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Sitting in front, left to right: Mary Hess, Charles Hess, Joe Hill, *Alex Hess, Maria Hill, *Kate Hess and Carrie Silversmith. Second row: Susan Davy, Chester Smoke, Ida Davy, Elizabeth Hill, Mary Yellow, *Maggie Jack, Maggie Hess, Hannah Buck, Susan Cook with child *Ida Keye, Mary Garder and Robbie Skye. Standing: *Bessie Hess, *Eliza Johnson, *Frank Johnson, Joe Dickson, Isaac Dickson, Dick Green, Chief David Jack with his dog Spud, John Hill, James Hess, Sandy Ago, Alex Vanevery, Ida Hess, Sandy Johnson, Nick Ago, Jerry Fishcarrier and Archie Skye. One of the small boys in the front row is Alec Hess, who at age 73 was still working for the Fishers. (Story in The Post, 18 October 1967). In October 1976 Murray Fisher identified the people in this photograph, marking those still living with an asterisk* before their names. He listed all of the Six Nations: \"Mohawks, Tuskaroras, Cayugas, Delawares, Onondagos, Senecas\" (his spelling).,qWriiten in ink, lower right corner: \"Twitchell & Harris / Burlington\",MY INDIAN FRIENDS Every year about May, my father would write Chief David Jack to arrange for fruit pickers for the season. David would line up about 30 to 40 to arrive at strawberry time, usually June 20 or thereabouts, and they would mostly stay for 6 weeks to pick all the small fruits. Then the women would go to the canning factories in the district for tomato, peach and pear work, while some of the men would stay on at the Farms and Farming for tree fruit picking. The Indians came from the Six Nations Reserve near Brantford, and as the name states, they were from 6 tribes -- Onongagos, Mohawks, Delawares, Cayugas, Senecas and Truskaroras [sic]. They were generally a fine people with an easy living, non-worrying philosophy of life. Strong family people and very loyal to their fellows. What few bad habits they had, were mostly picked up from their white friends. They were good Farms and Farming workers and seemed to naturally fit into working of the good earthand production of food. Great enthusiasts for sport, especially baseball and lacrosse. They played croquet on our Farms and Farming in a professional manner, as I have never seen it done elsewhere, on a dirt court which they made [as] level as a billiard table, and packed hard. They played seriously, and I have seen over 100 Indians from neighbouring Farms and Farmings watching the game on a Sunday afternoon. I had many friends among the boys with whom I played and worked, but only a few ever stayed and went to school at Fisher's Corners. I always admired them for their knowledge of natural things. Not only were they observant, but much of their education came from their elders orally. I remember one boy telling me how to dig out a den of skunks without getting sprayed, and they showed me how to catch rabbits with snares. They knew much that did not come from books, and I am sure that this oral traditional teaching has had much to do with holding Indian tribes and families together. Old Louis died one summer [1902} when I was seven. All the Indians in the Burlington area came to our place this hot summer night for the funeral. I was afraid, but I was anxious to see and hear what would happen. Not being encouraged to enter, I gazed through a crack in the door and saw a memorable sight. The deceased lay in a plain pine box near a table piled high with bread and other food, maybe 200 loaves. The head man gave an eulogy, I presume, and then began a chant, dancing around the corpse until he nearly collapsed. The rhythm of the chant was picked up by another, and others followed in the same manner. I did not wait to see the end, as I was supposed to be home in bed. But I was impressed with the sincere tribute and send-off to a fellow tribe member on his long journey to the Happy Hunting Ground. -- Murray FIsher, \"Memoirs\" typescript, 1977, Page 16,,43.347,-79.7953"},{"label":"Contributor","value":"Murray Fisher"},{"label":"Creator","value":"Twitchell & Harris, Burlington"},{"label":"Date","value":"circa 1900"},{"label":"Date (EDTF)","value":"D:00 M:00 Y:1900"},{"label":"Title","value":"Fisher Farms and Farming, families of berry pickers from Oshweken, the Six Nations Reserve, ca 1900"},{"label":"Repository","value":["Burlington Historical Society"]}],"description":"Fisher Farms and Farming, families of berry pickers from Oshweken, the Six Nations Reserve, ca 1900","sequences":[{"@type":"sc:Sequence","canvases":[{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/qstarter29/iiif/d51f3f1e-a0c0-4b0d-975d-766528f434c6/canvas/_1","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"Fisher Farms and Farming, families of berry pickers from Oshweken, the Six Nations Reserve, ca 1900","height":4000,"width":5540,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/qstarter29/iiif/d51f3f1e-a0c0-4b0d-975d-766528f434c6/full/full/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/qstarter29/iiif/d51f3f1e-a0c0-4b0d-975d-766528f434c6","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json","tiles":[{"width":2048,"scaleFactors":[1,2,4]}]},"height":4000,"width":5540},"on":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/qstarter29/iiif/d51f3f1e-a0c0-4b0d-975d-766528f434c6/canvas/_1","metadata":[]}],"thumbnail":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/qstarter29/iiif/d51f3f1e-a0c0-4b0d-975d-766528f434c6/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","height":500,"width":500}}]}],"thumbnail":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/qstarter29/iiif/d51f3f1e-a0c0-4b0d-975d-766528f434c6/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","logo":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/qstarter29/iiif/logo"}