Peel 2498 : Davin, Nicholas Flood, Strathcona Horse: Speech by Nicholas Flood Davin at Lansdowne Park, March 7th, A.D. 1900 on the occasion of the first parade of the Strathcona Horse, when a flag from the town of Sudbury was presented by Her Excellency the Countess of Minto (1900)

Author Bio

209: Cree syllabic hymn book . [1841].: Evans, James (1801-1846.); 1801-1846. Born Kingston-upon-Hull, England; converted to Methodism; followed parents to Canada, 1822; appointed to take charge of Rice Lake School, 1828; studied Ojibway and sought to express it in syllabic rather than alphabetic form; appointed Methodist deacon and sent as missionary to Mud Lake and Rice Lake (1830), Credit Mission (1831), Ancaster (1832); ordained and stationed at St Catherine's (1833), Sarnia (1834), Lake Superior area (1838), Guelph; by 1836 developing written language system in syllabics; appointed Superintendent of Missions of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in the Hudson's Bay Territory, stationed at Norway House, 1840; perfected and found acceptance for his system of syllabic characters for Cree language; with hand-made materials printed Cree syllabic hymnbook, the first book printed in the Canadian West; sent to London to be investigated on various charges by Wesleyan Society; died in Kelby, England, before investigation complete (Victoria University Library).