Two Months in the Camp of Big Bear

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Two Months in the Camp of Big Bear

by Theresa Gowanlock, Theresa Delaney

EN·~2 hours·37 chapters

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37 total
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TWO MONTHS IN THE CAMP OF BIG BEAR. - The Life and Adventures Of Theresa Gowanlock and Theresa Delaney

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By Theresa Gowanlock and Theresa Delaney

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PART I.

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INTRODUCTION.

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CHAPTER I. — WE LEAVE ONTARIO.

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CHAPTER II. — INCIDENTS AT BATTLEFORD

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CHAPTER III. — ON TO OUR HOME.

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CHAPTER IV. — AT HOME.

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CHAPTER V. — WOOD AND PLAIN INDIANS.

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CHAPTER VI. — THE MASSACRE.

6:48

Description

A young woman set out from her family home in Ontario, traveling by rail, steamer and buckboard across the sprawling prairies toward a new settlement in the west. The crisp autumn weather makes the long ride seem almost pleasant, until a sudden attack shatters the quiet of a modest frontier town and she finds herself taken by a band of Indigenous warriors led by the famed chief known as Big Bear. Amid the shock of capture, she clings to the hope that rescue might come, even as the unfamiliar landscape and harsh conditions test her endurance.

In the camp, she recounts a stark mix of hardship and unexpected kindness, noting the daily routines, the language barriers, and the small gestures of humanity offered by a few members of the group. Her narrative balances vivid descriptions of the prairie’s rugged beauty with the personal struggle to stay hopeful. When a chance commotion finally provides an opening, she escapes, carrying with her a deep gratitude for those who aided her and a desire to set the record straight about her ordeal.

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Language

en

Duration

~2 hours (170K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Text file produced by Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions HTML file produced by David Widger

Release date

2004-10-01

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the authors

Theresa Gowanlock

Theresa Gowanlock

1863–1899

Best known for a firsthand account of the 1885 Frog Lake tragedy, this Canadian pioneer writer turned a harrowing experience into one of the most widely remembered captivity narratives of the North-West Rebellion era. Her writing offers both personal drama and a vivid glimpse of life on the western frontier.

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Theresa Delaney

1849–1913

Remembered for a rare first-person account of the 1885 North-West Resistance, this Canadian memoirist wrote from direct experience after surviving the Frog Lake attack and weeks of captivity in Big Bear's camp. Her voice gives the book its urgency, mixing hardship, grief, and eyewitness detail.

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