page_title: Peter Jones (missionary)
section_title: Third British tour
hierarchical_section_title: Peter Jones (missionary) / Ministry / Third British tour
caption_attribution_description: Peter Jones, the Ojibwa Minister, in Scotland 1845
context_page_description: 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.
  Jones was raised by his mother Tuhbenahneequay in the traditional culture and religion of the Mississauga Ojibwas until the age of 14. After that, he went to live with his father Augustus Jones, a Welsh-born United Empire Loyalist. There he learnt the customs and language of the white Christian settlers of Upper Canada and was taught how to farm. Jones converted to Methodism at age 21 after attending a camp-meeting with his half sister. Methodist leaders in Upper Canada recognised his potential as a bridge between the white and Indian communities and recruited him as a preacher.
context_section_description: Jones travelled to Great Britain in 1845 for a third fundraising tour, giving speeches and sermons.   Wherever he travelled, Jones drew huge crowds, but inwardly he was depressed.  He felt the crowds were only there to see the exotic Indian Kahkewāquonāby and his native costume, and did not appreciate all the work he had put into becoming a good Christian.  Despite his misgivings about the trip, he raised £1000, about two thirds of that total in Scotland, and one third in England. On August 4, 1845 in Edinburgh Jones was photographed by Robert Adamson and David Octavius Hill.  These were the first photographs taken of a North American Indian.
  Jones' health continued to decline, and he travelled to Paris to meet with Dr. Achille-Louis Foville.  Foville examined Jones, but did not prescribe any medicine, instead suggesting cold water sponge baths.  With this advice but no effective treatment, Jones returned to England to complete his fundraising tour. Jones returned to Canada West in April 1846.
caption: 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.[2][71]
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