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Author Bio

574: A Cree hymn book, for the use of the Christian Indians in the missions of the Wesleyan Missionary Society in North-West America . 1870?.
Steinhauer, Henry Bird (1820-1884.)
1820-1884. Ojibway born Rama Indian settlement, Lake Simcoe; baptized, 1825; American benefactor provided name and funds for education at Cazenovia College (New York) and Upper Canada Academy (Cobourg, Ontario); accompanied James Evans to Hudson's Bay Company territories, 1840; stationed as a Methodist missionary at Rainy Lake, 1840-1843; assisted Evans and Mason at Norway House, 1843-1850; appointed to Oxford House, 1850-1854; ordained in England, 1855; at Lac La Biche, Alberta, 1855-1857; sent to Whitefish Lake, northeast of Edmonton, to found a Native Christian community; also known as Shahwahnegezhik (Ojibwa) or Sowengisik (Cree) meaning "southern skies" (Riddell, Methodism in the middle west; Robertson, A political manual of the province of Manitoba).

Other authors of Peel 574

  • Hunter, Jean Ross (1822-1910.) [info].
  • Erasmus, Peter (1833-1931.) [info].