"500 See Window Dedication"

A stained glass window bearing the cipher of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was one of three unveiled and dedicated Sunday at Her Majesty's Chapel of the Mohawks.

The Queen's window was unveiled by Premier John Robarts. The windows were the final three in a series of eight in the small white frame church said to be the oldest Protestant Church in Ontario.

Rev. L. A. Nelles of London presented the Queen's window on behalf of the New England Company; it depicts the presentation of the first Bible in Mohawk to the Indians by the British and Foreign Bible Society.

Chief Councillor George VanEvery, in feathered headdress and buckskins, unveiled the second window given by the Six Nations Council. It depicts the heavy losses suffered by the Six Nations Indians when they sided with the Crown in the American revolution.

This window was presented by Councillor Mrs. George Jamieson, a former pupil of the Mohawk Institute and a member of the chapel's congregation. She spoke of the supreme sacrifices her people had made by siding with the British.

The third window depicts the arrival in Brantford of Rev. John Stuart, chaplain of the chapel when the chapel was dedicated 1788. George T. Cockshutt made the presentation on behalf of the W. F. Cockshutt family, in memory of Rev. Robert Ashton, a former principal of the Mohawk Institute. Mrs. W. F. Cockshutt was a daughter of Mr. Ashton and the window was unveiled by Charles Ashton of London, a grandson of the minister.

Five windows installed during the past three years depict the forming of the confederacy of the Six Nations, their visit to the court of Queen Anne in 1710, when they were given the historic communion service and Bible that exists to this day; Bishop Stuart consecrating the new chapel: first school for the Indians - the Mohawk Institute, and finally "Christ - the fulfillment of Indian aspirations," with two warriors, a poor one with only earth and a rich one with white wampum, offering these - their only worldly goods - to Christ.

A crowd of more than 500 persons attended Sunday's ceremony, overflowing on to the lawns of the chapel which has a seating capacity of 150. Also seated outside were the Six Nations brass band, and the color party composed of Girl Guides, Cubs and Sea Cadets from the Mohawk Institute.

Rt. Rev. R. R. Williams, who preached the service, said the spirit of unity which the Six Nations exemplifies is needed throughout the British Commonwealth of Nations and in every country of the world.

Premier Robarts, in an address following the dedication service, said Six Nations Indian history is closely linked with that of the province. He said it was wonderful that the history depicted in the windows could become part of the education and childhood memories of youngsters on the reserve.

Rt. Rev. G. N. Luxton, bishop of the Anglican diocese of Huron, dedicated the windows.