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soi fulliod NT P-- SPUR This article is second instalment of the Living History Study -of Brock and Scugog Township being carried out by Debbie Darnley, Carolyn Robertson, Denise Darnley, Eleanor Vale under an OFY Grant this summer. DID YOU KNOW??, . . That -- No corn was grown during the early times of farming in Brock and Scugog Town- ships, rather it was shipped by train to busy train stations in our area such as Blackwater (from Kent and Essex Counties) where the farmers would then go to buy it. Local men built Highway No. 12. They straight- ened, widened, extended, paved it and worked hard for 20 to 30c an hour. Manilla, once known as Coulthard's Corners was properly designed as a subdivision in 1857. Greenbank once had 5 churches and 24 houses --today it has one church and 77 houses. An old-time recipe for follows: \ a pain killer was as \ One pint of spirits wine V2 oz. of gum camphor V2 oz. of cayene pepper 2 oz. of a tincture of gum mynthe V20z. of spirit of Hortshorn AND FILL THE BOTTLE WITH THE BEST WHISKEY!!! The settlers came to this area as early as 1821, they bought land, cleared it, "«-g> worked hard and had their share of joyful and sorrowful experiences. As was men- tioned in our last article these sturdy pioneer folk worked side by side and the, community was like "one big family". However, what about the original inhabi- tants of Brock and Scugog Townships? What was their relationship with the pio- neers? Indeed there was a great number of Mississauga Indians in Brock and Scugog when the first settlers arrived. Perhaps, the native Indians were confused when the settlers came and divi- ded the land into various sections; and perhaps they were delighted with the whitemen's gifts. No one knows for sure how these people felt or what they experienced amongst them- selves. However, something that has been related to us by many people is the fact that the Indians were a peaceful folk, having a friendly atti- tude and hospitable relation- ship with their new '"'white brothers." A rather surprising piece of knowledge that we learned about Brock and Scugog's original natives is that they were great supporters of the Queen of England--Queen Victoria. Indeed, on one occasion an early settler said something against the Queen in an Indian's presence and as a result the Indian be- came angry and threatened the man. The threatened man was afraid to pass the Indian camp. We were told that eventually he went past the camp; but by hiding in a neighbour's load of straw. One can well imagine this man's fright when a few Indians jumped on the wagon for a short ride as it passed by their camp! The Mississauga Indians were known to set up 8 or 10 camps on the first farms in the area every winter and they made beautiful baskets to sell. In the northern part of Brock townhip, near the Old Cameron road which was originally an Indian. trail, there lived an Indian family named Yellowhead. The pioneer family that lived near them would sometimes visit the Indians at their wigwam. The young pioneer boy was frightened however and wrote in his diary "how the wigwam was dark and smokey and all I wanted to do was go home." Little did this young lad realize that when he was a baby Mrs. Yellowhead while staying in his home during the winter months would soothe him if he cried. Upon having interviewed the Baird family we received some of our first knowledge of Indians for our history we were told the following: On the Hazelwood farm across the road from the Baird farm there was a hardwood bush and the set- tlers. would go there to gather sap in the early spring. Over the years there developed a hollow in the ground and it would vibrate when walked or jumped on.. Finally the men became curious and decided to dis- cover the cause of the hollow. They dug into it, Udora seniors citizens receive federal grant Norm Cafik, M.P. for Ont- ario Riding, is pleased to announce that the Udora Senior Citizens Club has been awarded a New Hori- zons Grant in the amount of $6,950.00, under the New Horizons Program of the Department of National Health and Welfare. The Udora Senior Citizens Club has been awarded this grant to develop an activity centre for seniors in a com- munity centre newly built by the 'rownsnip. kunds are required for a monthly news letter and equipment such as: pool table, public address system, quilting frames and various games. Mr. Cafik praised the senior citizens of Udora for their initiative and he is 'pleased to have been of some assistance in obtaining this grant. As for the future, Mr. Cafik looks forward to assist- ing this active group in any way that he can. found the hones of 13 or 14 skeletons and recognized the area as an Indian burial ground. The skeletons situ- ated in a circle with feet in the middle, were of babies and adults who had been "buried with their belongings. their most precious possess- ions had been placed in the centre of the circle. Many questions were pondered. Could the Indians have had & fight?NO! They were too peaceful to experience that much bloodshed. More prob- ably they had died of dipth- eria or typhoid fever. For instance, in the 1800's Scugog Island and the surrounding vicinity was struck with and epidemic in which a great many people died. Indians were also known to walk into a cabin, sit down, make signs to break the communication barrier and say in broken English, "Hungry hungry". The new settlers and young wives were often frightened but their fear was groundless - the Indians were never hostile. Today the Scugog Island Reservation is one of the only tribes in Canada that own its own property. The Mississauga Indians bought 800 acres with proceeds of their own annuties on Nov- ember 3, 1832 and still run 600 acres of it. Presently they lease their land to local farmers to be farmed. Approximately 25 people live on the reserva- tion and their chief for the last 15 years has been Arnold Goose who is elected annu- ally by the members of his tribe. 5 . ES i "¥" Living history of Brock and Scugog Townships P2RT § PERRY TAR Second Section --- Volume 108 -- PORT PERRY, ONTAR|O, Wednesday, Aug. 21st, 1974 -- No. 42. Fire fighting service is local responsibility The proposed fire co-ordin- ator bylaw does not give Durham Region fire coordin- ators power to control men and apparatus, regional sol- icitor S.K. Jain told the regional executive commit- tee last week. In a letter made available to the executive, Mr. Jain said the "manpower and apparatus will always be controlled by area munici- palities and their fire chiefs" in an emergency. This is set out in section 141 of the Regional Munici- pality of Durham Act, he said. "I can not find anything in the legislation which author- izes the fire co-ordinator and his deputy to control man- -power and apparatus as might be necessary in the implementation of such an emergency fire service plan ad ht nl BS - ail? pe a POE ET -- shir Picture of Arnold Goose, in full regalia, taken on the occasion of the opening of Sucgog Museum in July, 1970. and program," Mr. Jain added. . INTERPRETATION A few weeks ago regional fire co-ordinator Ernest Sta- cey, Oshawa's fire chief, informed the committee that his interpretation of section 141 would give him, and his deputy, Whitby chief Ed- ward Crouch the power to control men and apparatus. Coun. John Goodwin (whitby) and other members of regional council had ex- pressed fears that if Co-or- dinator Stacey's interpreta- tion was right it would soon mean fire fighting would become a regional responsi- bility. "Whitby can't afford the same level of service Osha- wa has," Coun. Goodwin said at that time, "and Brock can't afford the same kind of service Whitby has. Hiring firemen and buying equipment has to be a local responsibility, he added. This same type of fear came up at executive com- mittee Wednesday. "Who invokes an emergen- cy?" asked Coun. Allan Mac- Phail (Brock), asking for a definition of the co-ordina- tor's powers. "Do you call a meeting of regional council?" asked Coun. Garnet Rickard (New- castle). Both rural councillors se- emed to fear that no matter how the bylaw was set up, the emergency situation would lead to control by the fire co-ordinator. But the councillors were informed that the situation was dsigned to be similar to mutual aid, the self-help svstem the former *munici- palities had worked out for firefighting co-operation in the past. (Oshawa Times) Bell starts distribution of directories Aug. .23 Distribution of some 217.376 Regional Mun- icipality of Durham and Surrounding Territory tele- phone directories will begin on August 23, Marline Vea- ter, Bell Canada manager, said today. Newly-designed "stepped"' and indexed pages are in the . front portion of the book carrying data on local and long distance calling rates and other general informa- tion. The new cover is made up of a geometric design, repea- ted in blue and green squares. On the inside of the front cover is an alphabet- ical list of all communities which appear in the book. All Ajax-Pickering phone Sunderland couple attend convention Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Stone, R. R. No. 5, Sunderland joined 700 hundred dele- gates from thirty seven states, six provinces and three other countries last week at the 28th annual convention of the National Association of Animal Breeders . . .The meeting of the artifical insemination in- dustry this year is at the Royal York Hotel, Toronto Canada, the first time in seventeen years that it has been held outside the U.S.A. The purpose of the artific- ial breeding is cattle (continued on page 24) numbers will be listed show- ing the first three digits as 683", the exchange which recently replaced "942" in the area. Mrs. Veater said that more than 13 million telephone books will be published by Tele-Direct Limited for Bell Canada customers in Ontario, Quebec and parts of the north-eastern Arctic. Graduates Marilyn MacTavish, daughter of Gerald Mac- Tavish of Port Perry and Helen Mac Tavish of Port Carling, recently gradu- ated from Scarborough Regional School of Nurs- ing. Marilyn has accepted a position at Scarborough General Hospital.