{"id":1814,"date":"2018-01-31T12:16:08","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T17:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/storynations.utoronto.ca\/?p=1814"},"modified":"2020-10-26T12:44:36","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T16:44:36","slug":"steamer-pilot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storynations.utoronto.ca\/index.php\/steamer-pilot\/","title":{"rendered":"Steamer Pilot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"pop-up-title wp-block-heading\">Steamer Pilot<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/storynations.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/0480_steamer-pilot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/storynations.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/0480_steamer-pilot-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storynations.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/0480_steamer-pilot-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/storynations.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/0480_steamer-pilot.jpg 642w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>An Indigenous pilot on the Steamship Keenora, Lake of the Woods. Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Ojibwe men often worked as pilots of the steamer boats that transported people and goods up and down the Rainy River and into the Lake of the Woods. On his tour, Du Vernet met Chief Blackbird, John Crowe, and John Cochrane, all of whom were employed as pilots with monthly salaries. Du Vernet writes that John Crowe received a salary of $75 a month\u2014the equivalent of just over $2,000 today. According to a local Indian agent writing in 1899, these \u201clarge wages\u201d were \u201cexpended in improvements to their houses.\u201d Interestingly, Du Vernet describes in detail the homes of two pilots. He notes that the home of John and Annie Crowe was a \u201cwell-built log house\u201d with Sunday school pictures on the wall, and that inside the home of John Cochrane\u2019s family was a \u201cstove with a stove pipe and two beds, and a swing for the little girl.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sources&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dominion of Canada, M. Begg, Indian Agent, Coutcheching Agency, Annual Report of the Department of Indian Affairs for the Year Ended June 30, 1898. Ottawa: Department of Indian Affairs, 1898.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steamer Pilot Ojibwe men often worked as pilots of the steamer boats that transported people and goods up and down the Rainy River and into the Lake of the Woods. On his tour, Du Vernet met Chief Blackbird, John Crowe, and John Cochrane, all of whom were employed as pilots with monthly salaries. 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