Clash With Jingwak Tensions in Pipestone Country
Jim Stuart and Sunset House face wary Otawa traders and a suspected shaman Jingwak after a tense meeting in Mitiwangagama. Baptiste Wagosh warns against venturing deeper as native fears and French influence loom, while a nighttime canoe pursuit prompts quick action near the lake.
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Taradees
Omar
LeBlond
Jim
le Bland
Lila
Pipestone
Baptiste Wagosh
Wanu
Wagosh
Omer
Meau
Old Esau
Jingwak
Mitiwangagama
Jim Stuart
Wabeno
Tingwak
Miau
Esau
Sunset House
Mitawangagamy
Aurore LeBlond
Stuart
Mar
Pipestone Island Trade Clash and Jingwak Deceit
Jim Stuart and Omar seek new furs among Ojibwas on Pipestone lakes while Paradis and Jingwak sow fear. An old Ojibwa elder pledges caution and hints Jingwak’s lies. Jim vows to return in December to restore honest trade as peril mounts for all.
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Simset House
Jim Stuart
Ile
Onsar
Mescues
Aurora LeSland
Stuart
Jim
LeBlond
Paradis
Aurorehea
Leyland Post
Andrew Christie
Omar
LeBlod
Aurore
Winnipeg
Peterborn
Esau
Mpestone
Pipestone Lakes
Kenedin
Jim Steppe
Lake of the Sand
Jingwak
Pipestone
Onar
Old Company
Fort Hope
Albany
Ovide Zotaire
Sturgeon River
Prenchman
Old Notaire
Paradin
Jin
Not
Sunset House
North-West Company
Zotalre
Bisan
Nipigon
Wiall
Zotake
Pipestone Chain
Zotalie
de Sturgeon
Wiau
Mita- Wangagama
Ello
Smoke
Asf
Pocahontas and Milly tales of brave Indian maidens
The article recounts Pocahontas daughter of Wahunsonacock and her ransom, captivity on Captain Argill's ship, her Christian baptism as Lady Nehec ca, marriage to John Rolfe, and her death at twenty two from smallpox. It compares her story to Milly McKrimmon of the Seminoles, whose rescue involves her father Hills Hadjo and a bold plea that leads to mercy and eventual marriage to McKrimmon.
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Mutaocka
Wahunsonncock
Pokahantes
John Smith
Soarcely
Pacahontas
England
Pocahontas
Argyll
Potomac River
Henuyread
Nehecca
John Rolfe
Powhatan
Rolfes
America
Gravesend
McKrimmon
Milly
Mikasuki
Hills Hadjo
Hillis Hadro
Anbound
McKrimmion
Dausghters
Loss of the Ox and the Passing of a Farm Power
A reflection on the ox as a historical farm power and the shift to mules, horses, and tractors. The piece discusses aesthetics versus productivity, noting oxen as decorative and powerful yet too slow for modern progress, and laments the loss of oxen and the craft of oxen tending.
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Europe
United States
Touching The Land Lady Recounts Anniversary Tragedy
The landlady recalls the death of her sea captain uncle who perished at sea twenty five years ago. A boarder jokes about the lamb cutlet linking the memory to the uncle’s fate and the pet lamb given as a parting gift.
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Jambi
Supreme California Rules Against Workmen’s Comp for Wooden Leg
The Supreme Court of California ruled a worker cannot collect workmen’s compensation for injury to a wooden leg. John Driscoll, a teamster, was hurt when his horses slipped and threw him. The decision faced three dissenters and argued that loss of an artificial limb is a disability, while the majority warned it could open claims for other prosthetics or items.
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Supreme Part
California
John Driscoll
Toes Out Then Bach Elor’s Life In Undurned Sequence
A fragment reflects a jokey view of a bachelor’s life as a string of undurned events. The note hints at humor, wordplay, and a casual stream of observations from the Boston Transcript.
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Bostoo
Mercolized Wax Keeps Skin Young
A fragmented report shows a local authority council in Slovakia enforcing a public shaming punishment for a man who whipped his wife. He must crawl home on hands and knees, carry his wife, beg publicly, and stand all night before his hut with a water jug on his head.
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Romany Justice
Gypetes Uving
Trairforce
Nosice
Slovakia
Niyer
Douglas Fairbanks Jr Debuts Ham Jet Plot Mocked
Douglas Fairbanks Jr interrupted a conference of story writers at First National with a new plot idea for Ham Jet. He described it in detail but with no dates, and the writers rejected it as episodic. He left smiling, noting someone had liked it as the plot of Ham Jet.
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Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Douglas
Boston Herald
Egyptian Joke Ends in Tragic Funeral Twist
A young Egyptian in Cairo pretends his absent father has died as a joke. The ruse backfires when the father returns healthy and scolds him. Mortified, the son drowns himself in the Nile, and the mock funeral becomes the real one for the son.
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Cairo
Nile
First Fishing Trip Sparks Kid’s Snake Encounter
A boy, allowed to fish for the first time by two uncles, returns excited after getting close to a big black snake. He tells his mother he saw the snake’s tongue flick and mentions its dangerous proximity. The tale reflects a cautious upbringing and a rare outdoor adventure.
Silence Is Golden and the Value of Reserved Speech
A reflective piece from American Magazine discusses the benefits of silence, noting how restraint in speech preserves relationships and avoids needless conflicts among friends. It argues thoughtful words carry weight when spoken.
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Silence
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Watson
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Ernest C. Rossiter
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Peterman’s Want Food
Lydia
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkhams
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