Peter Jones was an Ojibwe Methodist minister, translator, chief and author from Burlington Heights, Upper Canada. His Ojibwa name was Kahkewāquonāby, which means "[Sacred] Waving Feathers". In Mohawk, he was called Desagondensta, meaning "he stands people on their feet". In his youth his band of Mississaugas had been on the verge of destruction. As a preacher and a chieftain, as a role model and as a liaison to governments, his leadership helped his people survive contact with Europeans.
Medal awarded to Peter Jones by King William IV, which it was customary to receive for Indian chiefs in Upper Canada
This photograph of Jones was taken August 4, 1845, in Edinburgh, Scotland, by Hill & Adamson. Photographs taken of Jones that day are the oldest surviving photographs of a North American Indian.
Burlington Heights (Ontario)
Burlington Heights refers to a promontory or area of flat land sitting elevated above the west end of Hamilton Harbour in the city of Hamilton, Ontario which continues as a peninsula to the north toward the city of Burlington, Ontario. It separates Cootes Paradise Marsh on the west from the harbor on the east. Geologically the Burlington Heights is a sand and gravel bar formed across the eastern end of the Dundas Valley by Glacial Lake Iroquois. It is the northern continuation of the longer Iroquois Bar which extends south into Hamilton.
View of Burlington Heights from Burlington.
Stone markers and cannon. The centre stone marks the first line of earthwork defences erected at the Heights' during the War of 1812.
Dundurn Castle, c. 1890s. The building was erected in the 1830s at the southern end of the promontory.
The Rock Garden at Royal Botanical Gardens lies at the north end of the Burlington Heights