No Greater Faith
Database ID | 26240 | |
Institution | University of Saskatchewan Libraries Special Collections | |
Fonds/Collection | Morton Manuscripts Collection | |
Series | MSS-C550 | |
File/Item Reference | MSS-C550-1-27-1r (Box 37) | |
Date of creation | [192-?] | |
Physical description/extent | 1 article; 2 pages of textual records | |
Number of images | 2 | |
Historical note | Reginald Beatty (b. 1854) was not only a clerk of the Hudson's Bay Company, but also the first settler in the Melfort district. The current city of Melfort was preceded by a small community known as the Stoney Creek Settlement, started by founding settler Beatty, a Hudson Bay Company employee who settled with his family in the new Northwest. He was employed with the HBC from 1872-1883. Beatty served at Shoal River, Fairford, Cumberland House, The Pas (several terms), Grand Rapids, Sturgeon River and Norway House. | |
Scope and content | An article written by Reginald Beatty relating to the spirituality of Essa-wa-pum-o, an excellent hunter who gave all thanks to the Great Spirit for his success in hunting bears to feed his family. Item found within folder 'Reginald Bird Beatty Papers.' | |
Contributer | Reginald Bird Beatty (author) | |
Copyright holder | Public domain | |
Copyright expiry date | Public domain | |
Other terms governing use and reproduction | Responsibility regarding questions of copyright that may arise in the use of any images is assumed by the researcher. | |
Type | Archival | |
Primary Media | Textual documents | |
Specific document types | Articles | |
Provenance Access Point | Morton, A.S. | |
Other numbers/identification | Special Collections call no. MSS C550/1/27.1. | |
Treaty boundaries | No data | |
Cultural region | Plains Subarctic | |
Names | Beatty, Reginald Bird, 1854-1928 (HBC clerk) Essa-wa-pum-o | |
Subject | Culture -- Spirituality | |
Date Range(s) | 1890-1899 | |
Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/26240 |