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Chapter 10: Harvest Home

…the vicissitudes of the past five months made us feel only too thankful to be at last in a house we could consider our own.

As winter approaches, the Averills celebrate the harvest at the "Harvest Home" in Minnedosa, which includes a visit by Lieutenant-Governor Laird. Emma describes increasingly cold temperatures and preparations for winter, including hunting, storing root vegetables and weather-proofing their home. The chapter shows a shift from earlier chapters in Emma's attitude toward Aboriginal people as she becomes acquainted with them and more appreciative of their way of life.

Chapter 10 of Emma Averill's journal
A of M, Emma Averill fonds, P267 | Read original | Read transcript
Photograph of the Honourable David Laird
The Honorable David Laird (1833-1914) was the first resident Lieutenant Governor of the Northwest Territories (1876-1881). In 1881, Minnedosa became part of the Manitoba, when provincial boundaries were expanded.
A of M, Laird, David 2 N10451		 Photograph of Minneodosa c.1880.
According to Emma, Minnedosa, seen here in the 1880s, experienced phenomenal growth in just a few short months. Photo by Duffin & Co.
A of M, Minnedosa 8, N1019.


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