A Collection of Chippeway and English Hymns: For the Use of the Native Indians
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Jones, Peter, 1802-1856
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Peter Jones (1802–1856) known in Ojibway as Kahkewaquonaby, meaning “sacred feathers’ or “sacred waving feathers”; also known as Desagondensta, in Kanienʼkéha, the Mohawk language, signifying “he stands people on their feet” was a Mississauga Ojibway chief, a member of the Eagle Totem, a farmer, a Methodist minister, an author, and a translator. He was born at Burlington Heights (Hamilton), Upper Canada, the son of Augustus Jones and Tuhbenahneequay. He married Eliza Field in 1833, and they h...
