Kamloops Wawa, Issue 215
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| Database ID | 28105 | |
| Institution | University of Saskatchewan Libraries Special Collections | |
| Fonds/Collection | Father J.M.R. LeJeune | |
| Series | Wawa-1 | |
| File/Item Reference | Wawa-1-Wawa-S1-200 | |
| Date of creation | October 1905[?] | |
| Physical description/extent | 12 pages; Mimeographed | |
| Number of images | 12 | |
| Scope and content | Entire issue is handwritten in French. It appears to be a travel journal from Father LeJeune with selected excerpts from July to September 1905. Middle section of this edition is missing. Describes meetings with other clergy and Aboriginal people. Met someone the Indians call "the Prophet," Spuzzum Dick, near Spence's Bridge and describes complaints to the Prophet received about the Minister. The Prophet said there were many ways to the sky [heaven?]. LeJeune later describes terrible catastrophe at Indian village of Spence's Bridge, August 13, where a landslide killed 15 Aboriginal people and fifteen others were injured. Many of the Aboriginals consider this catastrophe to be punishment from the sky [heaven]. Then describes various meetings in Semilkamine area. Conveys [Chief?] Louis' story about his nephew who killed a bear and came to give him the fur. Louis states that his great-grandfather is Hlich-hlih-ken. | |
| Copyright holder | Public domain | |
| Copyright expiry date | Public domain | |
| Type | Archival | |
| Primary Media | Textual documents | |
| Provenance Access Point | LeJeune, Jean Marie Raphael | |
| Other notes | Issue 215. Pagination 1-6, 11-16 (pages 7 to 10 are missing). Year is written in in pencil. | |
| Treaty boundaries | No treaty | |
| Cultural region | Northwest Coast Plateau | |
| Subject | Magazines and Periodicals Missions and Missionaries Travel | |
| Date Range(s) | 1900-1909 | |
| Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/28105
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