Search Results: by canoe and dog train by rev egerton ryerson

Toronto: The Ryerson Press, nd. (c.1930).. Story of the author's missionary work in Northern Canada with an introduction by Mark Guy Pearce.. Pp.267, colour frontispiece + 3 further colour plates and occasional black & white illustrations, presentation bookplate to front free endpaper, small bookseller's stamp (Ruddocks,Lincoln). Grey illustrated cloth. VG.

New York: Eaton & Mains circa 1890, 1890. hard. good++. Pencilled scribbles on dedication page, general edgewear. Still attractive wood engravings. good++, no dj, elegantly stamped pictorial slate green cloth 267 pgs

London: London Missionary Society., 1892. 262pp, bw engravings. Or blue cloth with pictures of men in canoe, and dog sled. Stated presentation copy on front cover. Very slight wear at bottom corners, presentation label on front paste down. An account of missionary work along the Mississippi River, particularly with the Cree indians, and the establishment of a Wesleyan mission among the Salteaux indians. Most of the travel is undertaken by canoe and dog-sled as indicated by the title. Fair amount of anthropological information.. London Missionary Society's Edirion.. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 8vo.

London: Charles H. Kelly, 1898. Hardcover. 8vo. Red pictorial cloth with gilt titles. Bevelled edges. 267 pp. B/w illustrations and photographs. Christian missionary expeditions in some remote parts of Canada. Old 1902 gift inscr. to ffep. Pages and pictorial binding all beautifully clean. Binding near-pristine. NEAR FINE

Gray cloth over boards, illustrated w/ Pen&Ink; scenes from engravings; Gold stylish titles. This history illustrates the misguided policies of the missionaries who supervised schools for youth who were separated from Native Nations' Reservation families to be "educated" in attempts to erase language, heritage and traditions among 19th century Canada territories. While missionary zeal is open to critique; there are some chapters that preserve that which the colonists tried to wipe out; for instance, the Cree syllabic alphabet. Book condition: Soiling to covers; deterioration of thin brown end papers, and more. Repair needed to maintain stitching. Several small fronds of delicate ferns tucked within pages. Numerous drawings. Setting: Northern Canada.