Icelandic River Saga
Table of Contents

Part 1: Iceland 'the Land They Left' (pages 1-16): Ice, Fire, and Midnight Sun - 1000 Years of History - 19 th Century Farm Life - Turf and Stone -Indoors and After Dark - Mercantile Practices - The Status of the Poor and Unemployed - The Eruptions of 1874-75 - Wolves in Sheep's Clothing

Part II: New Iceland and the Icelandic River Settlement (pages 17-170): the search for New Iceland - New Iceland Founded - Encounters with the Swampy Cree - 'Stóri Hópurinn': the Large Group - Trial by Fire: The Smallpox Epidemic - The Government Loan - News from New Iceland - Framfari - Divine Debate and Secular Strife - New Arrivals: 1877, 1878, and 1879 - The Great Flood - Exodus from New Iceland - Letters from Winnipeg, Dakota, and Argyle - Those Who Remained - the Revival of New Iceland 1883-93 -   New Arrivals at Icelandic River - Homesteading - Icelandic Placenames - Housing - Clothing - Homespun and Buckskin - Glimpses of the Past: Early Photography - Animal Husbandry - Grub Hoes to Grainfields - Logging and Lumbering - The Bounty of Lake Winnipeg: The Fishing Industry - Early Trade and Commerce 1876-1915 - Transportation: By Lake and by Land - The Mail Must Go Through: Postal Services - Religious Life - Education - Healing Hands: Early Health Care - Illness and Injury - Skaldic and Literary Tradition - Song, Music, and Dance - Drama - Early Entertainment - Sports and Recreation - Folklore, Dreams, Draugar and Írafellsmóri - At Odds with Bakkus: Temperance and Prohibition - Eldgamla Ísafold, Ástkæra Fósturmold - Lest We Forget - Childhood Reminiscences from the Pre-20's - Recollections of 'Víðivöllum' - Summer at Sandy Bar - Winter at Barney's Point - Farm Life in the 30's and 40's