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Flint and Feather

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by Charlotte Gray


  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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