Report on the Sarcee Indians
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Author/Creator
Edward Francis Wilson
Horatio Hale
Description
Part of the 1888 Report on the North-Western Tribes of Canada.
Historical note:
Gerald Willoughby (1866-1933) was one of the first citizens of Saskatoon, NWT.Historical note:
Rev. John Richard Matheson was the husband of Dr. Elizabeth (Scott) Matheson. They were married in 1891, and she went with him to the Anglican mission on a reserve at Onion Lake, 200 miles Northwest of Saskatoon. As well as a missionary, he served as builder, rancher and trader to finance their work. After she completed medical studies at his urging, he built her a small mission hospital at Onion Lake, and the couple ran a mission school there.