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  relationship with Pauline, 150, 158, 270, 271, 335–36, 343

  Songs of the Great Dominion, 119–21, 126, 130, 131, 147, 148, 156

  Linton, Elizabeth Lynn, 63

  Lloyd, Marie, 171, 181, 310

  locket, 103, 390, 395

  London (Engl.)

  culture and amusements, 179–82, 310, 321

  described, 171–74, 309–10

  Pauline in, 169–71, 171–93, 304–5, 308–9, 310–20, 321–22, 325, 326–29, 335–37, 339

  Walter McRaye in, 309, 314–15, 320–21, 325

  Longboat, Tom, 337

  Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 21, 53, 79, 228

  Lorne, John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, Marquess of, 61, 69, 176

  Louise (Princess of Great Britain), 61

  Louise (Queen of Denmark), 337

  Lovell, Robert, 7

  “Low Tide on Grand Pré” (Carman), 127–28

  Loyalists, 27, 28

  Macdonald, John A., 39

  MacDonald, Wilson, 398

  Macdonnell, D. J., 140, 141

  MacGregor, John, 109–10

  Machar, Agnes Maule, 87–88, 131, 140, 141

  Mackay, Isabel Ecclestone, 361, 373, 380, 392

  Mackenzie, Alick, 110, 302, 303

  Mackenzie, Francie, 99

  Mackenzie, Garland Crawford Gordon, 86, 97–98, 99, 170, 194, 243–44

  Mackenzie, Helen, 98

  Mackenzie, Michael, 97–98, 99–102, 125, 169

  Mackenzie, Norman, 99

  Mackenzie, William Lyon, 32

  MacLean, Isabel, 373, 377–78, 380, 389, 392–93

  MacNab, Allan Napier, 32

  Maguire, Eileen, 361, 374, 380, 386

  Mail and Empire (Toronto), 288

  Mair, Charles, 158–59, 256, 383, 397

  Makovski, Lionel, 364, 369, 373, 374, 378, 380, 385, 386, 387, 389, 391, 392, 395–96

  Malcolm (reviewer), 223–24

  “Malcolm’s Katie” (Crawford), 131

  Manchester Guardian, 224, 226

  Manitoba Morning Free Press, 240, 255

  Manners, Cecil, Lord, 311

  Manufacturers Association (Brantford), 300

  Maracle, Floretta, 302, 339–40, 389

  Marega, Charles Serginson, 388, 389

  Marengo (pony), 55

  Marks brothers, 220

  Martin, Catherine Rolleston, 29–30

  Martin, Clara Brett, 263

  Martin, George Onhyeateh, 30

  Martin, George (poet), 147–48

  Martin, Peter Oronhyatekha, 148, 231

  Massachusetts Indian Association, 344

  Massey’s Magazine, 226, 317

  Mathews, Charles Elkin, 189, 190

  Maude, Ella, 119

  Maugham, Somerset, 321

  McCandlish, Maria Howells, 8, 13

  McCandlish, Rev., 13

  McClung, Nellie, 253–54

  McEvoy, Bernard, 378

  McNab, A. L., 119

  McRaye, Lucy. See Webling, Lucy

  McRaye, Walter

  appearance and dress, 279, 342

  articles by, 303

  background, 280–83

  in England, 309, 314–15, 320–21, 324–25

  as performer, 282–85, 303, 307, 333, 343, 361

  relationships: with Lucy Webling, 320–21, 329, 340, 358–59; with Pauline, 278, 279–80, 284, 285–87, 302, 308, 321, 346, 358–59, 380, 381, 385, 386, 387, 393

  Meredith, Owen, 283

  Merrickville (ON), 280

  Miller, Joaquin, 179

  Millet, Jean-François, 136

  Milly (nurse), 54

  Milton, John, 53

  mines and mining, 291–92, 295

  Minnehaha, 157

  Minto, Gilbert Elliot, Earl of, 285, 314, 316

  Minto, Mary Caroline Grey, Lady, 285

  Miqmaq people, 228

  Mississauga nation, 107

  Mitten (cat), 52

  “The Mixer” (Stead), 355

  Mohawk Chapel, 31, 82, 385

  Mohawk Institute, 50–51, 52, 67

  Mohawk nation, 16, 21, 35, 147

  Mohawk Valley, 25

  Monteith, John, 113

  Monteith House, 113

  Montreal, 217

  Montreal Daily Star, 237–38, 300

  Moodie, John, 107–8

  Moodie, Susanna, 9, 107–8, 131

  Moran, Mrs. (matron), 388

  More, Hannah, 7

  Morgan, Henry, 260–61

  “Morning on the Lièvre” (Lampman), 128–29

  Morning Post (London), 335

  Morton, Archie, 306, 307, 318, 320, 336–37

  Morton, Jean, 68, 70, 76, 82

  “The Mother” (Campbell), 141–42

  motherhood, 63

  The Mother’s Magazine, 9–10, 333–34, 347, 354, 356, 363–64, 366, 384

  Mountain, George Jehoshaphat, 148

  movies, 359

  Moyie (sternwheeler), 296–97

  Muirhead, Emily, 53

  Muskoka, 111–13

  Musson Book Company, 363, 383

  “The Mystic Singer” (Machar), 141

  Nasmyth, Beatrice, 380, 387

  National Observer, 224

  Nelles, Thomas Ransom Biggar, 367, 368, 371, 375, 380, 385, 386, 388, 389

  New, E. H., 191

  New Brunswick, 226

  New Oxford Book of Canadian Verse in English, 398

  New Women, 87–88, 384

  New York City, 61–62, 103, 127, 131, 133–36, 169, 228, 282–83

  New York (colony), 19–20

  New York Times, 137

  Nichol, Walter C., 364

  Nickawa, Frances, 401

  Niven, Maud, 102

  Nootka nation, 107

  North-West Mounted Police, 249–53

  North-West Rebellion, 142–43, 158

  Notman, William, 61

  Nova Scotia, 228–29

  Oakley, Annie, 156

  O’Brien, Harry, 168–69, 176

  Ojibwa nation, 29, 198, 203, 205

  “Old Spookses’ Pass” (Crawford), 131

  Ommanney, Sir Montagu, 325

  Oneida nation, 21

  On Guard (W. S. Gilbert), 111

  Onondaga nation, 21, 48

  Ontario, 3, 71, 229. See also Upper Canada

  On the Cars and Off (Sladen), 210

  Onwanonsyshon. See Johnson, George Henry Martin

  “Onward the Saxon treads” (Martin), 147–48

  opera houses, 217–18

  Orillia Times, 219

  Orion, and Other Poems (Roberts), 126

  Oronhyatekha (Peter Martin), 148, 231

  Ottawa, 62, 164, 222, 278, 281, 285

  Ottawa Citizen, 165–66, 285

  Ouida (Louise de la Ramée), 79

  Outing (magazine), 118

  Owen, Cecil, 385, 386, 391, 393

  Oxford Book of Canadian Verse, 397

  Pacey, Desmond, 398

  Paddling Her Own Canoe (Gerson and Strong-Boag), 399

  Paderewski, Ignace, 186

  Page, Byrd, 312

  Pale as Real Ladies (Crate), 401

  Pall Mall Gazette, 319

  Palmer, Henry, 292

  Paris International Exhibition pamphlet, 262–64

  Parker, Lady, 317

  Parker, Sir Gilbert, 315–17, 319, 335

  Parkman, Francis, 188

  Pauline Johnson Trust Fund, 378, 380, 381

  Pearson, Sir Arthur, 317, 325, 335

  Pepperell, William, 23

  Peterborough canoes, 108–9, 192

  Piapot, 211–12

  Pickthall, Marjorie, 398

  Pierre, Simon, 322

  Piggott, Edward, 176

  Pinero, Sir Arthur, 181

  pine-tree chiefs, 29

  Pittsburgh (PA), 12

  Plains Indians, 198, 208, 210

  “The Poet Is Bidden to Manhattan Island” (Roberts), 227–28

  poetry in Canada, 119, 125–31, 141<
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  Poundmaker, 207, 211

  prostitutes, 175, 239, 297

  racism, 232, 259–60, 277, 352

  Rainy River (ON), 303–4

  Rankin, McKee, 283

  Read, Opie, 342

  Red Jacket (Sagoyewatha), 90

  regattas, 110–11

  residential schools, 267–68. See also Mohawk Institute

  “The Revenge” (Tennyson), 375

  Reville, Douglas, 79, 97, 106

  Reville, Jean Morton. See Morton, Jean

  Rhea, Hortense, 162

  Richardson, John, 53, 80

  Ricketts, Ernest Ramsay, 306–7

  Riel, Louis, 142–43, 158, 206

  Ripon, George Robinson, Lord, 178, 231

  Ripon, Henrietta Vyner, Lady, 177, 179, 194, 311

  Roberts, Charles G. D., 125, 126, 127, 130, 131, 226–28, 304, 316, 320, 335, 384

  Roberts, Elizabeth (Nain), 227

  Roberts, George Goodridge, 227

  Roberts, May, 227, 335

  Roberts, Viola, 119

  Rob Roy canoes, 109, 110

  Rogers, Elizabeth, 390, 391, 392

  Rogers, Mansell, 64, 244

  Rogers, Mary Howells, 8, 39, 40, 64

  Rogers, Robert (son), 39

  Rogers, Robert Vashon, 8, 13, 39, 41, 64

  Roper, Edward, 210

  Rose Belford’s Canadian Monthly, 87, 140

  Ross, George, 140

  Rosseau township, 111, 113, 115

  Rossin House, 137–38, 151

  Rossland (BC), 294–95

  Rossland Miner, 295

  Roughing It in the Bush (Moodie), 107–8

  Rox, Margaret (pseud.), 79

  Royal Canoe Club, 110

  Royal Society of Canada, 391

  Roycroft Inn, 345

  Russell, Frank, 97

  Ryerson Press, 384

  sachets, 97, 132

  Sagoyewatha (Red Jacket), 90

  Saint John Daily Sun, 273

  Sakayengwaraton. See Johnson, John “Smoke”

  Sam (man in canoe), 115

  Sandon (BC), 297–98

  Saturday Night, 118–19, 126, 130, 165, 180, 230, 231, 400

  Pauline published in, 94, 102, 117, 118, 161–62, 265, 311, 334–35

  reviews in, 155, 160, 162, 300

  Sault Ste. Marie (ON), 199–200

  scalping knife, 92

  scalps, 158, 243

  The Scotsman, 224

  Scott, Agnes, 165–66

  Scott, Belle, 311

  Scott, Mrs. Campbell, 222

  Scott, Clement, 188–89

  Scott, Duncan Campbell, 125, 128–30, 140, 147, 169, 222, 316

  Scott, Emma, 175

  Scott, F. R., 398

  Scott, Frederick George, 222, 384

  Scott, Jack, 372, 398

  Scott, James, 175

  Scott, Lady, 165

  Scott, Sir Richard, 165, 175

  Scott, Sir Walter, 53

  Scott, William, 164–66

  Seabury, Emma, 119

  Selections from Canadian Poets (Dewart, ed.), 141

  Seneca nation, 21

  Sero, John Ojijatekha, 148

  Service, Robert, 253, 398

  Seton, Ernest Thompson, 196–97, 247, 304, 307–8, 335, 343–44, 384

  Shakespeare, William, 283

  Shaw, George Bernard, 181, 321

  Shaw, Mrs. (whistler), 179

  Shearman, T. S. H., 298

  Sheffield, Thomas, 175

  Shipman, Ernest, 198, 205, 207, 215

  “The Shooting of Dan McGrew” (Service), 253

  Sifton, Clifford, 270–71, 278, 285

  Silpaymilt, Charlie, 322

  Simcoe, Elizabeth, 27

  Simcoe, John, 27

  Simpson-Hayes, Kate, 270

  Sioux nation, 208

  Sitting Bull, 156

  Six Nations Reserve, 30, 69, 348. See also Iroquois Confederacy; Iroquois nation

  land grant, 25, 27–28, 72

  life and culture, 17, 47–48, 70–71, 80–81, 148, 156–57, 161

  The Sketch, 186–87, 224, 225–26

  Sladen, Douglas, 210, 350

  slavery, 12. See also abolitionism

  Smily, Owen Alexander

  as partner, 166–67, 206, 214–15, 223, 233–34

  as performer, 167, 168, 206, 218, 232, 262

  on tour, 199, 201, 204, 205, 207–8, 227, 350

  writings, 200, 211, 216–18, 219, 223

  Smith, Elma B., 342

  Smith, Goldwin, 88, 259

  Smith, Mrs. Grayson, 261

  Smithsonian Institute, 233

  A Social Departure (Duncan), 237

  Society for Converting and Civilizing the Indians, 31

  Song of Hiawatha (Longfellow), 21, 53, 123, 157

  Songs of the Common Day (Roberts), 228

  Songs of the Great Dominion (Lighthall, ed.), 119–21, 125, 130, 131, 139, 147, 156

  Southey, Robert, 7

  Springfield Daily Leader, 343

  St. John’s church, 14, 73

  Stanley, Constance Villiers, Lady, 164

  Stanley, Frederick Arthur, Lord, 164

  Stanley Park, 372–73, 391–94

  Stead, Robert J. C., 355

  Stedman, Clarence Edward, 228

  Stephenson, John, 108

  Stevenson, Orlando John, 163–64

  Stevinson, Henry, 376, 377

  Stevinson, Jean. See Thompson, Bertha Jean

  Stoney nation, 208, 210

  Stowe, Augusta, 88

  Stowe, Emily Howard, 88

  Strathcona, Bella Smith, Lady, 314

  Strathcona, Donald Smith, Lord, 312–15, 324, 325, 337, 338

  Strickland, George, 108

  Strong-Boag, Veronica, 399

  Summerland (BC) Development Company, 300

  Sunday Globe (Toronto), 160

  Sunset Publishing, 378

  Swinburne, Algernon, 79, 319–20

  Taylor, Buck, 156

  Tecumseh: A Drama (Mair), 158

  Tekahionwake, Mary, 22

  “Tekahionwake,” Pauline as, 186–87, 191, 326, 342

  telegraphs, 280–81

  Tennyson, Alfred Lord, 53, 79, 283, 375

  Terre Haute Express, 219

  Terry, Ellen, 195, 282

  Thompson, Bertha Jean, 302–3, 356–57, 361–62, 368, 369–70, 371, 374, 375, 376–77, 386–87

  Thompson, David, 108

  Thompson, Ted, 376

  Thoreau, Henry David, 188

  Thorold, W. J., 317

  Thorpe, Courtney, 137, 138

  Tillicum (cat), 360, 375

  The Times (London), 183, 319, 335

  Toronto, 43, 171, 229–32, 264–65

  Pauline in, 137–38, 150–55, 168, 221, 261–62

  Toronto Canoe Club, 110

  Toronto Cricket Club, 168

  Toronto Star, 259, 359

  Toronto World, 93

  Traill, Catharine Parr, 9, 303

  Traill, Kate, 303

  The Translation of a Savage (Parker), 316

  travel

  border crossings, 13

  by rail, 162–63, 197–98, 200–203, 207, 280–81, 290, 292–94, 297, 301

  by road, 13, 14, 205, 301

  by ship, 111–12, 170–71, 198, 296–97, 306–8

  Tree, Herbert Beerbohm, 183, 321

  Tucker, Jas. A., 119

  Tupper, Sir Charles, 176, 177, 192, 312, 318

  Tupper, Sir Charles Hibbert (son), 378

  Turner, James, 75

  Tuscarora nation, 21, 48

  Twain, Mark, 316

  Twentieth Century Review, 133

  Types of Canadian Women (Morgan), 261

  Underground Railroad, 12

  Under Two Flags (Ouida), 79

  “Up and Down the Pacific Coast” (J. Thompson), 356, 357

  Upper Canada, 2–3, 14, 49. See also Ontario

  Vancouver

  described, 221, 349–52, 356


  Pauline in, 346–48, 349, 353–54, 356–57, 358, 359–63, 372–74, 386, 391–94

  Vancouver Daily Province, 255, 298, 307, 364, 389, 392

  Magazine, 364–65, 374

  Vancouver Daily World, 219, 357, 374

  Vancouver Sun, 391

  Vancouver Women’s Press Club, 378, 386, 391

  Van Horne, William Cornelius, 201, 202–3, 220, 292, 316

  Vanity Fair, 180

  Vankleek Hill (Ont.), 167–68, 283

  Van Tine, Amy, 315, 316

  vaudeville, 273, 398

  Victoria (Queen of Great Britain), 2, 140, 181

  Vincent, John Heyl, 340

  Voke, Rosina, 137, 138, 162, 168, 282

  Vroom, Edward, 282

  Wabanaki nation, 147

  Wacousta (Richardson), 53

  Ward, Genevieve, 310

  War of 1812, 28–29

  War of American Independence, 24–26, 26–27

  Warraghiyagey, 19. See also Johnson, Sir William

  Warren, Peter, 19, 23

  Warrington, Fred., 151

  Washington, Katie Howells, 75–76, 244, 264, 301, 333, 335, 358, 359, 389

  Washington, Stephen Frederick, 244, 264, 358

  Watson, Homer, 60–61

  Watt, James, 97

  Watts, George Frederick, 182

  Watts-Dunton, Theodore, 156, 169, 319

  Webb, Sidney, 316

  Webling, Lucy (later McRaye), 320–21, 329, 340, 358–59, 361, 379, 380

  Webling, Peggy, 66, 75

  Wedge, William, 244

  The Week, 91, 118, 127, 144, 150, 223, 225, 228

  Weekly Detroit Free Press, 118

  Weekly Herald (Cranbrook), 253

  Weir, Harold (son), 372–73

  Weir, Harry (father), 372–73

  West Indies, 328, 332–33

  Westminster Gazette, 319

  Wetherald, Agnes Ethelwyn, 149, 150

  “Where do you go from here?” (Smily), 216–17

  Whistler, James McNeill, 181

  White, Percy, 182

  Whiteley’s department store, 192

  Whittier, John Greenleaf, 123–24

  Wildcat (canoe), 105, 106, 110

  Wilde, Oscar, 60, 179, 181, 189, 309

  Wild West Show, 156, 312

  Wilkes, Mrs. Walter, 114, 115

  Wilkes, Walter, 115

  Wilson, Cameron, 97

  Wilson, Ethel, 372

  Winnipeg Free Press, 234

  Winnipeg (Man.), 205–7, 234, 237–39, 284, 288

  Winnipeg Tribune, 345

  Wolf Clan, 35

  Wollaston, John, 17

  women poets, 131

  Women’s Canadian Club, 378, 390

  The Women Who Did (Allen), 190

  Wood, Laura, 272–73, 337

  Wood, Percy, 90

  Woodhouse, Mr. (mine superintendent), 295

  Wordsworth, William, 7, 11

  Worman, Mr. (editor), 118