Sisters in the Wilderness
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Mount Ararat (Traill residence), 187
Murney, Edmund, 167-68
Murray, Louisa, 198
Narrative of the Campaign of 1814, A (John Moodie), 39
Native peoples, 78, 108-10, 141, 191
Natural history societies, 289
Nelson, Thomas, 193, 290
Newton, Sir Isaac, 5, 19
North American Magazine, 124
Northern Whig, The, 335
Oaklands (Traill residence), 187-88, 258-59, 350
Observer (London), 218
Ockerman, Dunham, 262
O’Hare, John, 249
Orange Order, 168, 264, 268-69
Ottawa, 266, 323-24
Ousterhouse, Elizabeth, 245
Palladium, The, 136
Papineau, Louis-Joseph, 130
Parker, Thomas, 158, 168, 262
Pearls and Pebbles (Catharine Parr Traill), 341-42
Peterborough, 76, 229, 230
Peterborough Volunteers, 130
Peterman, Michael, 198
Pope-Hennessy, Una, 176
Prescott, 67
Prince, Mary, 26, 38
Pringle, Margaret, 34
Pringle, Thomas, 23, 25, 34, 38, 252
Pursch, Frederick, 286
Putnam, George, 210
Queen’s Own Regiment, 135
Rackham, Katherine, 213
Rebellion of 1837, 129-31
Reid, Robert, 39-40, 76
Reydon Hall, 10-11, 336-37
Rice Lake, 78, 229, 230, 349
Richardson, John, 197
Rideau Hall, 326-29
Ritchie, Andrew, 318
Ritchie, James, 318-19, 324
Robinson, John Beverley, 122
Ross, George Mclean, 310
Ross, Robbie, 163
Rottenburg, Baron de, 147
Roughing It in the Bush (Susanna Moodie), 204-10, 217-19
Rous, Frederick, 309-10
Rowley, 61
Royal Bounty Fund, 343-46
Royal Literary Fund, 270
Russell, Eliza (Mrs. Dunbar Moodie), 274-75
Russell, Julia (Mrs. Donald Moodie), 274-75, 310-11
Russell, Nellie (Mrs. Robert Moodie), 308-9, 310
Ryerson, Egerton, 323
Salutin, Rick, xiii Sangster, Charles, 197
Saville (Traill residence), 180, 183
Scenes and Adventures as a Soldier and Settler (John Moodie), 270
Seaton, Emily, 85
Seaton, Roswell, 85
Shairp, Alexander, 106
Shairp, Emilia, 106, 128, 141
Sharpe’s London Magazine, 192
Shields, Carol, xiii
Shirreff, Patrick, 77
Smith, Goldwin, 341-42
South Africa, 30-31, 34
Southwold, 12
Spectator (London), 124
Spiritualism, 241-57
Spiritual Telegraph, 250
Stanley, Baron of Preston, 340
Stewart, Frances, 80-81, 107, 144, 174, 188, 192, 227, 286, 297
Stewart, Thomas Alexander, 76
Stony Lake, 102, 306-7
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 210, 253
Stowe House, 7
Strachan, John, 69
Strickland, Agnes (sister), 5, 16, 19, 21, 22, 23-24, 25, 26, 34, 37, 41-42, 45, 89-91, 103, 114, 134, 171-79, 182, 186, 191-92, 193, 201, 211-15, 216, 237, 259, 298, 313, 314, 335
Strickland, Arthur (grandson), 343
Strickland, Elizabeth (sister), 5, 11, 16, 19, 21, 23, 37, 176-77, 192, 212, 227, 237, 248, 298, 313
Strickland, George (nephew), 303
Strickland, Jane (sister), 5, 21, 23, 37, 115, 212, 319, 335
Strickland, Mary (Mrs. Arthur Strickland), 342
Strickland, Mary Reid (Mrs. Samuel Strickland), 75, 82
Strickland, Mrs. Thomas (Elizabeth), 5, 15-16, 45
Strickland, Mrs. Thomas (Susanna), 5
Strickland, Percy (nephew), 302, 307
Strickland, Robert (nephew), 303
Strickland, Roland (nephew), 303, 304
Strickland, Samuel (brother), 5, 17, 39, 41, 75-76, 93, 95, 130, 144, 149, 188, 213-14, 259, 273, 302, 350
Strickland, Sarah (sister) (Mrs. Gwillym), 5, 13, 25, 134, 212, 225, 313, 315, 322, 342
Strickland sisters: Agnes’s disapproval and contempt for Thomas Traill, 45, 114, 182-83; Catharine and rift between Agnes and Susanna, 236-37; childhood, 7-9, 11-13; embarrassment over Traills’ and Moodies’; plight, 182; family legacy (inheritance), 93; fondness of reading, 9; literary talent, 19, 20-25; mutual dependence between Catharine and Susanna, 127, 181, 227-28, 261 relations between Catharine and Agnes, 178; and reversal in family fortune, 16-18; rift between Agnes and Susanna, 213-15, 217, 225-26, 314-15, 319; rivalry between Susanna and Agnes, 24-25, 27, 90-91; upbringing, 7
Strickland, Thomas (father): affection for Catharine, 13-14; business, 4, 9-10; death, 15; family background, 4; health problems, 5, 8
Strickland, Thomas (brother), 5, 17, 313, 314
Studies of Plant Life in Canada (Catharine Parr Traill), 331-33
Sydenham, Lord, 165
Tait’s Edinburgh Magazine, 124, 192
Talbot, E.A., 41
Tate, J.W., 249
Ten Years in Africa (John Moodie), 39, 201
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 243
Thompson, Elizabeth, xiii Thorburn, Maria, 329
Toronto Star, 172
Traill, Annie (daughter) (Mrs. Clinton Atwood), 142, 175, 181, 186, 234, 260, 313
Traill, Catharine Parr (née Strickland), 8, 9, 16, 38; clothes, 112, 233; conservation concerns, 230; courage, strength, and hardship, 180-81, 186, 188-89; faith, 14, 180, 250, 260; financial straits, 178, 285, 342; and lack of social status, 112; and Native people, 108-9; nature lover, 107, 112, 188, 285-86; portrayed, xv; poverty, 175, 180-81, 184-85; relations with John Moodie, 125; and spiritualism, 252-53; temperament, 11, 13, 45, 109; view of North Americans, 98-99; visits to Belleville, 232-37; courtship, marriage, and motherhood; falls in love with Thomas, 45-46; and Francis Harral, 43; ignores family’s disapproval of Thomas, 46; infant deaths, 180; maternal role, 104-5, 180, 187; pregnancies, 103-4; relations with own children, 234; relations with Thomas, 46, 62, 74-75, 111, 260-61; wedding, 46; emigration: arrival of Susanna, 1-2; contracts cholera, 64-65; departure to Canada, 46-47; illness during crossing, 62; journey to Douro Township, 67-79; frontier life: daily work, 105-6, 111; family reunion, 1-2; first impressions, 62-65, 66-82, 98-100; help of neighbours, 80-82; homesickness, 101, 134; social life, 106-7; literary work and career: The Backwoods of Canada, 114-16; Canadian Crusoes, 190-93; Canadian Settler’s Guide, 238-39; and changing British literary tastes, 179, 285; children’s stories, 189-90, 285; collaborates with niece Agnes on Canadian Wildflowers, 292-99; compulsive writer, 111-12; Cot and Cradle Stories, 342; early promise, 11, 20-21; entry into London literary circles, 21-22, 23; income from writing, 178, 193-94, 239, 285; interest in botany, 191, 285-91; letters home, 101, 114-15; Lost in the Backwoods, 193; Pearls and Pebbles, 341-42; recognition, 326-33; search for publishing outlets, 237-38, 239; sense of professionalism, 197; Studies of Plant Life in Canada, 331-33; writing as a form of release, 190; writing as a means of support, 124-25; widowhood: affection for Susanna, 337; death, 347; household, 313-14; social and family life, 282-85; Westcove residence, 382-383
Traill, James (son), 82, 186, 201-2, 234, 260, 261
Traill, John (son, by first marriage), 45, 114
Traill, Katharine Agnes Strickland (daughter), 125, 181, 186, 260, 283, 338, 346
Traill, Katharine Parr (granddaughter), 300, 344
Traill, Mary Elizabeth (daughter) (Mrs. Thomas Muchall), 180, 260,
338, 343
Traill, Mary Ellen Bridges (daughter), 180, 234
Traill, Thomas: appointed justice of the peace, 120; death, 260; depression, 62, 113, 142-43, 180, 186-87, 188; desperate to leave backwoods, 125-26; distant parent, 104; emotional dependence, 62, 113; falls in lov
e with Catharine, 45; family background, 43-44, 44; homesickness, 113-14; lack of political connections, 120-21; meets disapproval of Stricklands, 45-46; military career, 43, 43-44; money woes, 44, 142, 143, 180, 183; and politics, 122-23; previous marriage, 44-45; relations with Catharine, 63; relations with Susanna Moodie, 142, 144; squanders Catharine’s family legacy, 110; temperament, 44, 45, 62; unable to find government job, 142; volunteers to put down rebellion, 130; emigration: Canada-mania, 46; frontier life: ill-suited for, 74, 78; settling the land, 110-11; takes up land grant, 79-80
Traill, Thomas Henry Strickland (son), 125, 185, 186, 202, 260, 300
Traill, Walter John Strickland (son), 187, 234, 260, 283, 338, 339
Traill, Walter (son, by first marriage), 45, 114
Traill, William Edward (son), 181, 187, 234, 260, 283, 338, 339
Twenty-seven years in Canada (Sam Strickland), 215-17, 335
Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Stowe), 210
Upper Canada: backwoods, 69; economic development, 118-19; elections, 168; government, 120; home-grown literature, 197; immigration and settlement, 119-20; periodicals, 74, 196-97; politics, 68, 120-23, 129-31, 163-5; society, 68, 70, 98-99; travel, 229-30
Van Horn, Sir William, 345
Vickers, John Joseph, 235, 305
Victoria District. See also Hastings County
Victoria, Queen, 131, 175, 248
Wales, Thomas, 40, 71, 85, 86, 214
Wallbridge, Lewis, 269
Warner, Ashton, 26
Wellington, Duke of, 5, 177
Westove (Traill residence), 99, 307, 312-15, 349
White, Gilbert, 288, 301, 333
William iv, 27
Wilson, Joseph, 196-97
Wolf Tower, 184-87, 350
Wollstonecraft, Mary, 19, 34
Wolseley, Rev. Henry Hulbert, 143
Women: attitude of English, 65; opportunities for writers, 33-34; social mores, 19
Woodhull, Victoria, 253
York, 41, 68. See also Toronto
Young, Patrick, 305