Produced by David T. Jones, Ross Cooling, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Canada Team at http://www.pgdpcanada.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) [Illustration: ACROSS THE PRAIRIE F.H.E. HASELL] ACROSS THE PRAIRIE IN A MOTOR CARAVAN [Illustration: THE CANADIAN DOMINION IN DIOCESES _By permission of S.P.G._ _Frontispiece_] ACROSS THE PRAIRIE IN A MOTOR CARAVAN A 3,000 MILE TOUR BY TWO ENGLISHWOMEN ON BEHALF OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION BY F. H. EVA HASELL IN COLLABORATION WITH J. F. S. WITH 18 ILLUSTRATIONS AND A MAP LONDON SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE NEW YORK AND TORONTO: THE MACMILLAN CO. 1922 TO AYLMER BOSANQUET WHOSE SELF-SACRIFICE, DEEP SPIRITUALITY, AND FAR-SEEING VISION INSPIRED THIS VENTURE, THIS BOOK IS LOVINGLY DEDICATED PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN LETTER FROM HIS GRACE THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY. Lambeth Palace, London, S.E. Dear Miss Hasell, I happen to have read the proof sheets of the little book which is to record the story of your work and Miss Ticehurst's in the prairie tracts of Canada, and I should like to tell you how glad I am that the account of these eventful journeyings should be accessible to the public. People realise too little what are the opportunities and responsibilities of pioneer days in those incomparable regions. The perseverance, the indomitable energy, and the buoyant hope which your pages record and inspire will have a place in the annals of that vast seed plot and cradle of a great nation that is to be. I am, Yours very truly, RANDALL CANTUAR. _October 5th, 1922._ CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. THE CALL OF THE PRAIRIE 1 II. PREPARATIONS AND DEPARTURE 7 III. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN THE U.S.A. AND CANADA 10 IV. LIFE IN A LITTLE PRAIRIE TOWN 17 V. IN REGINA 22 VI. THE MOTOR CARAVAN 28 VII. THE PRAIRIE TRAILS 33 VIII. FROM WINNIPEG TO REGINA 36 IX. SANDSTORMS AND SUNDAY SCHOOLS 42 X. ADVENTURES AND MISADVENTURES 51 XI. SOME ASPECTS OF PRAIRIE LIFE 55 XII. MISSIONS AND MUD HOLES 62 XIII. FURTHER PRAIRIE SKETCHES 71 XIV. A CAMPING TRIP IN THE ROCKIES 78 XV. ON THE RETURN JOURNEY 81 XVI. AMONG THE PRAIRIE FARMS 86 XVII. BACK TO REGINA 93 XVIII. AN INDIAN RESERVE 98 XIX. HEADED FOR HOME 100