Two months in the Camp of Big Bear

Two months in the camp of Big
Bear
by Theresa Gowanlock
and Theresa Delaney

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

CONTENTS.

PART I.
INTRODUCTION WE LEAVE ONTARIO INCIDENTS AT
BATTLEFORD ON TO OUR HOME AT HOME WOOD AND
PLAIN INDIANS THE MASSACRE WITH THE INDIANS
PROTECTED BY HALF-BREEDS THEY TAKE FORT PITT

COOKING FOR A LARGE FAMILY INCIDENTS BY THE WAY
DANCING PARTIES ANOTHER BATTLE INDIAN BOYS HOPE
ALMOST DEFERRED OUT OF BIG BEAR'S CAMP RESCUED WE
LEAVE FOR HOME AT HOME TO ONE OF THE ABSENT SHOT
DOWN. J. A. GOWANLOCK. W. C. GILCHRIST.

PART II.
PREFACE. MY YOUTH AND EARLY LIFE. MY MARRIAGE LIFE.
THE NORTH-WEST TROUBLES. CONCLUSION. FATHER
FAFARD. THE SASKATCHEWAN STREAM. MR. DILL.

ILLUSTRATIONS.
THE SCENE OF THE MASSACRE. MRS GOWANLOCK. SQUAW
CARRYING WOOD. WANDERING SPIRIT. MR GOWANLOCK'S
HOUSE, STORE AND MILL. MR. GOWANLOCK. MR.
GILCHRIST. THE WAR DANCE. FROG LAKE SETTLEMENT.
MRS DELANEY. MR DELANEY. THE RESCUE. FATHER
FAFARD. MR. DILL.


PART I.

INTRODUCTION.
It is not the desire of the author of this work to publish the incidents
which drenched a peaceful and prosperous settlement in blood, and
subjected the survivors to untold suffering and privations at the hands
of savages, in order to gratify a morbid craving for notoriety. During all

my perils and wanderings amid the snow and ice of that trackless
prairie, the hope that nerved me to struggle on, was, that if rescued, I
might within the sacred precincts of the paternal hearth, seek seclusion,
where loving hands would help me to bear the burden of my sorrow,
and try to make me forget at times, if they could not completely efface
from my memory, the frightful scenes enacted around that prairie
hamlet, which bereft me of my loved one, leaving my heart and fireside
desolate for ever. Prostrated by fatigue and exposure, distracted by the
constant dread of outrage and death, I had well-nigh abandoned all
hope of ever escaping from the Indians with my life, but, as the
darkness of the night is just before the dawn, so my fears which had
increased until I was in despair, God in his inscrutible way speedily
calmed, for while I was brooding over and preparing for my impending
fate, a sudden commotion attracted my attention and in less time than it
takes to write it, I was free. From that moment I received every
kindness and attention, and as I approached the confines of civilization,
I became aware of how diligently I had been sought after, and that for
weeks I had been the object of the tenderest solicitude, not only of my
friends and relations, but of the whole continent.
There have appeared so many conflicting statements in the public press
regarding my capture and treatment while with the Indians, that it is my
bounden duty to give to the public a truthful and accurate description of
my capture, detention and misfortunes while captive in the camp of Big
Bear. The task may be an irksome one and I might with justice shrink
from anything which would recall the past. Still it is a debt of gratitude
I owe to the people of this broad dominion. To the brave men who
sacrificed their