E. Pauline Johnson, Tekahionwake

by Johnson, E. Pauline; Gerson, Carole; Strong-Boag, Veronica

• ISBN13: 9780802036704
• ISBN10: 0802036708
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-07-01
• Publisher: Univ of Toronto Pr

Summary

The first complete collection of all of E. Pauline Johnson's known poems, many painstakingly culled from newspapers, magazines, and archives, along with a selection of her prose, including fiction, journalism, and discussions of gender and race.

Author Biography

Carole Gerson is Professor of English at Simon Fraser University. Veronica Strong-Boag is Professor of Women's Studies and Educational Studies at the University of British Columbia.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction: 'The Firm Handiwork of Will'
The Fourth Act	p. 3
'Think of me ...'	p. 4
My Jeanie	p. 4
My Little Jean	p. 4
Rover	p. 6
The Rift	p. 9
The Re-interment of Red Jacket	p. 10
The Sea Queen	p. 12
Iris to Floretta	p. 13
A Cry from an Indian Wife	p. 14
In the Shadows	p. 15
The Firs	p. 17
Easter Lilies	p. 18
At the Ferry	p. 20
'Brant,' A Memorial Ode	p. 21
['alas! how damning praise can be!']	p. 22
A Request	p. 22
Fasting	p. 24
Life	p. 26
My English Letter	p. 26
Easter	p. 28
Joe	p. 29
Unguessed	p. 30
Our Brotherhood	p. 31
The Death-Cry	p. 32
Keepsakes	p. 33
The Flight of the Crows	p. 33
Under Canvas	p. 35
Workworn	p. 36
The Lumberman's Christmas	p. 37
The Happy Hunting Grounds	p. 40
Close By	p. 41
Overlooked	p. 42
Erie Waters	p. 43
Shadow River	p. 43
Nocturne	p. 45
Bass Lake (Muskoka)	p. 46
Temptation	p. 47
Misguided	p. 49
Fortune's Favours	p. 50
Rondeau	p. 51
Christmastide	p. 52
Evergreens	p. 53
What the Soldier Said	p. 54
'Comrades, we are serving ...'	p. 54
Beyond the Blue	p. 56
In April	p. 57
For Queen and Country. May 24th	p. 58
The Idlers	p. 60
Depths	p. 62
Day Dawn	p. 63
'Held by the Enemy'	p. 64
To Peggy	p. 65
Two Women	p. 65
October in Canada	p. 66
'Though Time and Bitter Distance'	p. 67
As Red Men Die	p. 68
The Last Page	p. 70
The Snowshoer	p. 71
Outlooking	p. 71
The Seventh Day	p. 72
Star Lake (Muskoka)	p. 73
The Vagabonds	p. 74
Re-Voyage	p. 75
In Days to Come	p. 77
The Camper	p. 77
At Husking Time	p. 78
The Pilot of the Plains	p. 79
Rondeau: The Skater	p. 81
The Song My Paddle Sings	p. 81
At Sunset	p. 83
Rainfall	p. 84
Penseroso	p. 84
Wave-Won	p. 85
The Avenger	p. 86
The Birds' Lullaby	p. 88
The Portage	p. 89
The Mariner	p. 90
Brier	p. 91
Wolverine	p. 91
In Grey Days	p. 94
In Freshet Time	p. 95
Thistle-Down	p. 95
Moonset	p. 96
The Cattle Thief	p. 97
At Crow's Nest Past	p. 99
Benedictus	p. 100
Fire Flowers	p. 100
The Gopher	p. 100
Harvest Time	p. 101
His Majesty, the West Wind	p. 101
Kicking-Horse River	p. 102
Little Vancouver	p. 103
The Prairie	p. 104
Silhouette	p. 104
Where Leaps the Ste Marie	p. 105
The Wolf	p. 106
Curtain	p. 106
Marshlands	p. 107
Sou'wester	p. 108
Boots and Saddles	p. 108
The Favourite	p. 109
In the Boxes	p. 110
The Last Hurdle	p. 110
Perspective	p. 111
The White and the Green	p. 111
Dawendine	p. 112
Ojistoh	p. 114
Becalmed	p. 117
The Lifting of the Mist	p. 117
The Songster	p. 118
The Good Old N. P.	p. 119
Lullaby of the Iroquois	p. 120
The Corn Husker	p. 121
Low Tide at St. Andrews	p. 121
The Quill Worker	p. 122
His Sister's Son	p. 123
Traverse Bay	p. 123
The Mouse's Message	p. 124
The Indian Corn Planter	p. 124
Canadian Born	p. 125
The Legend of Qu'Appelle Valley	p. 126
'Give Us Barabbas'	p. 129
Winnipeg - At Sunset	p. 130
'H.M.S.'	p. 131
The Riders of the Plains	p. 132
Rondeau: Morrow-Land	p. 134
To C.H.W.	p. 135
Heidleburgh	p. 135
His Majesty the King	p. 136
A Prodigal	p. 137
Made in Canada	p. 138
The Art of Alma-Tadema	p. 139
At Half-Mast	p. 140
The City and the Sea	p. 141
Golden - of the Selkirks	p. 142
Goodbye	p. 143
Guard of the Eastern Gate	p. 143
Lady Icicle	p. 144
Lady Lorgnette	p. 145
Prairie Greyhounds	p. 146
The Sleeping Giant	p. 147
A Toast	p. 147
Your Mirror Frame	p. 148
The Train Dogs	p. 149
When George Was King	p. 150
The Cattle Country	p. 151
The Trail to Lillooet	p. 152
The Man in Chrysanthemum Land	p. 152
Canada	p. 154
Autumn's Orchestra	p. 154
The Homing Bee	p. 156
The Lost Lagoon	p. 157
La Crosse	p. 158
The Archers	p. 158
Brandon	p. 159
The King's Consort	p. 160
Calgary of the Plains	p. 161
The Ballad of Yaada	p. 162
Song	p. 164
'And He Said, Fight On'	p. 164
Aftermath	p. 165
Reclaimed Lands	p. 165
To Walter McRaye	p. 166
The Ballad of Laloo	p. 166
Both Sides	p. 168
In the Shadows: My Version	p. 169
Lent	p. 170
A Turned Down Page	p. 171
Outdoor Pastimes for Women	p. 175
A Strong Race Opinion: On the Indian Girl in Modern Fiction	p. 177
Forty-Five Miles on the Grand	p. 184
A Red Girl's Reasoning	p. 188
The Iroquois Women of Canada	p. 203
As It Was in the Beginning	p. 205
A Pagan in St. Paul's Cathedral	p. 213
The Lodge of the Law-makers	p. 215
We-hro's Sacrifice	p. 218
Mothers of a Great Red Race	p. 223
Mother of the Motherless	p. 227
The Legend of the Two Sisters	p. 230
The Silver Craft of the Mohawks: The Protective Totem	p. 235
From the Child's Viewpoint	p. 237
The Siwash Rock	p. 246
The Potlatch	p. 250
Hoolool of the Totem Poles	p. 257
The Shagganappi	p. 262
The Stings of Civilization	p. 283
Notes	p. 289
Selected Bibliography	p. 329
Illustration Credits	p. 331
Index of Titles	p. 333
Index of First Lines	p. 339
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