A Child of the Sea; and Life Among the Mormons

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Author

Elizabeth Whitney Williams

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Produced by Heiko Evermann, Patrick Hopkins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from scans of public domain works at the University of Michigan\'s Making of America collection.)

Language

English

Subject

Strang, James Jesse, 1813-1856

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Text

eBook-No.

34769

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34769

Release Date

December 28, 2010

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Transcriber's Note — A CHILD OF THE SEA; AND LIFE AMONG THE MORMONS — BY
2. 2.Elizabeth Whitney Williams .
3. 3.Introductory.
4. 4.Biography.
5. 5.Illustrations.
6. 6.PART I. — EARLY MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD DAYS. — ISLAND OF ST. HELENA. — COMING OF COUSIN MITCHELL — PROMISES TO GO THE NEXT YEAR TO GREEN BAY. — A LETTER FROM COUSIN MITCHELL, WITH PRESENTS. — THE OLD RED CRADLE. — SAVED BY MY BROTHER FROM DROWNING. — LAUNCHING OF THE SHIP ELIZA CAROLINE. — FAREWELL TO ST. HELENA. — DEATH OF MR. MCWILLIAMS. — AGAIN IN OUR BOAT ON LAKE MICHIGAN. — ARRIVING AT MANISTIQUE. — THE OLD GRANDPA AND BOB COMING TO LIVE WITH US. — OLD DOG BOB. — BOB'S NEW MASTER. — DEATH OF MRS. MCWILLIAMS. — STARTING ON THEIR PERILOUS TRIP. — THEIR STORY OF THEIR JOURNEY AS THEY TOLD IT TO ME IN AFTER YEARS. — BROTHER ANTHONY LOST IN THE WOODS. — MOTHER'S STORY. — FATHER AND MOTHER COMING HOME. — JOHN'S STORY. — FIRST VISIT TO THE BIG WHITE HOUSE. — REMINDERS OF HOME FAR AWAY. — A LONGING FOR HOME. — HAPPY HOME LIFE. — BOB'S SYMPATHY. — INDIAN VILLAGE AND CHIEF OSSAWINAMAKEE. — THE LAKE OF ENCHANTMENT. — THE CHIEF'S DAUGHTER, "STAR OF THE MORNING." — THE CHIEF AND HIS DAUGHTER VISITING US. — THE CHIEF'S DEPARTURE. — RETURN OF THE CHIEF OSSAWINAMAKEE. — INVITED TO THE FEAST. — THE BEAUTIFUL LAKE AT THE INDIAN VILLAGE. — THE INDIAN MAIDEN IN HER WIGWAM. — THE SOUNDING OF THE DRUM. — CHIEF OSSAWINAMAKEE'S SPEECH. — ALL ENJOYMENT. — ENDING OF THE FEAST AND SAD ENDING OF A YOUNG LIFE. — BURIAL OF SHA-WAN-NIB-IN-ASSE. — ON BOARD THE ELIZA CAROLINE.
7. 7.PART II. — BEAVER ISLAND. — BEAVER ISLAND CHOSEN AS A KINGDOM. — STRANG'S FIRST COMING TO THE ISLAND WITH HIS PEOPLE. — PAYMENT TIME FOR THE INDIANS. — THE INDIANS AND THEIR ISLANDS. — STRANG CALLING ON US. — FIRST SETTLERS. — PREPARING FOR WINTER. — GOING OVER TO THE POINT TO DINNER WITH THE MCKINLEYS. — KIND NEIGHBORS. — BOB'S NEW FRIEND. — SUFFERING OF THE PEOPLE. — CARING FOR THE SICK AND DYING. — RETURN OF SPRING AND COMING OF STRANG. — JAMES CABLE SETTLING AT THE HEAD OF BEAVER ISLAND. — STRANG'S REVELATIONS. — ROBBING THE GENTILES. — WHIPPING OF THOMAS BEDFORD. — BUILDING TEMPLE AND PRINTING OFFICE. — STRANG'S REVELATION OF POLYGAMY. — "CHARLES DOUGLAS." — A MAN WITH SEVERAL WIVES. — BOB'S DEATH. — THE COUNTY SEAT OF SAINT JAMES. — MOUNT PISGAH AND INLAND LAKES. — WILD ANIMALS AND BIRDS. — MRS. BENNETT STARTING TO CROSS THE LAKE. — THE KING'S RESIDENCE. — THE KING'S JOKES. — THE KING'S LAWS. — OUR MORMON NEIGHBORS. — STRANG AND HIS FAVORITE WIFE. — THE KILLING OF BENNETT. — TO BE BROUGHT DEAD OR ALIVE. — STRANG HAVING DINNER WITH US. — JOHN GOEING AND HIS DEAR OLD IRISH HOME. — MY BROTHER CHARLEY GOING TO OHIO. — BROTHER LEWIS AND I WERE GOING TO OHIO WITH MR. CRANE. — BROTHER CHARLEY GONE. — ON BOARD STEAMER MICHIGAN. — AT MACKINAC ISLAND. — ON LAKE HURON. — CROSSING SAGINAW BAY. — PRAYING FOR THE STORM TO CEASE. — AT PRESQUE ISLE DOCK. — AT DETROIT AND CLEVELAND. — TRYING TO BE HAPPY. — ON THE HEADLANDS. — IN MY NEW HOME. — MR. MILTON A. SHEPARD. — HOMESICK. — GOING TO SCHOOL IN THE LITTLE RED SCHOOL HOUSE. — MEETING BROTHER CHARLEY. — A CHILD'S PRAYER. — A CHILD'S PRAYER ANSWERED. — HOMEWARD BOUND ON STEAMBOAT MICHIGAN. — AT MACKINAC ISLAND. — HOME AGAIN. — A MOTHER'S LONGING TO SEE HER BOY. — MENOMINEE INDIAN FAMILY. — THE ROBBERS' DEN. — WAKING AND SEEING INDIANS IN MY ROOM. — DEPARTURE OF THE INDIANS. — THE APOSTLE AND HIS FAMILY AMONG THE INDIANS. — THE APOSTLE'S WIFE'S STORY. — CHOLERA AT THE ISLAND. — LEAVING THE ISLAND. — THE LITTLE VILLAGE OF CHARLEVOIX. — WILLIAM DAVENPORT OUR MAIL CARRIER. — OPENING OF NAVIGATION. — COMING OF THE MORMONS. — TO BRING THEM DEAD OR ALIVE. — THE BATTLE AT CHARLEVOIX. — GIVING CHASE TO THE MORMONS. — MORMONS SAVED BY "BARK MORGAN." — LEAVING CHARLEVOIX. — TRAVERSE CITY. — HAPPY SCHOOL DAYS IN TRAVERSE CITY. — EARLY DAYS OF TRAVERSE CITY. — MY FATHER ADOPTING A LITTLE BOY. — THE KILLING OF "KING STRANG." — THE STORY MRS. H—— TOLD ME. — MY BROTHER LEWIS VISITING US AND HIS STORY. — TEACHINGS OF MORMONISM. — FATHER AND MOTHER'S VISIT TO BEAVER ISLAND. — A MOTHER LONGING TO SEE HER CHILDREN. — LEAVING TRAVERSE CITY. — LANDING AT THE ISLAND. — HOTELS AT THE HARBOR. — THE FAREWELL RECEPTION TO FRIENDS. — RETURN OF THE MERCHANTS. — DR. McCULLOCH'S RESIDENCE. — THE KING'S HIGHWAY. — HORSEBACK RIDING ABOUT THE ISLAND. — THE HOME WHERE THE WIFE HAD BEEN DRIVEN OUT. — TIGER'S GRAVE. — THE JOHNSON HOUSE. — MRS. CAMPBELL'S STORY. — BURNING OF THE MORMON TEMPLE. — ROCKY MOUNTAIN OR INDIAN POINT. — THE SECRET SOCIETY. — PAGE TOWN. — VISITING THE LIGHT KEEPER AND HIS WIFE. — OUR SCHOOL TEACHERS. — GOING TO MACKINAC ISLAND. — MY RETURN TO BEAVER ISLAND. — THE GIBSON HOUSE. — THE NURSE'S STORY. — MARRIED AND KEEPING HOUSE. — TRAVELLING BY WATER. — OUR INDIAN SCHOOL AT GARDEN ISLAND. — WENTWORTH'S VISIT TO HIS ISLAND HOME. — MY HUSBAND APPOINTED LIGHT-KEEPER. — VESSELS SEEKING SHELTER FROM THE STORMS. — DEATH OF MY HUSBAND, THE LIGHT-KEEPER. — MY APPOINTMENT AS LIGHT-KEEPER. — TRIBUTE TO THE SAILORS. — LIGHT-KEEPERS AND THEIR WORK. — GALES ON OUR LAKES. — STEAMER "BADGER STATE." — CAPT. E. A. BOUCHARD. — OLD NEIGHBORS LEAVING THE ISLAND. — SAD THOUGHTS ON LEAVING MY ISLAND HOME. — IN THE NEW HOME. — VISITING AT TRAVERSE CITY. — RESORTS AROUND LITTLE TRAVERSE BAY — Transcriber's Corrections

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