Daughter of Mo­hawk chief G. H. John­son and his Eng­lish wife, Em­i­ly How­ells, Pauline was a re­cit­al­ist, po­et, and au­thor. Be­tween 1892 and 1910, she con­duct­ed read­ing tours in Ca­na­da, Amer­i­ca and Bri­tain. Her works in­clude:

• The White Wam­pum (Lon­don : John Lane, 1895)
• Canadian Born (Toronto, Canada: Morang, 1903)
• Legends of Van­cou­ver (Van­cou­ver, Ca­na­da: Da­vid Spen­cer, Lim­it­ed, 1911)
• Flint and Fea­ther (Toronto, Canada: Musson, 1912)
• The Shagganappi (Toronto, Canada: Briggs, 1913)
• The Moccasin Maker, published posthumously (Toronto, Canada: Briggs, 1913)

Lyrics

1. I May Not Go Tonight to Bethlehem