Clinton News-Record, 1980-08-28, Page 11by Gwen Pemberton
and Bud Sturgeon
Explorin, ,,,�''' thepast
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By Bud Sturgeon
When reviewing
history, it is. hard :to
choose a starting point, so
we are going all the way
back,
From Indian times
we'll Move forward to
modern day in a series of
short articles, starting
this week and- running
-through the fall.
Chapter One is en-
titled: the Early
Explorers.
kandletyolr
e new frontier
three seignorial land
grants had been issued in
,Canada, the first being in
1623.
The `country' was still
known as the Province of
Canada with no political
division between Upper
and Lower Canada, The
majority of settlements
.were along the St.
Lawrence River and an
exploration originated
frozn here.
Picture if you' can, an
imagination carry you
away to a time almost
four centuries ago.
The early explorers
At the beginning of the.
17th century, the area
that was to become
Upper Canada was a new
frontier. It was unex-
plored and uncharted for
the most part. With the
exception of a few Jesuit
Missions spotted here and
there, the area was
inhabited by Indians
only.
The 'country' wa's
under the 'control' of the
French government.
There were no formal
land -tenure policies , in
use, and by 1627 only
of • s
covering the whole of
Western Ontario and
extending into the Bruce
Peninsula to he north.
The waters of the lakes
and rivers had never
been explored_ by white
man.
The Indians living in
this general area were
called Ouendats and the
land in which they
dwelled was called
Ouendake, meaning 'land
apart'. .
These peoples, were
tagged with the more
familiar name, 'Hurons'
(which was a colloquial
expression meaning
'dirty people') by the first
French explorers.
Bapt'ists enjoy music_
Sunday services at the
Bayfield • Baptist Church
were- high -lighted with
the special music which
was greatly appreciated
by the capacity crowds. It
began in " the Sunday
School with a girl's
quartette of Miss Annie
Simpson, Miss Lana
Simpson, Miss Tracey
Sims and Miss Lori Sims.
At the • morning service
Mrs. Doyle Cullan and
her mother, Mrs. Larry
Bigelow sang a special
humn.
Rev. Les Shiel,
welcomed the visitors
including four visiting
Pastors, Mr. Ron Harris,
summer Pastor at the
Presbyterian Church,
Bayfield, his wife and
infant daughter, and his
mother. Rev. Green,
Pastor of Hope Baptist
Church London and Mrs.
Green, and two former
Pastors of this Church,
Rev. Bruce Eaton and.
Mrs. Eaton, Owen Sound,
and Rev. Larry Bigelow,
assistant Pastor , in
Hepworth and Mrs:
Bigelow also attended.
At the evening service
Miss. Debbie Talbot, who.
had just returned from
working__ as. a --senior-
counsellor at . Camp
Livingston, Quebec,
spoke and thanked God
for the privilege of
serving Him for the
summer. She told of the
blessing and great joy of
being apart of the group.
Pastor Bigelow brought
the evening message and
stressing that everyone,:
must walk worthily, in
humility and My -6.
Mrs. Ron Harris played
two medleys of well
known hymns en her harp
and also played her
guitar for a duet which
she and Mr. Harris sang.
Other duets were given
by Miss Elva Keys and
Miss Joy Shiel and
another by Mrs. Cullan
and Mrs. Bigelow. Miss ,
Joy Shiel also sang and
the services were brought
to a beautiful close in
song with Mrs. Bigelow.
A great thank you goes
Ready for fall
Too soon, it seems, it
will be time to prepare
gardens for winter, but
the members of the
Bayfield Garden Club can
be assisted in their plans
for next year's garden by
bringing their surplus
plants to •the Club's
October meeting when a
plant exchange will be
conducted. To avoid
meeting on Thanksgiving
Monday, the Club's
October meeting will be
held on the first Monday
of the month, October 6.
The Septethber meeting
will be held, as usual, on
the second Monday of the it
month, September 8. "L'
to; all who helped to make
this such a perfect day,
including musicians Mrs.
Muriel " -Snider, Miss
Shirley Keys and Mrs.
Cullan,, who ,willingly
each Sunday play the
organ and piano. Thank
you also to Mrs. Jean
Greer as she serves so
faithfully every Sunday
in the nursery and,to Mrs.
Lillian Steckle, her
assistant.
After the evening
service a fireside hour
was spent sharing light
refreshments and.
fellowship.
The 'IIuron tribe oc-
'cupied the land north of
this general area and the
Iroquois were to the
south. The tribe thought
to be living in the area
where Bayfield was
eventually founded, were
the Attawandarons.
These were a. highly
civilized tribe and were
also known as `neutrals'
fora very good reason.
This highly civilized tribe
controlled the flint supply
eia
like neighbours to make
weapons. Neither the
Hurons nor Iroquois
wished to antagonize
these `neutrals' for fear
they would become the
ally of their enemy. This
worked well until the
Attawandaron tribe was
eventually wiped out in
the Great Indian Wars
preceding the settlement
. , Qf `Upper Canada'.
Explorers Brebauf and
Chaumonot estimated the
Attawandaron tribe
consisted of about 12,000
in population, living in 40
villages in the area.
The man thought to be
the first 'white explorer'
to inhabit this region was
Etienne Brule, a Fren-
chman who came over to
Canada with Samuel de
Champlain on his fifth
voyage. to. :the. new ; world.
in 1608.
Brule was a master
linguist and learned
many of the local Indian
dialects whileliving with
them. The last we hear of
Etienne Brule is in 1633
when he was quartered
and eaten by the 'Bear
Tribe of Hurons' after
being involved with one
too many Indian
maidens.
In the years previous to
this, Brule had done
ml'ch to assist Champlain
and others in the first
attempts of exploration
for settlement and trade
in the Huron County:area.
(to be continued).
CLQNTON+47Ewp-REcoRD,
[URSDAY, ,AUGUST 28,10' •PA(
Historians learn prig
By Gwen Pember ofl
The first priority of a
Weal historical society
should be the sear 1. for
and acquisition of local
old letters and papers,
stated :Hugh MacMillan
of Rockwood= Qntarlo,
liaison off leer since 1064
for . Ontario Archives,
when he addressed the
Bayfield Historical
Society Monday evening.
A localsociety should
also inform the provincial
archivist of acquisitions,
he added.
Convincing people to
turn their papers over to
the provincial archives
for safekeeping in a dust-
free, acidity-and-
humidity-controijed
environment is an im-
e or -tan -i -part--of-h-is-werk,
he said. Any material
accepted from a local
society •is copied and the
copies given to the local
society for its archives.
Mr. MacMillan showed
pictures, read letters and
excerpts ilrn papers ;as.
ex rbpies of the type of
archival material which
is of interest. He stated
that infarnsation about
what Pe+ple did 1 in
Ontario or what people
frond Ontario . did
elsewhere was more
important than artifacts.
He explained that the ,
in forination need not be
from or of "high profile
people," but from anyone
who recorded events as
`they happened, ' The
range of documents and
papers IS. very wide,so.
the Ontario Archivesis
rather selective, but is
always looking for
documentation of both
sides of an incident, and
diaries and letters which
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