Victoria Rooms

In February 1885, the Rev. Henry Patahquahong Chase (Mississauga Ojibwe) attended a meeting of the Colonial and Continental Church Society here at the Victoria Rooms. According to newspaper reports, he gave an "interesting statement of his history of the means by which he became a member of the Church and his subsequent missionary work among the different Indian tribes." This was not his first visit to Bristol, having also lectured here in 1881 while on a fundraising tour for the upkeep of churches on reserves near Muncey, Ontario, where he served as a priest.

You can learn more about Chase's experiences during his 1885 visit to Britain by reading the letters he wrote to his daughter: http://www.huronresearch.ca/confrontingcolonialism/working-with-primary-sources/157-2/