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<h1 style="width:500px;text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:large;"><a href="http://issuu.com/bengehrels/docs/meet_mr._coyote?mode=window&backgroundColor=%23222222" target="_blank">Click HERE to open "Mr. Coyote" in reading mode</a></span></h1>
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Introduction to "Meet Mr. Coyote"
Who was this Mr. Coyote that you should be pleased to meet him? Well, he was a great leader among the Animal People in the misty far-off days, ages before white men came to disturb the old customs or to take possession of the land where for generations the Animal People had made their homes along the great rivers (now known as the Thompson and the Fraser) in the beautiful Canadian Province of British Columbia. Indeed Mr. Coyote's most palmy days were in that shadowy period before human beings appeared on the earth and presumed to interfere with the Animal People who occupied this lovely land of mountains, lakes and valleys.
Mr. and Mrs. Coyote climbed down to earth by a magic ladder from the Sky-World and brought with them as gifts from the Great Father of Mysteries all the arts and crafts wherewith to instruct those who dwelt below, which they in turn could pass on to the feckless kind of men who later on appeared among them. So to meet Mr. Coyote is quite an adventure as you will agree when you have read about some of his good deeds. There still remain [p.3] a very few, very aged folk who could tell you what their grandparents told them how he taught their forebears to make serviceable and beautiful coiled baskets, how to tan deer skin for clothing, how to weave blankets, how to make bows and arrows and how to shape birch bark into canoes.
Meanwhile certain boys of the Thompson Tribe at the Indian School of St. George at Lytton have made these pictures, to give you their own ideas of this great "Culture Hero" of long ago. Their forefathers used to paint somewhat similar pictures on the cliffs and rocks in that district where they can still be seen by those who know where to seek them. These boys are 11, 12, and 13 years of age. Their sympathetic teacher, Noel Stewart, gave gladly of his scanty leisure to find out the stories for them and encourage them to draw these happy pictures 'out of their heads'. Indeed they will gladly make some more for you, if you care to ask, for they inherit the fertile imaginations and artistic qualities of their race and delight to use them.
This booklet is published by the Victoria Branch of the Society for the Furtherance of B.C. Tribal Arts and Crafts. Copies can be obtained from the bookstores in that city, in Vancouver, and elsewhere.
-ALICE RAVENHILL, (Hon. Sec.)
Windermere Hotel,
Victoria, B. C. [p.4]
I.
Mr and Mrs. Coyote and Their Magic Kettle
Long, long ago when the Animal People lived in British Columbia they were all very friendly together and looked loyally to Mr. Coyote as their Leader. They were clever folk, so that when after many years Mankind first appeared in their world it was the Animal People who taught these men how to build shelters against wind and rain, how to make fires for warmth and how to make stone tools.
Before Mr. and Mrs. Coyote left the Sky-World the Father of Mysteries gave Mrs. Coyote this wonderful kettle made of coiled basket work; it could hold water and cook food; but of much greater importance it had the magic power to grant the wishes of its owner and to protect her from danger. Who can be surprised at the care taken by Mrs. Coyote of this precious gift, for it possessed another amazing property. If by chance Mrs. Coyote was injured a sweet herb or flower or fine shade tree instantly sprang up to heal the wound. And once, when by accident Mrs. Coyote was shot in one arm and lost much strength, at that exact moment a much-needed stream began to flow on a far distant [p.5] hill-side providing an ample supply of pure water for the thirsty folk who lived there.
So the Animal People felt very sad when, after Mrs. Coyote had spent four thousand years among them, she decided to climb up the Magic Ladder down which she had come to earth and return to the Great Father of Mysteries, taking with her this precious Magic Basket.
II.
The Three Coyote Brothers
Mr. Coyote had three clever brothers who were very friendly with the Animal People among whom they spent many years, although they loved also to travel long journeys to study the ways of the strange people they met. Once on their return after a long period they made known to the surprised Animal People that during their absence the elder brother had become a doctor able to cure every kind of sickness. The second brother had studied law and could settle all disputes justly; while the third brother could now invent a number of useful conveniences to add to the comfort of the Animal People.
But, sad to say, the Brothers envied Mrs. Coyote her Magic Kettle. Again and again they made plans to secure this precious treasure; but their plans always failed because the Magic Kettle warned Mrs. [p.7] Coyote of their treachery in time for her to take means to defeat it. Thus the Brothers were saved from committing a very wrong deed.
For at heart they were good, and did all sorts of kind acts for the Animal People. Thus, with hard labour they made safe trails from Lytton to Kamloops, for they believed in being good neighbours; and by this means enabled the Animal People to make friends with the Lake Folk at Kamloops. Again, when after two thousand years of happy life the Father of Mysteries told them there would be a great flood the three Brothers gathered all the Animal People on the very highest mountain peak to save them from destruction in the raging waters, as you will learn.
III.
The Great Flood and the Capture of Wind-Man
During the time that Mr. Coyote ruled the Animal World it once came to pass that rain poured down in torrents and Wind-Man raged so fiercely that all the land was flooded. Happily the People had already been guided to safety on a very high mountain, (look for it when you visit the Lytton country), and on this narrow peak Mrs. Coyote saved their lived with food from her Magic Basket. [p.9] At last the Storm Clouds wearied; the downpour ceased and the Sun-Man shone to warm the shivering people and to dry the sodden ground. But the Wind-Man still raged furiously; even the kind Moon-Man tried to calm him, but in vain.
Suddenly the Cloud-Man appeared saying he would surely tame the Wind-man. Telling the frightened Animal People to make a long, strong rope, this daring Cloud-Man threw a coil of the rope suddenly round the mad Wind-Man, calling to all the People to pull hard. And pull they did with all their might! Soon the Wind-Man's struggles weakened and at least he ceased to breathe. Then Cloud-Man told him he would die unless he gave his word only to rage madly from time to time, so that between whiles the world could enjoy calm days and quiet night. Broken and breathless he gave this pledge. Then Cloud-Man vanished and Mr. Coyote led a happy family down from their narrow peak, and all of them sang songs and danced for joy that they were saved from their great danger.
IV.
The Dance of the Animal People
If was a habit among the Animal People to gather on certain days in the year to perform ceremonial dances. In winter time they met in one of their large Community Houses but in the summer [p.11] they assembled out of doors in customary selected places. The ceremony consisted of three groups of four dances each, performed at sunrise, at noon and at sunset. A pause was made for rest and food after each four dances which varied in their details. Sometimes the movements were by sudden jerks; in others the body was thrown back with both hands and feet in violent continuous action. No word was spoken as each Animal chose his partner for the dance. He touched her on the shoulder and she followed him to the circle in which the two were to take their places.
In all these proceedings they were guided by Mr. Coyote. On the appointed day at Sunrise all the dancers arranged themselves in three large circles, one within the other, in the centre of which stood Mr. Coyote and his three brothers. Then all joined in a song, for these dances were a form of Thanksgiving to the Father of Mysteries for all his many good gifts to the Animal People. Then under Mr. Coyote's direction the dancers marked time with their feet, moving slowly in their respective circles. Soon the pace quickened, until the dancers in the inner and outer circles had to hold firmly to the sashes of those in the middle circle so swiftly did they whirl round and round.
Next in order a dance in which all sang, while taking short steps, raising their arms shoulder high and then lowering them, keeping time with the [p.13] movements of their feet. At the completion of each set of four dances, when food was served it was eaten in silence and preceded by prayers, in keeping with the solemn occasion.
V.
Mrs. and Mrs. Coyote Renew Friendship With Brother and Sister Skunk
For many years the Skunk family had been in disgrace with other Animal People, because when annoyed or alarmed they expressed their feelings in a most offensive way. Yet the Skunks were a very handsome people and possessed unusual wisdom; indeed it was believed that the strip of white fur down each skunk's back was a sign of very superior knowledge. They were specially clever in finding lost articles and their ears were so sharp they were quick to catch strange sounds. Thus they could give wise advice if their ears caught warnings of trouble. They were also excellent playmates. Further, they were very kind to the Insect People and report said that it was the Skunk family which taught wise habits to the tiny ants.
So it was not surprising that Mr. and Mrs. Coyote felt they must bring back the Skunk family into good fellowship with the other Animal People. [p.15] The puzzle was how to make friends without alarming or annoying them, which might revive the disgusting Skunk habit. However, by degrees, tactful Mrs. and Mrs. Coyote made little friendly advances and so overcame the Skunk shyness that they could take pleasant walks together. Later on they began to give small "Socials," when they invited more and more of the Animal people to meet Brother and Sister Skunk; and presently they ventured to introduce favourite dances. Thus gradually by their kindness Mr. and Mrs. Coyote coaxed the Skunk family back into sharing the happy lives of all the other Animal People.
VI. Mr. Coyote and His Friends the Birds
Mr. Coyote loved the singing birds which filled the forests with their happy songs and knew each one by its own sweet notes of welcome when he was seen approaching through the trees. He made great friends among them and they completely trusted his care. Thus, one day soon after Mr. Coyote had renewed his friendship with Brother and Sister Skunk he invited them to go with him to help him make a special feast for their feathered folk. The birds felt no fear of these strange visitors, [p.17] their trust in Mr. Coyote's protection was so strong. Indeed so great was their faith that often they would take part in Mr. Coyote's "Socials" and some of the shy Prairie Chickens actually performed special dances for the entertainment of her guests.
Mr. Coyote also encouraged the Squirrel folk to share in his guardianship of these favoured birds. If, for instance, a bird was hurt a friendly Squirrel would free and protect it until it was once more able to fly. You must understand that in those days all Animals and Birds talked the same language and understood each other’s little ways. It was only the large fierce Birds of Prey that Mr. Coyote felt it right to destroy with his bow and arrows because of their cruelty to defenceless creatures. But he felt this duty a hard one and took great care to aim so accurately that the cruel bird should die instantly and not suffer the wounds and distress caused to its own victims.
VII.
The Mysterious Lake
Contented as were the Animal People nevertheless they felt uneasy about a certain lake on whose waters mysterious happenings occurred. Sometimes canoes could be seen with human figures paddling towards the onlookers, yet both canoes and men [p.19] vanished as they approached the shore. These appearances gave great anxiety. If only four figures were in the canoe all boded well to the watchers on the shore; but if there only three men or five their disappearance boded ill to those who caught sight of them; for you must know the numbers four or eight were good omens, especially in gambling games when dividing a catch of fish; whereas odd numbers foretold disaster.
At other times floating logs could be seen on the lake with creatures like dogs on them running to and fro; these likewise disappeared before reaching the shore. Some of the Animal People believed these mysterious figures were the spirits of men escaped from the other world, but they never reached any definite conclusion on the matter. So of course they took their fears to Mr. Coyote. Their wise Councillor promptly advised them to hide their faces when they saw these uncanny sights and to run away at once, not to stand by the shore watching and wondering what these appearances might be. "Sheer waste of time," he said, "to feed their fears, waiting for what might never happen!"
Nevertheless, even to-day the Thompson Indians whisper that this lake gives mysterious signs of coming events to those who know how to discern them. These may be good or bad, but are evidence of a mystery still unexplained. [p.21]
VIII.
The Giant Animal People
The Animal People were so happy with their wise and kind leaders Mr. and Mrs. Coyote, that it seems sad to report that they had bitter enemies in certain huge, very strong creatures called "The Giant Animals," who despised and were jealous of Mr. Coyote's leadership. These enemies were really stupid folk; they could not sing or dance; they never enjoyed pleasant social meetings; all they wanted to do was to injure, maim or kill others of their own kind. They were specially harsh and cruel to all the weaker Animal People and to the defenceless Bird Families. They stamped with all their great strength on bushes, destroying the delicious berry crops; they trampled down sweet herbs and lovely flowers and even set fire to the forests whenever they could do so unobserved.
Often the Animal People talked of their alarms to Mr. Coyote, for they were sorely frightened of these Giant People, though too terrified to attempt their destruction. Then their wise leader showed them the better way was to pray for protection and guidance to the Father of Mysteries; and to their intense delight they were saved by this means from the dangers they feared. For, when the Great Flood swept over the earth and they themselves were shivering but safe on the narrow mountain peak, [p.22] the roaring torrents of storm-tossed waters swept the Giant Animal People right off their feet, dashed them again and again against the sharp rocks and destroyed them every one.
Thus were the Animal People and all other living things made secure against this danger to their happiness and lives.
IX.
The Precious Tobacco Tree or the First "Smoke" of the Season
"Tobacco Day" was a happy event for the Animal People. Carefully they had watched the precious Tree for the hour when its leaves ripened, for Mr. Coyote had taught them that the leaves must be cut at this precise moment to ensure their full delightful flavour. There was a time when this Tree was poisonous to Animal Folk, but Mr. Coyote's magic removed this danger and transformed its leaves to their wholesome enjoyment.
At early dawn on this festive day Mr. Coyote summoned all his people, and taking his place in their midst as they sat around he led them in giving thanks to the Father of Mysteries for this great gift of tobacco. Then he gathered and cut up the ripe leaves, mixing them with those of the bear-[p.23]berry, previously roasted, after which he filled the high narrow bowl of his large soapstone pipe with the mixture and called for a light.
After a short smoke he handed the pipe round to each person in the circle, warning them after a moment's enjoyment to pass it on in the same direction as the course the Sun-Man ran in the heavens. After each man had enjoyed his "pull" on the pipe he put both hands together on a level with his lips and blew the smoke downward over his chest; then, crossing his hands, he vigorously rubbed his breast and shoulders. Finally all present prayed together: "O Leaf of Good, make long my breath so that I may be well and live for many moons."
Finally the crop of Tobacco leaves was picked and divided equally between all the Animal People.
X.
Sunflower Roots and Their Gifts
The Animal People set a great value on Sunflower roots, believing that the Sun-Man bestowed peculiar blessings upon this particular plant; hence special ceremonies took place when the root was ripe. Thus, the people prayed to the root itself when called upon to make exertion for any worthy purpose, asking that it would give them of its life-force when special endurance was required, such as climbing a steep, high mountain, or to enable [p.25] them to exercise special dexterity when in need of great skill, or to avoid clumsy movements when much depended upon being sure-footed or silent in approach to a threatened dangerous encounter.
This root is difficult to cook but well worth the trouble. To eat it renews energy, and particularly was it recommended as a sure cure for those disposed to laziness; for be it known that to oversleep in the morning meant many penalties among young lads in later days, when children were strictly trained to rise early and not to shirk cold bathing even in winter time. So, it is easy to believe that many young folk, when eating their fourth root of sunflower, which was credited with possessing special value, prayed earnestly that they might resist the temptation to lie late and the making of untrue excuses when they evaded the morning bathe.
So I think you will be pleased to hear that though the Thompson Tribe ceased long ago to worship the Sunflower Roots, yet the boys at St. George's School at Lytton have made for themselves Eight Health Rules about food, cleanliness, sleep and exercise, which they try to keep very earnestly, for they all belong to the Junior Red Cross. [p.27]
Printed in Victoria, B.C., Canada
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J. Parker Buckle Printing Co., Ltd.
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"Meet Mr. Coyote"
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A small booklet of ten Aboriginal legends/stories illustrated by Aboriginal students of Noel Stewart at St. George's Indian Residential School in Lytton, B.C. that was published by the British Columbia Indian Arts and Welfare Society in 1941. The legends are from the Thompson Tribe near Lytton, B.C. It is unknown who the storyteller and recorder were in the original transcription of these legends.
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Noel Stewart
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Royal BC Museum, BC Archives (F/1/R19); an application for a non-exclusive copyright license has been submitted to the Copyright Board of Canada.
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The British Columbia Indian Arts and Welfare Society; J. Parker Buckle Printing Co., Ltd.
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1941
"Meet Mr. Coyote"
Alice Ravenhill
Art
Canoe
Francis Batiste
Illustration
Legend
Lino-cuts
Linoleum cuts
Noel Stewart
Publication
Residential School
Sis-hu-lk
St. George's Indian Residential School
Story
Thompson Tribe
Told-to Narrative
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<p><strong>An Indian Nativity Play</strong></p>
<p>By Anthony Walsh</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Characters:</strong></p>
<p>Mary, Hillmen, Deer, Joseph, Man, Pawn, Indian Man, Cripple, Grandmother Rabbit, 1st Woman, Young Boy, Young Rabbits, 2nd Woman, Chick-a-dees, 3rd Woman, Man of Wings, Old Woman</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Announcer:</strong></p>
<p>This play is based on a Nativity Tale which has been written by the children of the Inkameep India Day School in the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The Tale which was recently published, depicts the Nativity as seen through the eyes of Indian children. Instead of the events taking place in Palestine, they occur in the Okanagan Valley, and the rabbits, deer, and chick-a-dees take the place of the ox and the ass. Childrens’ voices will represent these animals and birds.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Many hundreds of years ago, the Chief of the Okanagan Indians wished to know how many people he had in the various valleys. He sent out the messengers to all the bands commanding them to assemble at a big camp, at the Southern end of the Okanagan Lake. While there they were to put down their mark on pieces of birch bark. The time chosen was mid-winter, before the coming of the heavy snows. Mary and Joseph had left their small valley, well in advance of the rest of the people, but owing to Mary’s weakness they arrived to find all the lodges of the big camp filled. Joseph searched unceasingly but without success. Then some of his friends thought of a cave some distance from the camp. Mary has accompanied the party, but has been forced to rest for a few moments under a pine tree. We find the party just entering the cave.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Man</strong>: Here is the only place left where you can stay Joseph.</p>
<p><strong>Joseph</strong>: But this is no place for a woman.</p>
<p><strong>1st woman</strong>: If you had come earlier I would have given you shelter in my lodge.</p>
<p><strong>Joseph</strong>: But there must still be some other place better than this! [page break] For myself, I do not mind. I can sleep anywhere, but with her it is different.</p>
<p><strong>Man</strong>: If you had been a day ahead, we could have got you good shelter.</p>
<p><strong>Joseph</strong>: I had to go slowly on account of Mary.</p>
<p><strong>1st Woman</strong>: You should have started earlier.</p>
<p><strong>Man</strong>: This cave may not look nice, but the winds cannot blow into it.</p>
<p><strong>2nd Woman</strong>: Many years ago the bears used to come here for their winter’s sleep. They would not have done that if it was not warm.</p>
<p><strong>Joseph</strong>: Would you ask your woman to stay in such a place?</p>
<p><strong>Man</strong>: No, but I would not have started on the journey.</p>
<p><strong>Joseph</strong>: We had to come when the Chief called us. You know me as a man who listens to the words of the chiefs and who carries out their orders.</p>
<p><strong>1st Woman</strong>: We know that, but you have only yourself to blame. With so many people here you are lucky to have this place.</p>
<p><strong>Joseph</strong>: Look at the many times that I have helped your people when they have been ill and in trouble.</p>
<p><strong>2nd Woman</strong>: I can’t stay here any longer talking. I’ve cooking for many people to do.</p>
<p><strong>1st Woman</strong>: So have I, and children as well to look after. (FADE)</p>
<p><strong>2nd Woman</strong>: Come along we must hurry or we’ll never get that meal ready in time.</p>
<p><strong>Man</strong>: I am sorry Joseph that this is the only place we have left. We never had so many people here before and everything is upset. When things get quiet again I will try and get you a place in one of the lodges. I must hurry away too and get the meat cup up for tonight’s meal. (FADE) May the Great Spirit watch over you.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Joseph</strong>: This is the place Mary. Just leave your bundles there and I’ll bring them in. I am sorry to bring you to such a shelter as this. How hard are people’s hearts, that they could not find some small place for you in their lodges. [page break]</p>
<p><strong>Mary</strong>: Don’t worry, we got here before the first heavy snows came.</p>
<p><strong>Joseph:</strong> But it looks so cold and lonely.</p>
<p><strong>Mary</strong>: It will be warmer though and our sleep will be more sheltered than under the green arms of the pine trees.</p>
<p><strong>Joseph:</strong> Sit awhile and try to rest while I get some sage brush and fir boughs to make you a soft bed. Here is the big robe – sit on that, and now put your own small one over your knees. (FADE) Don’t be afraid, I shall not be long.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Deer:</strong> This must be the place – now keep close behind me Fawn. Oh, Woman of the South Valley. The Chief of Winds told us of your sorrow and loneliness. So my fawn and I have come to cheer you.</p>
<p><strong>Mary:</strong> How kind you are Deer to leave your warm bed under the mountain trees and come with your Fawn to comfort me.</p>
<p><strong>Fawn:</strong> You look so cold and sad, so I’ll stand on the East side of you and my mother will stand on your West side. Put one hand on my coat and one on hers and we’ll breathe and warm the air.</p>
<p><strong>Grandmother Rabbit:</strong> (FADE IN) Now my young ones, I want you to be good and not get up to any tricks.</p>
<p><strong>Young Rabbits:</strong> We will be good Grandmother.</p>
<p><strong>Grandmother Rabbit:</strong><strong> </strong>Peace, Woman of the Cave. As my grandchildren and I were nestling down for the night a message came through the rustling of the grasses, telling us of your want. So, I and my young ones hopped and leaped here as fast as we could. I see that our friends Deer and Fawn have heard of your coming too.</p>
<p><strong>Mary:</strong> Thank you Grandmother Rabbit. A little while ago I was lonely, but now I feel happy because my animal friends have come here to help me. It was so kind of you to give up your night’s sleep.</p>
<p><strong>Young Buck Rabbit</strong>: My sister and I will lie at your feet and you can warm them on our thick white fur.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(FADE IN) Songs of the Chick-a-dees</p>
<p>CHICK-A-DEE CHICK-A-DEE</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>1st Chick-a-dee</strong>: Why here is Deer and Grandmother Rabbit and her young ones. I hope you are well – O lovely maid? As we were sleeping with our heads under our wings, there came a sighing through the branches of the trees that were around us, saying [page break] that we had work to do – that we must cheer a lonely maid, who had need of our songs. We never go out in the darkness of the night, and so we had to come so slowly, hoppitty, hoppitty over the boulders. That is why we are the last.</p>
<p><strong>Mary:</strong> I love all the songs of the birds, but from now on no song will ever be as sweet as yours. No matter how dark or foggy the winter days may be, they will be made as bright as a spring morning by your happy songs.</p>
<p><strong>2nd Chick-a-dee</strong>: Your words will be passed on to the young ones, as each spring comes. Even if the winters are bitterly cold and the food and berries scarce, they will never leave the cold lands of the north----but will cheer the people with their songs.</p>
<p><strong>Mary</strong>: Thank you birds and animals for helping me and mine. Because of your kind deeds, I have overcome my womanly weakness and am now brave and strong. You have brought gladness and joy with you.</p>
<p><strong>Deer:</strong> It is we, who are glad.</p>
<p><strong>Grandmother Rabbit</strong>: My young ones and I are so proud.</p>
<p><strong>1<sup>st</sup></strong><strong> </strong><strong>Chick-A-Dee</strong>: We will always remember you and the words you have spoken.</p>
<p><strong>2<sup>nd</sup></strong><strong> </strong><strong>Chick-A-Dee</strong>: I can hear someone coming.</p>
<p><strong>Mary</strong>: Don’t be afraid. That will be my man Joseph. he will be pleased to see you.</p>
<p><strong>Joseph</strong>: Here are the boughs and sage brush Mary. Ah – I see you have friends.</p>
<p><strong>Mary</strong>: Yes Joseph. They heard that I had come and hurried to welcome me.</p>
<p><strong>Grandmother Rabbit</strong>: If Deer and Fawn will help carry in the boughs my grandchildren and I will make a bed for the Woman as snug and cosy as our own. That’s right Fawn, bring the smaller branches up here. Now young Buck, get me the sage brush. Hurry now.</p>
<p><strong>2nd Chick-A-Dee</strong>: Look, the Woman has closed her eyes.</p>
<p><strong>Grandmother Rabbit</strong>: That is good, she will now have a little rest. Now don’t make any noise to disturb her.</p>
<p><strong>Joseph</strong>: Friends, you have given my woman warmth, but most of all you have eased her pained heart by your thoughtful deeds. While my own people turned us from their lodges, saying there was no room, you have made us welcome.</p>
<p><strong>Grandmother Rabbit</strong>: We had to do something to show the Great Spirit how much we owe him for our fur coats and the sharp eyes He has given us. The fresh green grass of the spring and the blankets of snow in the winter season, which He provides.</p>
<p><strong>Deer:</strong> And to us, He gave strong legs and clear eyes, so that at times as we sail through the air, we feel we have wings.</p>
<p><strong>1st Chick-A-Dee</strong>: And instead of banishing us to the south lands He gave us thick feathered coats, so that we might stay in our homeland.</p>
<p><strong>2nd Chick-A-Dee</strong>: We do not have to travel for a moon of days and nights. We know that no matter how long the blizzards may blow, or how deep the snows, there will always be berries and seeds for us to eat.</p>
<p><strong>Grandmother Rabbit</strong>: Chick-a-dees – you get some little twigs, and my rabbits will find some sticks for a fire.</p>
<p><strong>Joseph</strong>: Grandmother Rabbit O you have a very big heart. You are always thinking of something to help others.</p>
<p><strong>Grandmother Rabbit</strong>: I have had many children and now many more grandchildren. I have always found that in helping others in their troubles, I have always felt happy.</p>
<p><strong>Fawn:</strong> The Woman is starting to open her eyes.</p>
<p><strong>Deer</strong>: That is right.</p>
<p><strong>Fawn:</strong> You both look sad. Will you watch us while we try to make you smile. It may ease your hearts and take away your sorrows.</p>
<p><strong>Grandmother Rabbit</strong>: That is a good idea – and Fawn will be the first to do some tricks.</p>
<p><strong>Fawn</strong>: Mother shall we have a butting match?</p>
<p><strong>Deer:</strong> Yes, we’ll do that.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(THE TAPPING OF FEET IS HEARD, AND THE BUTTING OF HEADS)</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Mary</strong>: How pretty the spots look on Fawn’s coat, and how gentle his mother is with him.</p>
<p><strong>Joseph:</strong> Yes, Mothers are always careful with their young, even in play.</p>
<p><strong>Grandmother Rabbit</strong>: Now my young ones, let me see how well you can hop and jump. I’ll do a little myself too, even though my legs are stiff. (Sounds of hopping and jumping.) [page break]</p>
<p><strong>Mary</strong>: Very good, young Rabbits. When you are full grown you should become the best jumpers among your hills.</p>
<p><strong>Grandmother Rabbit</strong>: When I was young, no one could ever catch me, that’s why I’ve lived to be so old.</p>
<p><strong>Joseph</strong>: You have trained them well.</p>
<p><strong>Grandmother Rabbit</strong>: Now Chick-a-dees sing and dance for us.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(The Chick-a-dees sing their song and then dance and flutter their wings.)</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Joseph</strong>: Very lovely, - your words have come true. We do feel happy, don’t we Mary?</p>
<p><strong>Mary</strong>: Yes, indeed. How good the Great Spirits [<em>sic</em>], when He gave you two gifts – that of song and flight. There are many that will envy you.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(THE HOOT OF AN OWL IS HEARD)</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Joseph</strong>: Thank you friends, no words that I could say could tell you all that is in our hearts. We will ever remember this night. Now we had better have a little sleep before the hour of the new day.</p>
<p><strong>Grandmother Rabbit</strong>: The bed is ready.</p>
<p><strong>Joseph</strong>: Come then Mary, I will sleep here near the fire and put on some more wood during the night.</p>
<p><strong>Grandmother Rabbit</strong>: Do you like your bed? Woman of the Cave?</p>
<p><strong>Mary</strong>: It is the softest and warmest one that I have ever slept in.</p>
<p><strong>Grandmother Rabbit</strong>: Now deer, you and fawn can sleep on this side to keep the cold air away from the cave entrance. Chick-a-dees come on this side and spread out your wings, while the young ones and I will kneel in front.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(THE HOOT OF THE OWL IS HEARD TO MARK THE PASSING OF TIME. THE DISTANT CRY OF THE COYOTES CAN ALSO BE HEARD. THEN COMES THE FAINT CRY OF A BABY, THE CRACKLE OF THE NORTHERN LIGHTS CAN BE HEARD AND THE ROLL OF DRUMS GETTING LOUDER AND LOUDER.)</p>
<p> </p>
<p>MUSIC DEPICTING GREAT JOY.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>FADE THE SOUND OF JOSEPH CHOPPING WOOD, AND THE CRACKLING OF THE FIRE, THEN THE SOUND OF WASHING.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Joseph</strong>: Had we been a day longer getting here Mary, we would have been caught in the heavy snows.</p>
<p><strong>Mary</strong>: (IN A SOFT VOICE) I always love to see the first snows, when they cover the valleys and mountains with a soft white robe.</p>
<p><strong>Cripple</strong>: I cannot go on much longer, my cripple leg is paining so much.</p>
<p><strong>Young Boy</strong>: I am getting so sleepy.</p>
<p><strong>Man</strong>: Quiet, we are just coming near to the cave.</p>
<p><strong>Joseph</strong>: Who are You?</p>
<p><strong>Man</strong>: We are men from the Western bands. Are you the Foster-father of the newly born Chief?</p>
<p><strong>Joseph</strong>: Yes, but He was born so short a time ago. How did you hear of Him so quickly?</p>
<p><strong>Man</strong>: A few hours ago, we were sleeping around the fire of our lodge. Suddenly the sky became filled with Northern Lights of many colours. The still air was filled with the fluttering of men of wings.</p>
<p><strong>Cripple</strong>: We heard the roll of great numbers of drums, and then came thousands of voices telling us of the birth of a new Chief.</p>
<p><strong>Young Boy</strong>: We were such afraid and hid our faces in our hands, but a man of wings, such large white wings, said, we had nothing to fear. That we had better hurry to this cave and be the first to see the Baby.</p>
<p><strong>Joseph</strong>: Why were you not with the rest of the people in the big camp by the lake. [<em>sic</em>]</p>
<p><strong>Man</strong>: Our children have many pet animals, and they were afraid that the coyote might come down and attack them, while we were away.</p>
<p><strong>Cripple</strong>: As soon as we had put our marks on the birch bark, we went back to the hillside camp.</p>
<p><strong>Man</strong>: We have come to bring presents to the Boy Chief.</p>
<p><strong>Joseph</strong>: Come in then and see my Woman and the Baby.</p>
<p><strong>Man</strong>: I have brought you a piece of my woman’s best buckskin, as soft as the down of the geese and ducks. You can make a pair of moccasins to keep the Baby’s feet warm.</p>
<p><strong>Cripple</strong>: Here is a mouse, brown and so small that he will be able to eat from even the band of your Baby. Many years ago I fell off a ravine while hunting and since then I haven’t been able to run and climb like other men. As I had to stay still so much, I have learned to watch the habits of birds and animals. During these last ten moons I have been made happy by watching the quick and pretty ways of this mouse. I hope he will please your little boy too.</p>
<p><strong>Young Boy</strong>: I found this mountain lamb late this summer. It was alone. Its mother was killed in a rock slide and it will never be strong or grow big – but it is the thing that I love the most. So I give it to the young Chief, hoping that He will like my poor offering.</p>
<p><strong>Mary</strong>: Man and boy of the hills. My heart is filled to overflowing because of your sacrifices.</p>
<p><strong>Joseph</strong>: When your people are settled in their camp again you must tell them of your visit here.</p>
<p><strong>Cripple</strong>: We will, and of the beautiful boy Chief. He looks so lovely.</p>
<p><strong>Man</strong>: We are not great talkers but we’ll try and tell them of all that we have seen and heard. Never will we forget what has happened.</p>
<p><strong>Mary</strong>: What are the pets you were looking after?</p>
<p><strong>Young Boy</strong>: There are some rabbits with broken legs, a young mountain goat, a black bear cub, who has just started his long winter sleep. A little chipmunk that had lost it’s [<em>sic</em>] tail and a squirrel with only three paws.</p>
<p><strong>Cripple</strong>: There are two young geese and a young swan. Their wings were not strong enough to carry them to the warm south lands.</p>
<p><strong>Young Boy</strong>: And some bluebirds and a meadow-lark, who are weak and old. They would rather die in the valleys, where they had built their nests and raised their young ones, where they had built their nests and raised their young ones, than go to distant parts.</p>
<p><strong>Mary</strong>: I understand. This valley was their real home.</p>
<p><strong>Man</strong>: Now that we have seen the young Chief, we must return.</p>
<p><strong>Joseph</strong>: Why must you hurry. [<em>sic</em>] It will not be light for time yet.</p>
<p><strong>Man</strong>: The men of wings said that they would guard the animals, while we came to visit you. If we leave now, we should be back just before dawy [<em>sic</em>], so that they can go back to their camp in the sky.</p>
<p><strong>Mary</strong>: You must wait until Joseph has made you a drink of tea, to warm and strengthen you for your climb.</p>
<p><strong>Joseph</strong>: Yes, the water is hot, come over and put some of these dried tea leaves into it.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(SOUNDS OF MEN WALKING TO THE FIRE)</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Cripple</strong>: I can walk! I can walk! (EXULTANTLY)</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(SOUND OF CRUTCH FALLING AS HE TURNS AND KNEELS DOWN IN FRONT OF THE BABY)</p>
<p> </p>
<p>MUSIC</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(THEN SOUNDS OF THE MOVING OF RUSH MATS AND THE RUSTLING OF THE WEAVER AS SHE PUTS SOME FINISHING TOUCHES TO A SMALL MAT SHE IS WORKING WITH. WE ALSO HEAR THE SHAKING OF FUR ROBES)</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>1<sup>st</sup></strong><strong> </strong><strong>Woman</strong>: I think that all is now ready for Joseph and his woman.</p>
<p><strong>2<sup>nd</sup></strong><strong> </strong><strong>Woman</strong>: I wish that Mary’s Baby could have been born in this lodge instead of a dark cave.</p>
<p><strong>1<sup>st</sup></strong><strong> </strong><strong>Woman</strong>: I felt so ashamed, when those three Chiefs from afar off came to visit them.</p>
<p><strong>2<sup>nd</sup></strong><strong> </strong><strong>Woman</strong>: Yes, so did I, they wouldn’t think must of us for letting Him be born in such a poor place.</p>
<p><strong>3<sup>rd</sup></strong><strong> </strong><strong>Woman</strong>: I shall always be sorry that I never saw them. I was too ill to get up while they were here though I remember the day when the boys came running up from the river, saying that a strange canoe was coming.</p>
<p><strong>1<sup>st</sup></strong><strong> </strong><strong>Woman</strong>: It belonged to the Chief who came from the shores of a big lake where you could travel for days without seeing land.</p>
<p><strong>2<sup>nd</sup></strong><strong> </strong><strong>Woman</strong>: He said that the waters were bitter to taste.</p>
<p><strong>3<sup>rd</sup></strong><strong> </strong><strong>Woman</strong>: What was his present?</p>
<p><strong>1<sup>st</sup></strong><strong> </strong><strong>Woman</strong>: A little canoe that had taken months to make.</p>
<p><strong>2<sup>nd</sup></strong><strong> </strong><strong>Woman</strong>: The second Chief came from the South West. His present was a bowl made of clay and in it was some gum, quite different from any we have. He called it pinyon gum. He told Mary that if ever the Baby got restless to put a little on the fire and scent would soothe the Child.</p>
<p><strong>1<sup>st</sup></strong><strong> </strong><strong>Woman</strong>: The Third Chief came from a very hot country by the Eastern waters where the trees have wide leaves. His present was a cloak made of these leaves to protect the Baby and keep Him dry in wet weather.</p>
<p><strong>3<sup>rd</sup></strong><strong> </strong><strong>Woman</strong>: If these men came from different parts, how did they meet?</p>
<p><strong>1<sup>st</sup></strong><strong> </strong><strong>Woman</strong>: Each of their tribes have wise men who knew that this young Chief had been born in the northlands. They called a meeting and said that one of the chiefs of the tribe would have to travel north and take presents.</p>
<p><strong>2<sup>nd</sup></strong><strong> </strong><strong>Woman</strong>: Then one day as the Chief from the South West was resting near a large river he saw a canoe coming from the West and then he happened to look to the East. There was another man coming towards him.</p>
<p><strong>3<sup>rd</sup></strong><strong> </strong><strong>Woman</strong>: How strange. [page break]</p>
<p><strong>1<sup>st</sup></strong><strong> </strong><strong>Woman</strong>: While they were resting, they found that they were going to the same place. They formed one party and journeyed together.</p>
<p><strong>3<sup>rd</sup></strong><strong> </strong><strong>Woman</strong>: But how did they find their way here? That’s what I can’t understand.</p>
<p><strong>2<sup>nd</sup></strong><strong> </strong><strong>Woman</strong>: This is what happened. As they were sitting at their camp fire the next night a bright star appeared in the Northern skies and seemed to beckon.</p>
<p><strong>3<sup>rd</sup></strong><strong> </strong><strong>Woman</strong>: Go on.</p>
<p><strong>2<sup>nd</sup></strong><strong> </strong><strong>Woman</strong>: They struck camp and got into their canoe and paddled till near day break.</p>
<p><strong>3<sup>rd</sup></strong><strong> </strong><strong>Woman</strong>: Was it there the next night?</p>
<p><strong>2<sup>nd</sup></strong><strong> </strong><strong>Woman</strong>: Yes – for every night until they reached that big camp, you know the one I mean, where the cruel and blackhearted chief lives.</p>
<p><strong>3<sup>rd</sup></strong><strong> </strong><strong>Woman</strong>: Why did they stay there?</p>
<p><strong>1<sup>st</sup></strong><strong> </strong><strong>Woman</strong>: They were strangers and did not know what a bad name those people have.</p>
<p><strong>2<sup>nd</sup></strong><strong> </strong><strong>Woman</strong>: The strangers were given a great welcome by the Chief. He knew of the new Boy Chief, and said that he too would like to visit here and bring presents.</p>
<p><strong>3<sup>rd</sup></strong><strong> </strong><strong>Woman</strong>: If he comes here – his presents will be death and bloodshed.</p>
<p><strong>1<sup>st</sup></strong><strong> </strong><strong>Woman</strong>: All the time the three chiefs were at the camp, there was no sign of the star. They [<em>sic</em>] the Chief of the camp came a short way with the visitors and told them to be sure and pay him a visit on their way home.</p>
<p><strong>2<sup>nd</sup></strong><strong> </strong><strong>Woman</strong>: When the night came there was no star and the travellers were afraid they were on the wrong river. Then suddenly it appeared out of the darkness more bright and beautiful than before.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(FADE IN THE TAP, TAP OF THE STICK OF AN OLD WOMAN)</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>3<sup>rd</sup></strong><strong> </strong><strong>Woman</strong>: What’s that?</p>
<p><strong>1<sup>st</sup></strong><strong> </strong><strong>Woman</strong>: I expect it’s that old gossip again with more lies.</p>
<p><strong>Old Woman</strong>: (Speaking slowly) I have just come from the Shahman’s lodge. There are a crowd of people there to see Mary and her Baby. They are all very excited.</p>
<p><strong>1<sup>st</sup></strong><strong> </strong><strong>Woman</strong>: I expect that’s another of your stories. You get things more mixed up than any one else in this camp. [page break]</p>
<p><strong>Old Woman</strong>: No, this is true. Mary’s Baby has been given His name. The old Shahman said the He would grow up to be the greatest chief that had ever lived.</p>
<p><strong>3<sup>rd</sup></strong><strong> </strong><strong>Woman</strong>: Perhaps she is telling the truth for once.</p>
<p><strong>Old Woman</strong>: Old Anna was there too. She looked strange and was crying. The people were watching her closely, waiting for her to speak. I wonder why they always listen to her, but never to me.</p>
<p><strong>2<sup>nd</sup></strong><strong> </strong><strong>Woman</strong>: Because she tells the truth, but you only tell lies.</p>
<p><strong>Old Woman</strong>: That’s not right, but listen to this. The Shahman turned to Mary and told her that arrows would tear at her heart.</p>
<p><strong>3<sup>rd</sup></strong><strong> </strong><strong>Woman</strong>: Oh! poor Mary. I wonder if the bad chief has anything to do with her troubles.</p>
<p><strong>1<sup>st</sup></strong><strong> </strong><strong>Woman</strong>: Don’t listen to her, she just made that up.</p>
<p><strong>Old Woman</strong>: No, by the Great Spirit, I sweat it is true. (Turning to the 3<sup>rd</sup> Woman) Do you think that the bad Chief will come here and steal the Child?</p>
<p><strong>3<sup>rd</sup></strong><strong> </strong><strong>Woman</strong>: Maybe, it is strange how the star went out when he was near.</p>
<p><strong>Old Woman</strong>: If he should come here, he will kill and burn and take all the children away as slaves.</p>
<p><strong>2<sup>nd</sup></strong><strong> </strong><strong>Woman</strong>: No, not that you gossipy old woman. Hold your tongue.</p>
<p><strong>Old Woman</strong>: (Gleefully) Now, I am glad, that I have no children. I’m sorry for you mothers that have. Something tells me that the Chief will send a raiding party, who will creep down from the hills while we sleep.</p>
<p><strong>1<sup>st</sup></strong><strong> </strong><strong>Woman</strong>: Stop-you long-tongued snake. (She rushes at the Old Woman, who slips behind a tree.)</p>
<p><strong>Old Woman</strong>: Here is Mary coming now. I will ask her if she thinks her Baby is already in danger.</p>
<p><strong>1<sup>st</sup></strong><strong> </strong><strong>Woman</strong>: You will not. She has suffered so much already that you are not to frighten her any more with your wicked talk.</p>
<p><strong>2<sup>nd</sup></strong><strong> </strong><strong>Woman</strong>: Get out from here before she comes.</p>
<p><strong>3<sup>rd</sup></strong><strong> </strong><strong>Woman</strong>: Yes, drive her away before she causes trouble. (they drive her away)</p>
<p><strong>Old Woman</strong>: FADE you may force me away, but my words will stay with you to haunt your sleep.</p>
<p>WOMEN GASP</p>
<p><strong>1<sup>st</sup></strong><strong> </strong><strong>Woman</strong>: Of all the evil-minded old women.</p>
<p><strong>2<sup>nd</sup></strong><strong> </strong><strong>Woman</strong>: Let us forget her tales and greet Mary with smiles, and make her feel at home.</p>
<p><strong>3<sup>rd</sup></strong><strong> </strong><strong>Woman</strong>: Poor Mary, she looks so sweet and gentle. I dread to think of her having to suffer still more.</p>
<p><strong>1<sup>st</sup></strong><strong> </strong><strong>Woman</strong>: Hush, don’t speak any more.</p>
<p><strong>3 Women</strong>: Welcome to your new home.</p>
<p><strong>Mary</strong>: Oh! Thank you for getting this lodge ready for my Baby and me. (She looks around) It is lovely.</p>
<p><strong>1<sup>st</sup></strong><strong> </strong><strong>Woman</strong>: We are sorry that our visitors kept us so busy, we could not do this before. But every lodge has been so crowded.</p>
<p><strong>2<sup>nd</sup></strong><strong> </strong><strong>Woman</strong>: Never have I seen so many people.</p>
<p><strong>Mary</strong>: I know how busy you all were. Our cave did look bare and cold at first, but it was warmed by the kindness of our birds, animals, and friends.</p>
<p><strong>1<sup>st</sup></strong><strong> </strong><strong>Woman</strong>: I hope You’ll be happy here. I’ll see that my boys bring you wood for the fire.</p>
<p><strong>2<sup>nd</sup></strong><strong> </strong><strong>Woman</strong>: My man will bring you fish and deer meet, whenever you need.</p>
<p><strong>Mary</strong>: Thank you again. (Turning to Third Woman) I hope that you are feeling stronger now?</p>
<p><strong>3<sup>rd</sup></strong><strong> </strong><strong>Woman</strong>: Much better. I trust that you will be happy and that the Great Spirit will watch over you. We must go now.</p>
<p><strong>Mary</strong>: Good night, my friends.</p>
<p><strong>Women</strong>: Good night, Mary.</p>
<p><strong>1<sup>st</sup></strong><strong> </strong><strong>Woman</strong>: (FADE) Why here’s Joseph. We have been working hard on your lodge. I hope you’ll like it.</p>
<p><strong>Joseph</strong>: (ALSO FADE) Thank you. I’m sure I will.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Mary</strong>: Joseph I feel I shall be very happy here and quite content until the spring winds melt the snows and dry up the trails so that we can travel back to our own dear Valley.</p>
<p><strong>Joseph</strong>: It’s a nice lodge. I only wish it could have been ready sooner. You would then have been spared many worries and much suffering in your hour of trial.</p>
<p><strong>Mary</strong>: But Joseph, if we had been among all these people, our birds and animal friends would have been too shy to visit us.</p>
<p><strong>Joseph</strong>: That is true, but I was afraid for you. I should have felt happier if another woman had been beside you.</p>
<p><strong>Mary</strong>: I know that you were only thinking of me. You shouldn’t have worried so, because all came out well.</p>
<p><strong>Joseph</strong>: It will not be long now for the spring to come.</p>
<p><strong>Mary:</strong> I’m looking forward to it so much. Our little Boy will see the sheltered valley with the early spring flowers, and the first birds from the south will greet Him with their songs. The springs and creeks will bubble and gurgle, and the groundhogs will sit up and bow their heads as we pass.</p>
<p><strong>Joseph:</strong> Yes, there is no more lovely spot in all this country than our own small valley.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(MUSIC OR SOUNDS DEPICTING THE DEAD OF NIGHT. A SOFT WIND THE HOOT OF THE OWL OR THE HOWL OF THE COYOTE)</p>
<p> </p>
<p>(Mary and Joseph are asleep one on each side of the fire, which has died down to a few embers. The Baby is asleep on a pile of furs.)</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Man of Wings</strong>: Joseph! Joseph! awake.</p>
<p><strong>Joseph</strong>: (Sleepily) Yes, what is it?</p>
<p><strong>Man of Wings</strong>: You must take the Child and Mary and hurry across the mountains to the south country.</p>
<p><strong>Joseph</strong>: But we have only just settled in this lodge.</p>
<p><strong>Man of Wings</strong>: You must go at once because a cruel and jealous chief wishes to harm the Child. He is sending a war party to this camp. You must hasten before they reach here.</p>
<p><strong>Joseph</strong>: Mary is still far from strong and the child is too young for such a long journey.</p>
<p><strong>Man of Wings</strong>: You will all be well cared for, but you must start without delay. Awaken the Mother and flee before the new day breaks.</p>
<p><strong>Joseph</strong>: (Getting up) Mary! Mary!</p>
<p><strong>Mary</strong>: Yes Joseph.</p>
<p><strong>Joseph</strong>: I am sorry to have to wake you but we must leave this camp at once.</p>
<p><strong>Mary</strong>: What do you mean? You must be dreaming.</p>
<p><strong>Joseph</strong>: I wish that I were, but alas it is true. A man of wings has brought a message that we and the Child must hurry away to the south country, far beyond the mountains.</p>
<p><strong>Mary</strong>: But Joseph – my Baby is still too tiny. He would suffer from the cold north winds and the drifts through the mountain passes would hold us back. We might freeze to death.</p>
<p><strong>Joseph</strong>: Have no fear. All will be well. The men of wings in their hundreds will go with us. They will protect us from the winds and let us cross the drifts on wings. No harm will befall the Child.</p>
<p><strong>Mary:</strong> Why must we leave at this dark hour?</p>
<p><strong>Joseph</strong>: We must be gone before the people of the camp start to stir. Already the raiding party is closing in on us. No matter how dark the night may be, the bright star which guided our friends to the Cave will also help us to safety and peace. Put the Baby on His board while I roll up my robes.</p>
<p><strong>Mary</strong>: Wake up my little One. You are going on a long journey. Sometimes you will feel cold, but You must not cry, because if You do your Mother’s heart will ache. Now give Mother a sweet smile to help her bear this heavy load. (she looks down at Him) Thank you my sweet one.</p>
<p><strong>Joseph</strong>: (GOING TO THE DOOR OF THE LODGE) There is a star shining on the trail like the sun at mid-day. How strange when all else is as dark as the inner caves. It was a good thing that we did not unpack the rest of our things. Are you nearly ready?</p>
<p><strong>Mary</strong>: Yes.</p>
<p><strong>Joseph</strong>: I will go ahead and break trail.</p>
<p>FADE – We will have no trouble with this bright light to guide us.</p>
<p><strong>Mary</strong>: Goodbye, warm lodge. I had hoped to be so happy here, but the great [<em>sic</em>] Spirit Our Father has asked one more sacrifice of me. This must be one of the times that the Shahman spoke of for truly an arrow tears at my heart.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>FINIS</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
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"An Indian Nativity Play"
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A play written by Anthony Walsh that is based on a previously published Nativity Tale written by Aboriginal students at the Inkameep Indian Day School in the Okanagan Valley, B.C. in 1941.
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1941
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Inkameep Day School
Lytton
Nativity
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St. George’s School
Lytton, B.C.
Dec.15/40
Dear Miss Ravenhill:
It was indeed very kind of you to write us such an encouraging letter, and of course we are glad to know you are interested in the Indian People. Last year I read your book on the “Native Tribes of B.C.” I received a lot of help from it. I was [upotils] last Sept the teacher of the Alert Bay Indian Day School. Probably Capt. Barry showed you some of our Art attempts. He had our drawings in Victoria about 14 [days?] ago. Later I received your color charts from Capt. Barry, so we were able to reproduce some copies of your work. Prior to my Alert Bay time I taught at Hazelton. B.C. and before that at Cardston Alta. However, all were Indian schools and all were good in Art. Yes art is loved by all the Indian people and I find they have a deep pride in their legends. My pupils here love their legends but they did not know any of them until I dug them up this Fall. After hearing the legend they want to draw illustrations for them. I never give them any help in the drawing though I have suggested changes in the setting. As to your inquiry about Reynold Smith here, he is only one of my good artists. There are six very outstanding pupils to my class of 34. You might have seen the two stories we had in the ‘Sun” lately (1) The Tobacco Ceremony (2) The Animal People’s Dance. These were done by pupils other than Reynold. Also last Saturday Dec.14th our Nativity story was in Province Paper. The Free Press Winnipeg published our drawing done by Oliver Stewart of the Animal People’s Health Rules. The family Herald accepted three drawings of Mr. and Mrs. Coyote done by 3 of my pupils also. The other type of art done by the Thompson Indians is all conventional design work. Very nice to look at but mechanical to draw. This appeals to the girls but is not just what the boys like to do. The boys want their characters to really live. I am certainly interested in hearing a report of your committee. It is very kind of you to offer me a report. Anyone who is working like you are to revive arts, crafts and legends is doing a marvellous piece of work. I thank you again for writing to me. I have Reynold your kind wishes. Merry Christmas to you from Reynold!
Sincerely,
Noel Stewart
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Noel Stewart to Alice Ravenhill (Dec.15, 1940)
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The artistic abilities of boys in St. George's Indian Residential School in Lytton, B.C.
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First correspondence between Noel Stewart and Alice Ravenhill. Mention made of the latter's students' propensity for art and especially illustrating the legends of their people (Thompson Tribe). Mr. Stewart asks for a report from Mrs. Ravenhill of the British Columbia Indian Arts and Crafts Welfare Society.
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Dec.15, 1940
"Meet Mr. Coyote"
Alice Ravenhill
Noel Stewart
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Cultus Lake, B.C.
June twelfth 1 9 4 1
Dear Miss Ravenhill,
I am writing to you promptly, but please do not let that worry or vex you at all. There will be no need for any urgent answer or response to anything I say.
I am very sorry anyone should withhold support on the plea that attempts to enlighten the public are misleading. I am afraid I do think teachers are hard to teach -- they have had so much of their common sense, the sense of humanity, twirled out of them before they are permitted contact with life and the living.
I doubt very much if one can say or write on sentence about the Indians without stirring up a hornet's nest of dissension. It seems to me that every 'nice' person, every 'educated' person, every person in office, would promptly agree with that 'Let drink and disease exterminate them as soon as possible' that you quote. (I must admit I saw 'red' when my eyes alighted on it!)
If I sound despondent about my Indian neighbours it is only a pale reflection of my hopelessness as regards the 'white people'.
Anyone who is to help, really widely and broadly help the Indians, must be no relation to a church mouse, either in means, standing, or skin!
That barrack school system for Indians! Could any thing be more blindly stupid?
And so you found my bit of verse obscure! I am glad you straightly said so. I find it still a little surprising, for you go right on to tell of the tribal religious beliefs and customs, and speak of the lost opportunity of the missionaries to build onto their existent and important spiritual life.
But so things go -- we think we have expressed one thing clearly, and find it remains foggy.
That young Indian woman was a Coqualeetza graduate. She had died in hospital. A civilized death -- and a civilized funeral; two ministers, flowers, funeral director. The people were Indians, but every detail was civilized and conventional. So much for the 'book at a noontide's height'. (The internment was at noon).
That night, as we drove home from Chilliwack, (we had had an appointment with dentist, which was delayed because of the unexpected (to us) funeral) we passed the house where she had lived. Firelight only, and the moonlight, illuminated it, -- but that drumming and moaning, and beating of feet, and striking of the chest with the hands was the most awe-inspiring thing I ever heard. None of us will ever forget it. I understand now the war-drums, -- how the beating affects the braves -- I never did before. We have nothing in our music to compare with that rhythmic beating. I know now why the ancients and primitives say the stomach is the seat of the soul!
I know, too, why Indians can be so placid at a fxxx funeral, if they regularly have a service of their own like this one.
We were not supposed to know of it. We are the only white people who cross the reserve, -- (because we are the only people so primitive as to still use horse and democrat, not auto!"
The year was 1935. They are supposed to be wholly converted [sic]. But WHO KNOWS THE INDIANS? NOT, VERY DEFINITELY NOT, ANY MINISTER I HAVE MET.
So, that family service at her home with moonlight streaming in at uncovered windows and open door is what I mean by the expression 'A message borne on a moonbeam'. The ministers provided the 'book at a noontide's height'; -- and I still wonder which entered the future life, a pagan girl puzzled by the impact of the white men and the white men's ways on her life, or a Coqualeetza convert.
Any local person who has read or heard this bit of verse has said something to the effect that the Indians 'used to' do these things, but they are Christians now. When I say that this was recent, not ancient history, they invariably say, 'Oh, no! They don't do things like that NOW.' If you ask them, 'What do you know about the Indian?', just xx see how quickly they respond, 'I DON'T WANT to know anything about them'
Remark that the Indian is always the under-dog in any deal with white people, and how fast the reply comes, 'And so he should be!'
And such people talk of 'converting' the Indians to Christianity!
I have found it utterly impossible for Christian white people to comprehend the Indian's gift-giving, -- simply because the white people/brain is trained too utterly in materialism. They can see no symbolism in any Indian act.
If you are more fortunate in your associates, I am glad. I would gladly do anything at any time to strengthen your hands -- and as gladly be silent and let you be listened to!
I hope and pray that some one with power, and wealth, and all txx that white people mean when they speak of 'standing', will yet come to the aid of the Indian. As in the case of the Negro, no man seems to xxx have any revulsion where the Indian woman's body is concerned. Both races will ultimately become absorbed, -- but that sort of progress is poor progress.
Indian art is such an evident thing that it should be easy to arouse enthusiasm for it, -- but then, take a look at the freak stuff the museums and galleries are showing these years and one wonders if sanity has left us! But don't let your courage be dimmed, the very fact that popular papers are picturing, side-by-side, the monstrosities of the moment and the beauties that are being moved aside to make room for them, is evidence enough that plenty of sensible people are still equal to protesting if they know they have company. And there you shine, for I have seen your name several times in several papers, -- and if I saw it be xxx sure others, too, have done!
I am very glad you have organised. I shall be glad to see reports of your doings, and though not at present able to find any real fee I shall be glad to send your committee a little help with necessary postage. There! three 'glads' in one short paragraph; I'm not all despondency!
With warmest good wishes,
Your sincerely, Emily Leavens
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Emily Leavens writing to Alice Ravenhill to commiserate on the difficulties both have encountered in trying to forward Aboriginal rights in a hostile cultural environment. The former makes reference to - and expands upon - a poem (not available) that she sent to Alice that the latter found obscure.
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June 12, 1941
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Emily Leavens
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St. George’s Ind. School
Lytton, B.C.
Dec.21/40.
I’ll see if I might attempt to revise some drama here in January. Of course I’m only a pivot in a wheel here. Res. Schools are not like the Day Schools.
Dear Miss Ravenhill: -
I thank you for your prompt reply to my letter, and I must say how sorry I am my letter went off to you minus postage. It was the truck driver’s fault here. He was told to place a stamp on it in town, but in his rush forgot to do so. However, I enclose the stamps to you now. Also, I have a few copies of our short newspaper articles. I am enclosing these to you to read but they are my only copies so will you kindly return them [both?[ later. I sent another story [page break] off to the Province. If it comes out later, I’ll try and send you a copy. This article will appeal more to coast folks. It appears that in the time of the flood Mr. Coyote who took refuge on the top of the mountain at Lytton, B.C. was told by the Father of mysteries that the Ruler of the Sea was calling to see him – this was Mr. See-see-uk. He was to row up to Lytton to meet Mr. Coyote – He died of course, and our story gives the details. So I’ll send you a copy if it comes out. The boys and I prepared a booklet of about 35 stories on the Animal People this Fall. One picture accompanied each story. The drawings were beautiful. At the advice [page break] of the Public Library we sent them to an American Pub. Co. and to date they are still considering them, but we hope for the best. I am now preparing another booklet on the friendly associations of the Animal People with the sea people. It is really more mythological than ever. One year ago I wrote an Indian School Primer with all Indian Illustrations. It was exactly what is required in the Indian Schools. I studied the needs the Indian Children of 10 years, but [Dept’s] have asked me to hold it till the war is over, since the Indian Dep’t in Ottawa won’t [page break] take on any new debt at present time. Capt Barry holds this primer at present. I believe several parts of it he does not agree with. In a few days my pupils will send to you a little wooden picture for your wall. It is the picture of Mr. Coyote taking his Sunday Service. Please note how heartily the Coyotes are singing. The choice of 8 golden birds – came from heaven to each meeting. These birds were guest singers. They were taught to sing in Heavens and they taught the Animal People on earth. After each service they returned to Heaven. I got to Vancouver Dec.30th for 1 weeks vacation. I think your [sic] wonderful at your age taking such a keen interest in life. Yes, we will all look forward to your booklets when they appear. I agree with you—a handbook for each reserve would be better than a general one. It would keep each reserve distinct. Many thanks again. I enclose (.25 cents) for the Inkameep pamphlet. I write to Mr. Walsh at times but have not met him yet. You won’t forget our clippings (to be sent back after read, please.)
Very sincerely,
Noel Stewart
PS. This is a big school. Few are interested in my work. However I’m in the animal world with my Sr. Boy pupils. Xmas Greetings again!
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Noel Stewart to Alice Ravenhill (Dec.21, 1940)
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Noel Stewart writing Alice Ravenhill to share more news of his work at St. George's, including having sent off a booklet of about 35 stories written and illustrated by his students to an American publisher and having prepared an "Indian School Primer with all Indian illustrations" that is being held by his superiors due to lack of funds and interest, it being during WWII. He also mentions several aspects of different stories involving the Animal People and Mr. Coyote, as well as how most of the other teachers and administrators at St. George's are not supportive of his art-based education initiatives.
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Noel Stewart
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Royal BC Museum, BC Archives (F/I/R19)
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Dec.21, 1940
Alice Ravenhill
Animal People
Anthony Walsh
Captain Barry
Indian Affairs Department
Inkameep Day School
Lytton
Mr. Coyote
Mr. See-see-uk
Noel Stewart
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St. George’s School
Lytton, B.C.
Dec.29/40
Dear Miss Ravenhill: -
I have received your letter of Dec.27. I now mail off to you our wooden gift. Please note how our lovely choice bird and coyote family sing. The boys are doing a lot of the Animal scenes on wood. I’ll try and get the dates for your friends but I haven’t kept them and may not can secure them all. Last week’s Family Herald had 3 small drawings (our first drawings last Sept.) in print. However, I enclose this for you, so you can [page break] return it with the others. I am happy to hear your Committee will meet next week. Best wishes! Be sure and remember we Indian workers will be anxious to hear of your new resolution for our Indian Schools. It will be an interesting time. I am glad Mr. Walsh will be there. Apparently the Vanc. Province took our story of the See-see-uks’ visit to Lytton. It didn’t return to us so later you’ll get a copy. Best luck for 1941!! Thanks a great deal. Excuse the rush now. Clearing day and no end of work for myself. By the way, I am [page break] writing up our School [Farm?] etc. for Family Herald so have no end of writing on hand. Next week I holiday and my Sr. Boys are to work on farm while I am away and aren’t they grumbling before to me. They all think they possess me and when I leave they stop work. But Miss Ravenhill some of this Res. school life is hard on the Kiddies (I think). I often wonder how we would re-act in their shoes. Well must stop the scribble for now.
Best and good luck.
As ever,
Noel Stewart
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Noel Stewart to Alice Ravenhill (Dec.29, 1940)
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Noel Stewart's efforts to promote and publish his student's visual and written at St. George's Indian Residential School.
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Noel Stewart writing to Alice Ravenhill to update her further on more efforts he has taken to publish his student's written and visual artwork in venues like the Family Herald and Vancouver Province. He wonders briefly how he would react were his and his students' roles reversed and he as a student at St. George's instead of a teacher.
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Noel Stewart
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Royal BC Museum, BC Archives (F/I/R19)
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Dec.29, 1940
Alice Ravenhill
Anthony Walsh
Empathy
Family Herald
Lytton
Mr. See-see-uk
Noel Stewart
St. George's Indian Residential School
Vancouver Province
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Dec.18th 1940
Noel Stewart,
Thank you warmly for your interesting letter, which also brings encouragement to me. Your experience in these various schools makes me wish you were nearer Victoria, so that I could get all you could give from your experience. Did I tell you I am preparing a series of 20 Charts for use in the Indian schools of this Province to bring before the children specimens of the fine accomplishments of their forfathers [sic] and to stimulate their desire to try their own power to emulate them in one or another of the wide range they covered. I wanted to prepare portfolios for each school showing the line of former achievements by their own Tribes, and still think it the better method, but Captain Barry prefers this other way, and the commission came to me direct from Ottawa. I have also to write a Handbook with many details of origin, significance, legendary associations, etc of each of the 160 illustrations; a huge work; it will not be ready till the end of February. I have tried in vain to get the Macmillan, the Oxford University Press or any publisher to issue a collection of the agenda of the Province I selected from their own old representations of the characters concerned. I am sure there would be a ready sale. No one in Victoria is the least interested; there is no anthropologist at the Museum and no authority in the Archives Department. For the first time I have been asked to lecture at the Summer School next July on Indian Arts and Crafts, but, alas, I am almost 82, and have to refuse what I have longed to do for twelve years.
Please make time to send me the dates of the Vancouver papers to [page break] you refer as having published the legends and illustrations. I never see a Vancouver paper. You mention two stories in the “Sun” and more in the “Province”. Can you tell me how to address the Winnipeg “Free Press” and if you will further assist by adding the price and postage cost of each paper I can send the necessary prepayments at a considerable saving to myself. Have you seen “The Tale of the Nativity” published by my Committee, as told by the children of the Inkameep School. There are very few of the 1000 copies printed left; if you would like a copy and can make up 25 cents, you shall have one of the few remaining. Frankly, so I have had to be our Committee’s banker until the sale of this “Tale” and have had to send out complimentary and specimen copies I have to sound mercenary. I would risk enclosing the attractive booklet, but you may have had a copy.
Any further details you can send me will be a great help; I dream of issuing for next Christmas a collection of tribal legends, for instance, to arouse yet more public realisation of what our Indian children can offer. Forgive more now; but accept my warm appreciation of your long letter and my delight at our mutual interest. With all kindly greetings and good wishes,
yours sincerely,
[Alice Ravenhill]
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Alice Ravenhill to Noel Stewart (Dec.18, 1940)
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Art education; tribal-specific residential school materials
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Alice Ravenhill describes to Noel Stewart her proposed project of preparing tribe-specific Charts for use in Residential schools, which would show students "the line of former achievements by their own Tribes." She also makes reference to a handbook of 160 illustrations that she is attempting to get published. She mentions "The Tale of Nativity" produced by students in Anthony Walsh's classroom at Inkameep Day School and expresses interest in publishing "a collection of tribal legends," urging Stewart to send her further details of his art-based educational practices at St. George's.
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Alice Ravenhill
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Royal BC Museum, BC Archives (F/I/R19)
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Dec.18, 1940
"The Tale of the Nativity"
Alice Ravenhill
Anthony Walsh
Anthropology
Indian Arts and Crafts
Inkameep Day School
Legend
Noel Stewart
Publishing
Residential School
St. George's Indian Residential School
Tribal-specific
Vancouver Sun
Winnipeg Free Press
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Jan. 3, 1941
Dear Mr. Stewart,
Happily you mentioned that you would be away from Lytton for a few days or I should feel great reproaches for the delay in saying, “Thank you many times over for the charming, novel and totally unexpected gift from you and your boys; valuable from several points of view, for it suggests a line of Indian “souvenir” which should find a ready sale in the tourist season. As soon as great pressure of work permits I shall take it to one or two likely stores here and sounds them on the subject. Then, also, I want to reassure you of the safety of your press cuttings. I have written for duplicates where I can trace their origin; and Mr. Walsh in whose too brief visit has told me a source from which I should get the address of “the Family Herald.”
Now, for you opinion. The successful sale of “The Tale of the Nativity” (I believe all the 1000 copies are sold) lands the stores here to ask for a booklet they could sell tourists in the summer. Consulting my Committee they are so pleased with your cuttings that I am desired to ask further information concerning the 35 Legends you tell me are “being considered” by an American publisher. Could we secure their publication in B.C. would you feel like asking their return to you for the purpose. What is your idea of price, profits, and their utilization. After paying for the artist’s illustrations in “The Tale” the small (relatively) profits are coming to Committee to carry on work, hitherto paid out of my slender purse; they amount only after payment of commission to stores, costs of distribution, complimentary copies, etc., to about 130 dollars. But subscriptions bore the [end of fragment].
[Alice Ravenhill]
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Alice Ravenhill to Noel Stewart (Jan.3, 1941)
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Tourism; profits; publishing
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Alice Ravenhill
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Royal BC Museum, BC Archives (F/I/R19)
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Jan.3, 1941
"The Tale of the Nativity"
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Anthony Walsh
Legend
Noel Stewart
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Residential School
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St. George's Indian Residential School
Story
The Family Herald
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St. George’s Sch.
Lytton. B.C.
Jan 7. 1941
My dear Miss Ravenhill: -
It is indeed kind of you to give me your very sincere interest and thoughts: I am pleased your meeting went over successfully. I was in Vancouver and Capt. Barry said your “Drawing Plates” were perfectly gorgeous. He thinks they are really too good for us in the Indian Schools (to even handle). My I feel happy you took on this immense piece of work. It is something probably no one else could or would have done.
Now re: our Stories. They are back from U.S.A with a number of [page break] suggestions. First they desire certain stories removed. They also want the book divided into 2 parts (books). This idea I believe is good.
Thirdly – they do not like such stories as the yearly bathing (purification ceremony of those who had been ill.) Well this was a true enough custom. Even our old Indians today still believe in a yearly washing of sin. They also desire other evidence of which I regard are ridiculous.
So to make things short – I’ll make several changes then send them off to you, and if you feel you could do anything with them, we would be most happy. However, they many [page break] not be what you want. First they are written for children and as I make my characters actually live, it may reduce the legend point of view. However, public libraries tell me there’s a very open field for children’s work from the legend type of work.
Neither my artists or my self would desire any payment for the work, if reproduced. After all as forerunners we must give much. I believe Barry’s remark Re: Indian children’s work not being sold is to [many rot]. They sell their work right along in the Residential Schools.
So in about 2 more [page break] weeks you’ll receive our stories. I think I’ll have them ready for you to see them. Thanks a lot again for your many kindnesses. You certainly are a guiding star to us Indian workers. Best luck. You’ll hear from me in about 2 more weeks.
Best luck in 1941!
Sincerely,
Noel Stewart
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Noel Stewart to Alice Ravenhill (Jan.7, 1941)
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An account of the resource
Noel Stewart replies affirmatively to Alice Ravenhill's request for him to send the BCIACWS a copy of the booklet of Indian legends he and his students at St. George's prepared and illustrated. He assures her that they are not expecting payment for their work and thanks her for her efforts in helping to facilitate the creativity of his students.
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Noel Stewart
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Royal BC Museum, BC Archives (F/I/R19)
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Jan.7, 1941
Alice Ravenhill
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Captain Barry
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Legend
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St. Georges’ Lytton
Jan.16/41
Dear Miss Ravenhill: -
Following up my previous letter to you I am now enclosing about 16 pictures with their stories. Probably my sorting them out here made the story theme disjointed. However, the other stories have a religious touch and publishers do not like it. These enclosed do not contain any objectionable religious implications. Probably 12 stories would be enough for a booklet.
Now re: the illustrations: My pupils are willing to do very small drawings if you’d prefer it. If the enclosed [ones?] are too large, we could soon do you small ones. They’d be cheaper. Of course I realize the whole thing may not be in your line at all. Yet I am more than happy to have your kind Committee pass its candid judgement upon our attempts.
All stories are written in children’s style. There are likely odd errors you will catch or change. Personally, I feel a little booklet of our Animal People’s life would sell. After all, none are available at present. Please feel free to send to me your candid opinion.
Thanking you over and over!
Sincerely,
Noel Stewart
PS. I should believe the Kamloops Ind. Res. School would be interested in your Committee’s work. It is the largest school in Canada 300 children. They draw Indians from all over Interior B.C. and [page break] [given?] closely related to the pupils here would be able to do same type of work. It is run by the R.C.’s.
Am mailing to you under separate cover a copy of Red Cross magazine with 3 pictures from our Health Rules. You may keep this magazine.
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Noel Stewart to Alice Ravenhill (Jan.16, 1941)
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An account of the resource
Noel Stewart sends 16 illustrations and their accompanying stories to Alice Ravenhill for the BCIACWS to review. He expresses his frustration with American publishers for discouraging stories with religious content, but thinks that those regarding the Animal People will sell well in Canada as a little booklet. Also, he brings to her attention the Kamloops Indian Residential school and its 300 students, as a possible venue for further support and arts-based initiatives.
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Noel Stewart
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Royal BC Museum, BC Archives (F/I/R19)
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Jan.16, 1941
Alice Ravenhill
Animal People
Kamloops
Legend
Noel Stewart
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Religious
Residential School
St. George's Indian Residential School
Story