Kamloops Wawa, Issue 195

Our English Pages describes visits by Right Reverend Bishop Dontenwill, movements of other Reverends in the region, and the opening of churches in Kamloops and Vancouver. Holiday rates offered by the Canadian Pacific Railway. Description of book received entitled The Thompson Indians of British Columbia by James Teit. Quotes passage related to Indian Agent Irwin's report on Indians. Very positive account of Indian agriculture and complaints of Indians about "halfbreeds" and white men selling liquor and stealing horses. Notre Page Francaise: lengthy discussion of the practicality of Chinook and challenges missionaries face when attempting to instruct Indians in many different languages. Suggests sharing religious messages through the use of the languages of the Indians they instruct. Shushwap Hymns; Holy Infancy; LeJeune asks for subscriptions to help fund Bible History and vocabularies in local Aboriginal languages.
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1900-12
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University of Saskatchewan Libraries Special Collections, Father J.M.R. LeJeune, Wawa-1-Wawa-S1-179; records from Our Legacy site, http://scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy
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