Introduction

Biography

Pauline was the daugh­ter of Mo­hawk chief G. H. John­son and his Eng­lish wife, Em­i­ly How­ells.

She was a re­ci­tal­ist, po­et, and au­thor. From 1892–1910, she con­duct­ed read­ing tours in Ca­na­da, Am­er­ica and Bri­tain.

Works

• The White Wam­pum (Lon­don: John Lane, 1895)
• Canadian Born (To­ron­to, Ca­na­da: Mo­rang, 1903)
• Legends of Van­cou­ver (Van­cou­ver, Ca­na­da: Da­vid Spen­cer, 1911)
• Flint and Fea­ther (To­ron­to, Ca­na­da: Mus­son, 1912)
• The Shag­ga­nap­pi (To­ron­to, Ca­na­da: Briggs, 1913)
• The Moc­ca­sin Mak­er, pub­lished post­hu­mous­ly (To­ron­to, Ca­na­da: Briggs, 1913)