 91–93, 139, 240, 244–45, 269
Pauline published in, 118, 200, 203, 211, 223, 290–91
reviews in, 146, 147, 164, 168, 226, 262, 300
Gonwatsijayenni. See Brant, Molly (Mary)
Gordon, Thomas, 109
Grace Church, 86, 98, 168
Gradual Civilizaton Act, 71
Grafton, Garth. See Duncan, Sara Jeannette
Grand River, 3, 77
Grant, George Monroe, 141
Gray, John, 189
Great Northern Railroad (GNR), 292, 294
Green, Jessie, 3, 104
Greenwood, Hamar, 317
Grey Owl (Archie Belaney), 312
Griffin, Walter, 59–60
Grossmith, George, 282
Haida nation, 107
Hale, Horatio, 62, 188, 233
Halifax Herald, 272
Hamilton (ON), 76
Hardy, Arthur, 124, 139, 198
Harper’s, 122–23, 130, 131
Hartshorne, Hugh, 76, 97, 105, 244
Harvey, Jane, 41
Hellmuth Collegiate, 51
Hellmuth Ladies’ College, 51
Henry, Cpt., 112
Henshaw, Charles, 306, 307
Henshaw, Julia, 306, 307, 351
Herald, Daniel, 109
Hiawatha. See Song of Hiawatha (Longfellow)
Hill, James Jerome, 292
Hill, John, 244
Holt, Helen Maude, 183
Homer, Hortense, 325
Hooper, Mrs. Lewis, 250
Hooper, Lewis, 250
Hotel Vancouver, 357
Howard, Jeremy, 358
Howells, Eliza. See Elliott, Eliza Howells
Howells, Hannah Kell (3rd wife of Henry), 9, 12–13
Howells, Harriet Joyner (2nd wife of Henry), 8, 9, 10, 12
Howells, Henry Charles (grandfather of Pauline), 6, 7–9, 10–12, 44, 123
Howells, Katie. See Washington, Katie Howells
Howells, Maria. See McCandlish, Maria Howells
Howells, Mary. See Rogers, Mary Howells
Howells, Mary Best (grandmother of Pauline), 7, 8
Howells, Thomas, 12
Howells, William Dean, 122–23, 130, 131
Howland, H. S., 255
Howland, Lydia, 255
Howland, Sir William, 255
Hubbard, Elbert, 345, 388
Hudson’s Bay Company, 157
Hugo, Victor, 282
Ibsen, Henrik, 181, 321
Illecillewaet glacier, 214
Illustrated American, 179
Illustrated Buffalo News, 166
Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire (IODE), 373–74, 391
Independent Order of Foresters (IOF), 148
Indian Acts, 72
Indians. See also Six Nations Reserve; specific bands
appearance and dress, 20, 156–57
and Canadian government, 71–72, 208–10, 269
education, 50–51, 267–68
and English government, 22–23, 322–24, 325–27
European and settler attitudes to, 17, 20–21, 38–39, 72–73, 147, 267
fishing and hunting rights, 322–24, 325–27
folklore, 363
in literature, 121, 147–49, 150
as performers, 210, 211
status, 71–72
west-coast, 350–52, 352–53
women, 148–49, 150, 263–64
“The Indian’s Grave” (Mountain), 148
Inkpen (Engl.), 323–25
intermarriage, 17, 35, 40, 47, 72, 178, 241, 265–66
Iroquois Confederacy, 21, 24, 27–28, 29, 35–36, 188. See also Six Nations Reserve
Iroquois nation, 29, 30–31, 72, 107, 263–64. See also Six Nations Reserve
Irving, Henry, 181, 282
Jamaica, 332
Jane (cook), 54
Jarvis, Harold, 220
Jarvis Record, 381
Jerome, Jerome K., 182
Johnson, Allen (brother)
adult life: appearance, 74, 75; and canoeing, 104, 105, 303; character, 70, 75; courtship and marriage, 302, 339–40; illness, 241; occupations, 75, 83
childhood, 1, 5, 46, 51–52, 55; education, 52, 67
relationships: with parents, 16, 82, 244; with Pauline, 76, 137, 170, 329, 332, 385, 389; with Walter McRaye, 279, 332
Johnson, Beverly (brother)
adult life: appearance, 73; character, 70, 73–74; occupations, 73, 83
childhood, 1, 5, 44, 55; character, 49–50, 51; education, 50–51, 67; photographs, 55
death, 213–14; gravesite, 215
relationships: with father, 82; with Pauline, 76, 137
Johnson, Emily Howells (mother)
adult life, 1; appearance and dress, 56, 57, 171; character, 11; illness, 122; letter to Pauline, 248–49, 276, 396; poetry by, 78; reading, 2; status, 43, 83; as widow, 82, 83, 84–85
childhood, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13–14
death and burial, 243–46
marriage, 41–44; courtship, 14–16, 33–34, 40–41; relationship with husband, 3–4, 47, 56, 57, 63, 81
relationships: with children, 4–5, 47, 48–49, 51–52, 55, 56, 62, 63–64, 67, 77, 104; with Helen Johnson, 44; with Pauline, 132, 138–39, 170, 194, 195, 215, 222, 229, 240–41
Johnson, Evelyn (Eva) (sister)
adult life: appearance and dress, 74, 75; burns Pauline’s papers, 240, 395–96; character, 74, 75; education, 264–65; as Indian, 74, 90, 396; occupations, 83–84, 86, 139, 246, 265, 308; religion, 385, 387
childhood, 1, 5, 46, 53–54, 55; character, 49–50, 51, 63; education, 51; photographs, 55
relationships: with father, 81, 82; with men, 75; with mother, 10, 194–95, 244; with Pauline, 75, 138–39, 157, 170, 195, 215, 222, 233, 245–46, 256–57, 308, 332, 378, 385–89, 391, 393; with Walter McRaye, 279, 308, 332
Johnson, George Henry Martin (father)
adult life, 1; and Alexander Graham Bell, 58–60; appearance and dress, 15, 42, 56–57, 61–62, 155–56; attacks on, 57–58, 63, 80, 81; and canoes, 104; character, 49; and Chiefswood, 3, 45–46; death and burial, 81–82; illness, 80, 81; as interpreter, 57–58, 61, 383; membership in clubs, 62; photographs, 61; as pine-tree chief, 36–37, 57–58; religion, 48; as warrior, 32
childhood, 31–32
marriage, 41–44; courtship, 14–16, 33–34, 37–38, 40; relationship with wife, 3–4, 47, 56
relationships: with Adam Elliott, 32–33; with children, 4–5, 51–52, 62, 67; with mother, 53; with non-natives, 72
Johnson, Helen Martin (grandmother), 29, 30, 35–36, 37–38, 44, 47, 53
Johnson, Jacob Tekahionwake (great-grandfather), 22, 24, 27, 28
Johnson, John “Smoke” (grandfather), 28–29, 31, 36, 53, 54, 58, 86
Johnson, Pauline
adult life: aging, 233, 346, 359; anti-Americanism, 253; appearance and dress, 92, 100, 111, 183–85, 187, 248, 280, 287–88, 289, 346, 371, 383, 387, 390; camping expeditions, 111–12, 113–16, 302–3; canoeing, 77, 105–6, 110–11, 114–15, 200, 303, 354, 373; correspondence, 134–37, 396; finances, 169, 233, 270, 271, 278, 286, 300, 305, 307–8, 329, 334–35, 335–36, 340–44, 347, 366–67, 374, 385, 386; illness, 122, 245, 247, 286–87, 343–44, 346, 367–68, 371, 375, 378, 380–81, 385; as Indian, 90, 115–16, 146–47, 161, 197, 205, 264, 265, 271, 325, 344, 348, 386–87; literary reputation, 397–99; missing months, 276, 395; needlework and sewing, 133, 157–58, 163, 207, 332, 367; and New Women, 89; photographs, 131–32, 175, 187, 196; portrait, 232; pseudonyms, 79; religion, 86, 386–87, 390; reputation, 260; self-promotion, 131–32, 175; as “Tekahionwake,” 186–87, 191, 326, 342; writing routine, 366
articles, 269; “A Night with North Eagle,” 334; “A Pagan in St. Paul’s,” 326, 327, 364; in The Boys’ World, 347; in Canada, 337; “Charming Word Pictures,” 118; in Dominion Illustrated, 48; fees for, 118, 334–35, 347; in the Globe, 200, 211, 290–91; “Her Dominion,” 334; in Illustrated Buffalo News, 166; “The Iroquois Women of Canada,” 263–64; “The Lodge of the Law-Makers,” 326–27; in Massey’s Magazine, 226; “Mother of the Motherless,” 334; in The Mother’s Magazine, 9–10, 347, 354, 366; “Mothers of the Iroquois Indian Race,” 334; “My Mother,” 63, 354; “Outdoor Pastimes for Women,” 118; rejected, 311; in Saturday Night, 118, 311; “The Silent News Carriers,” 327; “Sons of Savages,” 327; “A Strong Race Opinion,” 160, 197; in the Sunday Globe, 160; “There and Back,” 223; in the Weekly Detroit Free Press, 118
books: Canadian Born, 299–300, 303; Flint and Feather, 383–84, 387, 391; Legends of Vancouver, 378–80, 381, 383, 387, 389, 391, 392, 401; The Moccasin Maker, 384; reviews, 224–26, 300, 389; The Shagganappi, 384; The White Wampum, 191, 193, 213, 224–25, 299
childhood and youth: appearance and dress, 66, 73; birth, 46; canoeing, 104–5; character, 55–56, 63, 67; Chiefswood, 1–2, 3, 54–55; chores, 53–54; education, 52–53, 66–67, 70, 124–25; and Indian culture, 48, 73; photographs, 55; reading, 2, 53, 78, 79; and visitors, 61
death, 388–89; burial, 391–94; death mask, 388, 389; funeral, 390–91, 395; obituaries, 389, 391, 400
as performer, 217–18, 218–19, 400; and audiences, 167–68, 220–21, 400; in Brantford (ON), 86, 111, 168; costumes, 155–60, 159, 243, 296, 307, 360, 380, 386, 400; Eastern Canadian tours, 216, 226, 271–74, 278, 301, 331–32, 346; end of career, 359; in “Evening with Canadian Authors,” 142–45, 146, 149; fees, 163, 169, 206, 221–22, 297; imitations, 76; in London (Engl.), 314, 317–18; Ontario tours, 162–64, 195, 197–205, 215, 216, 286, 288, 358; in Ottawa, 278, 285; with Owen Smily, 167; proposed Australian tour, 271, 274; proposed British West Indies tour, 328, 332–33; reviews, 146, 147, 155, 160, 162, 164, 165–66, 168, 219, 232–33, 234, 253, 255, 272, 273, 285, 288, 298, 318–19, 335; in Toronto, 150–55, 168, 261–62; US tours, 166, 216, 232–33, 300, 301, 340–45, 358; in Vancouver, 374; Western Canadian tours, 205–15, 216, 243, 247–48, 253–55, 288–91, 294–98, 300–301, 301–2, 345–46, 358
plays and skits, 273; “At the Ball,” 298; “Mrs. Stewart’s Five O’Clock Tea,” 219, 274; “A Red Girl’s Reasoning,” 167, 183; “The Success of the Season,” 234
poetry: “Alas! how damning praise can be!”, 93; “And He Said, Fight On,” 375; “The Art of Alma Tadema,” 186; “As Red Men Die,” 123, 159; “At the Ferry,” 120, 121; “Autumn’s Orchestra,” 338–39; “The Avenger,” 152–53, 168, 187; “Benedictus,” 203; “Canada for the Canadians,” 300; “Canadian Born,” 258–59, 260, 262, 265; “Close By,” 102–3; commissioned, 300; copyright in, 120; “The Corn Husker,” 242, 299; “A Cry from an Indian Wife,” 120, 123, 142–44, 147, 152, 159, 207, 399; fees for, 162, 334; “Fire-flowers,” 299; first publication, 79; in the Globe, 118; “The Happy Hunting Grounds,” 393–94; “His Majesty, the West Wind,” 223; “His Sister’s Son,” 268; “The Idlers,” 94–96; “In Days to Come,” 164; “The Indian Death Cry,” 120; “In the Shadows,” 120, 121, 122–23; “I’ve been having a whacking flirtation,” 100; “Joe,” 120; juvenilia, 61, 78; “The Leap of the Ste. Marie,” 200; “Little Vancouver,” 214; love poetry, 96, 338–39, 395; “Made in Canada,” 300; “Marshlands,” 398; “Moonset,” 116; “Morrow Land,” 275–76, 277; “My English Letter,” 101–2; “My heart forgot its God for love of you,” 256; “My Jeanie,” 78, 79; “My Little Jean,” 79; nature verse, 116–17; ode for Red Jacket, 90; “Ode to Brant,” 91; “Ojistoh,” 123, 159, 398; “O! Lure of the Lost Lagoon,” 354; in Outing, 118; “The Pilot of the Plains,” 154; “Prairie Greyhounds,” 313; reviews, 223–24, 298, 300, 389; “The Riders of the Plains,” 251–52, 253, 262, 265, 299; in Saturday Night, 94, 102, 117, 118, 161–62; “Shadow River,” 117–18; “Silhouette,” 212, 299; “The Song My Paddle Sings,” 153–55, 162, 225, 253, 389, 399, 400; in Songs of the Great Dominion, 120–21; “To C. H. W.”, 274–75, 277; “The Trail to Lillooet,” 321–22; “Under Canvas, in Muskoka,” 116–17, 192; “Unguessed,” 94, 100–101; in The Week, 91, 118, 144; in Young Canadian, 118
relationships: with Bert Cope, 337–39; with Charles Drayton, 240–43, 245, 246–47, 248, 255–57, 276; with Charles Wuerz, 274–76, 277; with father, 62, 81, 82; friendships, 68, 93, 360–62; with grandfather, 28, 53; with men, 75, 76–77, 77–78, 96–97, 114–15, 235, 256, 395; with Michael Mackenzie, 99–101, 102–3; with mother, 52, 84, 86–87, 244, 248–49, 276,
347, 374; with Walter McRaye, 278
stories: “As It Was in the Beginning,” 265–66; in The Boys’ World, 330, 354, 366; in the Brantford Expositor, 139; “The Deep Waters,” 365–66; in Dominion Illustrated, 160; fees for, 304, 334; “The Legend of the Two Sisters,” 356, 364–65; “Maurice of His Majesty’s Mail,” 304; in The Mother’s Magazine, 354; “A Red Girl’s Reasoning,” 160–61, 266; “The True Legend of Vancouver’s Lions,” 364–65; “We-eho’s Sacrifice,” 330
Johnson, Sir William, 17–20, 21–24
Johnson Hall, 23–24, 25
Jones, Charlotte (Lottie), 65, 75
Jones, Matilda Sissieretta (Black Patti), 162
Jones, Mrs. (mother of Charlotte), 65
Jones, Thomas, 24
Jones, W. S., 151, 152
Joseph, Chief, 369
Kains, Archie Chetwode, 97, 103, 125, 132–37, 167, 381–82
Kanozha (steamer), 111–12
kayaks, 109
Keats, John, 53, 79
Keith Prowse, 311–12
Kell, Hannah, 9, 12–13
Keller, Betty, 240, 255, 275
Keynotes (Egerton), 190
King, Elizabeth, 287
Kingsmill, Esther Talbot, 119
Kingston (ON), 39, 40
Kirby, William, 141
Knox, Agnes, 220
The Kootenaian, 297
Kootenay region, 291–94
lacrosse, 55, 70, 75
Lake Champlain (liner), 306
Lake Erie (ship), 336
Lake Rosseau, 199
Lake Superior, 203
Lampman, Archibald, 125, 126–27, 128–30, 131, 141, 169, 222
The Land of Promise (Maugham), 321
Lane, John, 189–90, 191, 193
Langtry, Lillie, 179, 183, 188–89
Laurier, Lady, 285, 300
Laurier, Wilfrid, 316
as politician, 260, 261, 281
relationship with Pauline, 271, 285, 304–5, 310, 315, 328, 333, 348, 373, 378
Lawton, Frank, 312
Lebret Industrial School, 267
Le Galienne, Richard, 181
Leigh, Ernest, 119
Leighton, Sir Frederick, 182, 185
Leighton House, 185
Leprohon, Rosanna, 131
Leverson, Ada, 189
Lighthall, Cybel, 150
Lighthall, William
in “Evening with Canadian Authors,” 140, 142
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