Koochiching Museums

In the course of the Fall John had killed a good many beaver and other animals and his family had enough to supply all their wants. One very cold morning in the winter, John was going out to hunt so he stripped off all of his silver ornaments and hung them up in the lodge, the Old Woman asked why? John told her that they were not very comfortable in such extreme cold weather and moreover in pursuing game he was liable to lose them. She remonstrated for some time but he pers

It was winter and as it advanced it continually became colder. John Tanner hunted for a Trader called by the Indians Aneeb which meant Elm tree. John found it difficult to procure as much game as he had been earlier and the Trader wanted more. Early one morning John jumped an Elk and he pursued it until night and he had almost overtaken him but hope and strength failed him at the same time. The clothing he had on was drenched with sweat and he decided to turn towards home

John Tanner used to take with hook and line a great number of fish from the River called Kocheche-se-bee (Source River) which fed Rainy Lake. One day a large Sturgeon got into the shallow waters and John killed it with a stone and it became a reason for a feast. They traveled with a considerable band of Ojibbeways across Rainy Lake and when it came time to separate from them and disperse in different directions they stopped to drink and in the course of the drunken frolic th