Publications populaires
 n 1926,
Sowter
publia une série de courts articles dans le Saturday
Evening Citizen, l'édition du Ottawa
Citizen publiée le samedi soir. Ces articles paraissaient
sous la bannière
intitulée Old-Time Stuff (Choses de
l'ancien temps), une page dédiée à la
présentation de souvenirs et de
renseignements sur le passé d'Ottawa, compilée et
présentée par George H.
Wilson. Lors de la parution du premier article de Sowter le 20
février 1926,
Monsieur Wilson souligna dans sa présentation de la page,
l'importance de
léguer aux étudiants éventuels une
appréciation du passé. Voilà, sans doute, la
motivation à la participation de Sowter:
In the three years (almost) of its
existence
the Old Time Stuff has gathered and spread on the O.T.S. page a large
variety
of old time material relating to the history of Ottawa and the Ottawa
Valley.
Much of this material has been first-hand
stuff in the
nature of personal recollections of old timers; some of it has been dug
by the editor from records in the archives; some of it has been found
in
old newspaper files and old directories; some of it from scrap-books
kindly
loaned by interested readers; some of it in sparsely circulated
official
documents and records of various historical societies; some of it from
old books; some of it from here and there, so to speak.
Practically none of the matter has been
available to the
average reader.
...
When the announcement of the O.T.S. was made
nearly three
years ago, the (Dominion) Archives (on Sussex Street) secured a special
bound volume and began to file it away. It will thus be seen that
the Archives will contain a full quota of early Ottawa matter for the
use
of the investigators of the next century and later.
And now the O.T.S. comes to another phase,
as it were,
of its records.
Today it gives a story of the times when the
Indians roamed
in this district, paid tribute to the "Spirit" of the Chaudiere Falls,
fought battles in the vicinity of Aylmer, and generally made history in
these parts.
Even in Ottawa, ossuaries, or Indian bone
heaps, were
found in earlier years.
For the intensely dramatic stories which are
printed on
"The Page" this week the O.T.S. is indebted to the researches of Mr.
T.W.E.
Sowter, of Aylmer, archaeologist and amateur palaeontologist.
Sowter en est
venu à
contribuer à au moins 8 numéros du Old-Time
Stuff. Le premier article rempli presque toute la page tandis que
les
articles subséquents portaient sur des sujets plus restreints.
Toutes les
contributions au Old-Time Stuff
étaient tirées d'articles que Sowter avait
déjà publié dans des revues plus
scientifiques, à savoir son article de 1900 intitulé "The
Archaeology of
Lake Deschênes", son article de 1909 intitulé "Algonkin
and Huron
Occupation of the Ottawa Valley" et enfin, son article de 1915
intitulé
"Highway of the Ottawa".
20 février, 1926
Presque toute la page du Old-Time Stuff; essentiellement
l'ensemble de son
article Highway
of the Ottawa, 1915.
27 février, 1926
"Weird Drama on Aylmer Island; A “Feast of the Dead” Re-Pictured";
tiré pour la plupart, avec quelques modifications, de l'article Algonkin
and Huron Occupation
of the Ottawa Valley, 1909.
12 juin, 1926
"When Hurons and Algonquins Occupied the Ottawa Valley"; tiré de
l'article Algonkin and Huron Occupation of the Ottawa Valley,
1909.
19 juin, 1926
"How Great Algonquin Nation Began to Fail; Ruthless Foes"; tiré
de l'article Algonkin
and Huron Occupation of the Ottawa Valley, 1909.
26 juin, 1926
"Feast of Dead was Ghastly Yet Grand Huron Ceremonial"; tiré de
l'article Algonkin and Huron Occupation of the Ottawa Valley,
1909.
3 juillet, 1926
“Huron Ossuary was Found in Ottawa in Year ’43 When Men Were Digging
Sand for Bridge”; tiré de l'article Algonkin and Huron
Occupation of
the Ottawa Valley, 1909.
10, 17 et 24 juillet, aucun articles de Sowter.
31 juillet, 1926
"How the Indians Made Their Pottery" et “Cache of Bullets was Found
in 1897”; tiré de l'article The Archaeology of Lake
Deschênes, 1900.
7 août, 1926
"This Indian Had Tools Made from the Bones of a Human”; tiré de
l'article The Archaeology of Lake Deschênes, 1900
avec une courte introduction.
|
