The wise people of the Shuswap and other First Nations can remember the distinct subtleties of their different myths and their versions of nature and the beginning of time. [...] The Great Spirit told them to go down to the bottom of the lake again and bring up the trees and all the plants, and then bring up all the animals and the fish and the birds and the whales. [...] The Great Spirit made a big fire and blew on it, and the sparks flew up to make the stars and the sun and the moon, and then everything was light like the sunshine and he took a handful of mud and squeezed it in his hands. [...] The chief would go out and get fish and find deer and moose along Knife Creek, and the pretty squaw made the fire and cooked the meat and fish, the babies came, and she made coats and moccasins for everybody. [...] The muskrats were happy, the fish were happy, the moose and deer were happy, and the big chief and squaw and all the little babies were happy.
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- Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-150) and index
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- 971.1/7503/0922
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 21
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Table of Contents
- CONTENTS 8
- FOREWORD 12
- INTRODUCTION 14
- 1. THE BRIDGE BETWEEN THEN AND NOW: Old Annie Basil of Sugar Cane 18
- 2. FAMINE TO FEAST: The Murphys of 141 Mile House 25
- 3. A PARTY OF PLEASURE: Dr. Cheadle and Lord Milton, the First Tourists 33
- 4. THE GOLDEN FLEECE: How the Lees Came to Knife Creek Road 39
- 5. DREAMS AND GHOSTS: The Felkers of 144 Mile House 48
- 6. THE MUSTANG’S CHALLENGE: Harry Wright of Nelly’s Lake 52
- 7. JOKERS AND JUSTICE: John Haley of 130 Mile House 56
- 8. COWBOY TO CATTLE RANCHER: The Dream of Harry Barnard 59
- 9. BRANDY OF THE LAMBS: Auntie Gertie of Knife Creek Road 62
- 10. LAND OF OPPORTUNITY: Big Glaus Mikkelsen of Mclntosh Lake 66
- 11. THE CARIBOO INVENTOR: Orville Fletcher and His Beaver Farm 71
- 12. LOST IN THE NIGHT: Lillian, the Night Walker 76
- 13. THE ICE SPIRIT: Old Herber's Moment of Truth 80
- 14. THE MAN WHO TALKED TO HORSES: Charles Isnardy 84
- 15. UNLINED POCKETS, SHALLOW GRAVES: An Unmarked Grave at Nelly's Lake 89
- 16. DEATH WAS THE MORNING HUNTSMAN: An Accidental Death Near Spout Lake 92
- 17. REAL HEROES AND COWBOYS: John Dodd, War Hero of Knife Creek Road 95
- 18. VOWS AND HAY BALES: Racehorse Johnson and Rita Cunningham 100
- 19. DEMONS AND CAULDRONS: Roland and Joyce, A Love That Couldn't Be 104
- 20. CHERRY PIE AND CHILDREN: Hazel's Spring Estrous Cycle 108
- 21. THE QUIET PRIEST: Father William J. Murphy of Knife Creek Road 112
- 22. AN MP IS BORN: How Philip Mayfield was Prepared for Ottawa 116
- 23. APOSTLE OF THE CARIBOO: The Reverend A.D. McKinnon 119
- 24. HERALDING DR. HERALD: Pioneer Doctor of the Gold-Rush Trail 125
- 25. BULLS AND BANKS: George Mayfield's Mark on the Cariboo 129
- 26. MOUNTAIN OYSTERS TO MOTOR HOMES: Patricia Jeannette, a Real Pioneer Woman 134
- 27. MONUMENTS OF JUSTICE: Denis Murphy's Rise to Greatness 142
- CONCLUSION 146
- BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES 148
- INDEX 152
- A 152
- B 152
- C 152
- D 153
- E 153
- F 153
- G 153
- H 154
- I 154
- J 154
- K 154
- L 154
- M 154
- N 155
- O 155
- P 155
- Q 155
- R 155
- S 155
- T 156
- U 156
- V 156
- W 156
- Y 156
- Z 156
- PHOTO CREDITS 157
- THE AUTHOR 158
