A historical sketch of the "Old Mission," and its missionaries to the Ojibway Indians : on Madeline Island, Lake Superior, Wisconsin . much-needed house. They had been greatly cramped for room,both for themselves and for their proper mission work. So theyplanned a commodious building, which should accommodate theirfamilies, their visitors, their church and school work. It must beconvenient of access, so they chose a site on the main road leadingfrom Old Fort to New Fort, half-way between the two, a littlemore than one mile from each. According to custom, it was sur-rounded by a stockade of ced
A historical sketch of the "Old Mission," and its missionaries to the Ojibway Indians : on Madeline Island, Lake Superior, Wisconsin . much-needed house. They had been greatly cramped for room,both for themselves and for their proper mission work. So theyplanned a commodious building, which should accommodate theirfamilies, their visitors, their church and school work. It must beconvenient of access, so they chose a site on the main road leadingfrom Old Fort to New Fort, half-way between the two, a littlemore than one mile from each. According to custom, it was sur-rounded by a stockade of cedar posts eight feet in height.* Be-cause it was midway between the two forts, the traders called itMiddlefort. The Indians called it Ne-aah-kee, meaning thehouse at the foot of the hill, because it stood below the long hillleading down to the beach oflovely Crescent Bay. The traders and othersassisted generously withmaterial and labor. Themissionaries worked zeal-ously with their own handsbesides superintending thebuilding. For churchand school purposes theybuilt a basement room ofhome-made brick, wbicbthey manufactured on their. THE OLD MISSION HOUSE IN an older picture see frontispiece Part of this old stockade stood until 1899, among the cherry trees. HOW THE HOUSE WAS BUILT. 25 own grounds forty rods off. The tall chimney with its three orfour great stone fireplaces was erected. The massive beams andjoists for the heavy framework were hewed from the luxuriantpine forest by sturdy and willing hands. The walls were builtaccording to the necessary frontier fashion, with strong uprightposts hewed square, standing four feet apart along the sills. Adeep groove was cut the whole length of each post, on the twosides facing each s/ther alonjjr the sills. Short pieces of timber, feet long, were hewed six inches thick and about twelveinches wide. The ends of these short pieces being cut to fit in-to the post-grooves, they were slid down from the top of theposts until the
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