{"id":485,"date":"2016-11-11T14:39:36","date_gmt":"2016-11-11T14:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/confrontingcolonialism\/?page_id=485"},"modified":"2016-11-18T13:47:36","modified_gmt":"2016-11-18T13:47:36","slug":"reverend-isaac-bearfoot-in-relation-to-dresden","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/confrontingcolonialism\/working-with-primary-sources\/the-correspondences-of-isaac-bearfoot\/reverend-isaac-bearfoot-in-relation-to-dresden\/","title":{"rendered":"Reverend Isaac Bearfoot in Relation to Dresden"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reverend Isaac Bearfoot was a 19th century native cleric, who in early life was influenced by Abraham Nelles, an Anglican missionary at Six Nations.[1]<\/a>\u00a0 He was born an Onondaga; however was a Canienga (Kanien\u2019keha: ka) through adoption.[2]<\/a> The church provided one avenue for higher education. In the 1870s he was ordained a minister and in 1886-87 he ministered to Wallaceburg and Dresden.<\/p>\n

<\/a> During this time, he also aided the Huron Diocese in their missionary efforts to local First Peoples.\u00a0Missionaries spoke little or no Kanien\u2019keha: ka and required the assistance of the Indigenous populace to educate them in the use of their language.\u00a0 Missionaries then used this as a tool to assimilate the Indigenous population.\u00a0 A key tactic within these efforts was teaching English language through scripture.\u00a0 He was highly educated and undertook to translate many documents within the church including a collection of hymns and psalms into the Mohawk language.[3]\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

In these documents, we see how Bearfoot was concerned with Church accounts while posted in Dresden.\u00a0\u00a0 Initially presented is a letter addressed to EB Reed discussing the salary owing to Reverend Bearfoot.\u00a0 The second document is a ledger outlining the church’s financial relationship with Bearfoot during the latter part of 1887.\u00a0 Taken together, the documents point to broader financial challenges the Anglican Church was experiencing\u00a0 due to the increasing population and the need to have multiple missionary fronts in Upper Canada.[4]<\/a>\u00a0 The church had an outstanding account of $114.33 owing to Reverend Bearfoot.<\/p>\n

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[1]<\/a>\u00a0Douglas Leighton, \u201cA calling that straddled two cultures,\u201d\u00a0Anglican Dioceses of Huron Church News<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>(Feb. 2015), 10.<\/p>\n

[2]<\/a> Daniel G. Brinton, Brinton\u2019s Library of Aboriginal American Literature Number II: The Iroquois Book of Rites,<\/em>(Philadelphia: Wm. F. Fell & Co., Printers and Electrotypers, 1883), 44.<\/p>\n

[3]<\/a>Isaac Bearfoot, A Collection of Psalms and Hymns in the Mohawk language : For the Use of the Six Nation Indian,<\/em>(New England Co., 1871).<\/p>\n

[4]<\/a> Leighton, \u201cA calling that straddled two cultures,\u201d\u00a010.<\/p>\n

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Letter From November 30th<\/sup>, 1887<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Wallaceburg<\/p>\n

Nov 30. 87<\/p>\n

EB REED Esq<\/p>\n

Dear Sir,<\/p>\n

I have made arrangements with the Congregation here by which my salary has been paid in full up to date \u2013 so there are no arrears charged against them.<\/p>\n

The following shows the stipend acct so far as Dresden is concerned.<\/p>\n

For 17 months service<\/p>\n

To nov 30. 87 $283.33<\/p>\n

Rec\u2019 on acct.<\/p>\n

Februy\u00a0\u00a0 1887\u00a0 –\u00a0 80.00<\/p>\n

Aug\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u01c1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 30.00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 110.00<\/u><\/p>\n

Balance due\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $173.33 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 – 59<\/p>\n

I would be glad if the Committee (Transcriber Note: the number 114: is written over this word) would make some definite<\/p>\n

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Balance Sheet From June – December 1887<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Dresden Congregation in a\/c with I. Bearfoot Clergyman<\/p>\n

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1887<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

<\/td>\nDR<\/td>\n$<\/td>\n\u00a2<\/td>\n1887<\/td>\nCr<\/td>\n$<\/td>\n\u00a2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
June<\/td>\n30<\/td>\nTo one year\u2019s salary to date<\/td>\n200<\/td>\n00<\/td>\nMch 4<\/td>\nBy Cash from Mr. Reed<\/td>\n80<\/td>\n00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sept<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n\u01c1 3 months \u01c1<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n00<\/td>\nAug 18<\/td>\n\u01c1 do from the Wardens<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nov<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n\u01c1 2 \u01c1 \u01c1<\/td>\n33<\/td>\n33<\/td>\nNov 30<\/td>\n\u01c1 do \u2013 do<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n283<\/td>\n33<\/td>\nDec.<\/td>\n\u01c1 \u01c1 \u01c1<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\nTo Balance due<\/td>\n114<\/td>\n33<\/td>\n<\/td>\n–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Balance due<\/td>\n169<\/p>\n

114<\/td>\n

00<\/p>\n

33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n283<\/td>\n33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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