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Life in the Backwoods
Susanna Moodie
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"They had a chief," he said, "a few years ago, whom they called 'Handsome Jack'—whether in derision, I cannot tell, for he was one of the ugliest Indians I ever saw. The scarlet fever got into the camp—a terrible disease in this country, and doubly terrible to those poor creatures who don't know how to treat it. His eldest daughter died. The chief had fasted two days when I met him in the bush. I did not know what had happened, but I opened my wallet, for I was on a hunting expedition, and offered him some bread and dried venison. He looked at me reproachfully.
"Do white men eat bread the first night their papouse is laid in the earth?"
"I then knew the cause of his depression, and left him."<. . . Read More
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Community Reviews
I enjoy reading of pioneers, their struggles and how they survived. But I really enjoyed the part of living in the bush, as it brings up cherished memories of the land that I long to return to. I found some parts a little hard to follow, as to the progression of our language I guess. But, I'm glad I
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. One of my favorite reads is the book that is about the pioneers of our great country.
Interesting read of the times in Canada near Peterborough in the 1800's
This is a more fragmented narrative than Roughing it in the Bush, as it appears to be a series of essays on life in small town Ontario and Toronto in the mid-nineteenth century. Margaret Atwood fans may be interested in the sections relating to Grace Marks.