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28 Bicentennial Edition, Wednesday, October 5, 1994 Supplement of The Canadian Statesman Ml Selon traveled ti inaston and Toronto in Canoes From Page 26 after John Casey Trull. The settlers had no neighbours but the Indians Indians for three years. The hardships of pioneer pioneer life had not ended when the Darlington settlement settlement was reached, they had just begun. There were no near settlements settlements to purchase needed supplies. The journey to Kingston or York (Toronto) was made in dug-out canoes fashioned fashioned from hollow logs and took several days. Trade and commerce were made difficult due to the lack of money, thus furs became one of the few commodities which could be exchanged for. currency. Roger Conant had managed to bring 5000 pounds in British gold with him and in 1798 became became a fur trader. In DISCOUNT BRAND NAME PET FOODS BS a ¥¥elcome Feeds [In the Vanstone Mill) 11B King St. W. 623-5777 Bowmanville "Serving the Community for 150 Years" 1799 he paddled his canoe canoe to Montreal. There he had Durham flat-bottomed boats built; filled them with traps, blankets,' knives, guns, flints, ammunition, beads and tomahawks to trade with the Indians for furs. During the winter the pioneers trapped and hunted. The deer and bear were so plentiful that food was obtainable with little trouble. Maple sugar, made from the sap of the maple in the spring was a bright light in the dull, long cold winter where at times just opening the door and going outside was impossible impossible due to heavy snows, for weeks on end. Imagine being trapped in a one-room log cabin with three or four small children, no plumbing, no running water, only a fireplace for warmth and cooking, candles or an oil lamp for light, and with only wilderness containing containing wild animals and slightly hostile Indians surrounding you, for Deer and bear were so plentiful that food was obtainable with little trouble. nearly a month. It's a wonder any of them survived survived at all. The lack of a mill was sorely felt for grinding the corn and grains grown during the summer summer months. The nearest \vas Myer's Mill in Belleville Belleville some 60 miles away, and required a month to make the return trip. Morris Funeral Chapel has provided the finest in service to the residents of the area and is the oldest ongoing family funeral service in Durham Region. Morris Funeral Chapel Ltd. is extremely proud of our five generation family tradition of providing the finest in service to the residents of Clarington and area. Morris Funeral Chapel has always been known for its sincerity and thoughtfulness, and this will always continue. Paul Morris, President of Morris Funeral Chapel, along with his staff, Bob Williams, Gary Conway and Doug Rutherford, continue the commitment to their community. The recent renovation of the front entrance/lobby and expansion of their facility ensures total customer service, comfort and convenience. As Mr. Morris states, "We are very proud to be a part of Clarington and we pledge our continued involvement and dedication to our community." aBJJfc IÆ I ' "... ;• IIB j | k '■ fi I Mm I f $ -, yy V*M*L ' WÊÊÊ Paul R. Morris id ST Morris Funeral Chapel Ltd. Serving Durham Region Since 1841 4 Division Street South, Bowmanville Telephone (905) 623-5480 i--------i Some settlers had brought coffee grinders with them and these were pressed into service to grind or crack the grain. Some used the bole-in-the stump method - putting grain in a burnt-out hole and potmding it with a pestle suspended by a rope from a tree until it cracked and broke down into a coarse meal. This bruised corn was called Samp and was used in Johnny Cake while the coarser grains were boiled into a mush. Wild rice from the shores of Rice Lake supplemented supplemented their diets. In 1816, known as the summerless year, the hardships were propounded. propounded. It was a year of poverty, death and depravation. depravation. Religious services were held in barns as Darlington Darlington as yet had no churches. churches. Wm, Warren Trull received received his first-class certificate certificate in 1853 and served his Disciples of Christ Church, as preacher preacher and clerk for more than 40 years. Marriages were conducted conducted by magistrates empowered to perform the ceremony. There was also a shortage shortage of doctors and one of the first in the area was our Lydia, who was known as Dr. Lydia Trull, or Grandmother Trull. Known for her tall, regal regal carriage and her long black hair, she treated the sick from a medical book brought with her from 'New York, from highland Creek to Co- bourg. A courageous woman, she allowed nothing to come between her and her patients. She would ford swollen rivers on her trusty black mare; brave the forests alone at night with a pine-tar torch for light and sit up with patients patients red or white through the numerous spring fevers which plagued the area, with only her knowledge and her faith in God to direct her. There was a shortage of doctors, and one of the first intheareawasLjrdia, who was known as Dr. Lj/dia Trull, or Many settlements had no physician and, as one pioneer said, "We let them die and then buried them." Dr. Trull's iron pot, with which she used to powder her herbal remedies, remedies, is on display in the Bowmanville Museum. Lydia's father was Dr. Casey, and it was through watching and working with him that Lydia gained a knowledge knowledge of healing herbs and midwifery. The Trulls, Conants, Bates and other pioneers had met and overcome the hardships and civilization civilization was coming to the shores of Lake Ontario and to Durham at last. All the hard work and hardships they lmd endured endured began to pay off. Gracious homes of brick and stone replaced the log cabins and as shipping opened nn between between the ports along the shore, dry goods, food, utensils, clothing and furniture furniture began to appear in homes of the wealthier settlers. The rewards of their endurance, loyally and enterprise wore becoming evident.