GENESIS 2:18 " And the Lord said, it is not good that the man should be alone, I will make him an help meet for him."(KJV)
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Recently our family went on a camping trip. Our kids loved how we canoed our supplies across a lake and set up our campsite. My wife and I were reminded how much work it is. Soon our children were experiencing more mosquitos, flies, caterpillars, and ticks than they had ever seen before.
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If I were a gambling man, I’d be willing to bet that no matter how avid an angler you are, no matter how long you’ve been at it, you would learn something you didn’t know if you read the latest South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks 2022 Fishing Handbook. I thought that I knew it all, but I didn’t.
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Living in a small town, we are often inclined to see change in our community as a threat to ourselves and our way of life. When we feel threatened by change uncertainty rears its ugly head and our negativity often takes over. We say things like – “What’s wrong with the way we’ve always done it.” or “Why do we need something new, the old one’s just fine?” or “We can’t afford that.” or “That will never work, we’ve tried it before.” And, sometimes we just outright disguise our negativity as facts, experience, or helpful guidance.
Read morePSALM 31:5 " Into thy hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth."(KJV)
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I’m presently engaged in a personal struggle of sorts. Not that I’m here to air my dirty laundry publicly, like so many now do, as though it were the new method for displaying one’s honor. “Truth in transparency” or whatever the saying is, meant to justify putting all the details of one’s personal life out there for God and anyone with an internet connection to see and offer comment. Maybe this is the same thing, but anyway, back to my personal struggle.
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On occasion editors permit me to stray from hunting and fishing to discuss my favorite topic - regional history. Such is the case with John Bruguier. John Bruguier’s mother was a Yanktonai. His father, Theophile Bruguier, was a Canadian Frenchman born near Montreal in 1813. Theo eventually settled near the mouth of the Big Sioux River on the Iowa side, and in 1855 received government contracts to furnish supplies to the Indians living along the Missouri. A French settlement grew near the mouth of the Big Sioux, and most of these Frenchmen took Indian wives.
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