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WMITK, who WrtH rec't'ivt'd with continued Hp|)lau.^c, Maid; — Mr. (./'Iiaiinian and >,'entlomen, lean aHKine you that 1 have tlui very greatest pleax- inc in heln^,' here to-niglit to join willj ynti in doing lumor to luy wortiiy jViend, your re- NORTHWEST ADMINISTRATION prescntative, Mr. Wallace. I have known Mr. Wallace ever since ho entered public ! lite. We entered i'arliament at tho Kamc ' time, and I am sure that, without flattery to him, I may fairly say that highly as he stands in the estimation of his constituents, among his colleagues in L'arlianient he stands no less highl} , because of the sterling quali- ties which tliey have recognized in him, both as a man and as a representative of the people. Gentlemen, from my study of public life and after a thirty years' attendance of the sessions of I'arliament, I am convinced that there is nothing which strengthens a representative so much — nothing enables him so well to perform his duty — nothing wliich better gives him the influence ho ought to possess, than the fact that he stands well with those wliose mandate ho bears and who have eutru.^ted him with the representation of their interests in tho councils of the country. It is, therefore, a gratification to me, and to all public men, to know that a gentleman who st;inds so highly as Mr. Wallace does in the estimation of his friends in Parliament stands equally high in the estimation of his immediate neighbors — the men wlio sent him to Parliament. (Ap- plause.) Gentlemen, I ilo not pro- pose to-night to make a general political speech. Vou have listened to Mr. Wallace, who has dealt iu gtsneral terms with tii(! politics of the country. V.tu liav*; listened to my respected and honored col- itaguo the Minister of Agrictilturc, who has in his interesting and eminently practical add icss given you a lunnber of sugg(!«tions as well as a number of facts which are worthy of consideration ; and I think under tlioM' circumstanctts that I will best meet your wislies and best fullil tho duty which I owe to the party to which I belong, 'f I deal somewhat closely with the question which at this moment is the prominent question before the people of this coimtry. (Hear, hear.) I am not, gentlemen, going to deal with the Northwest rebellion. I am not going to deal with the question of whether the execution of THE UNFORTUNATE CBIMIN'ALj KIKL, was wisely carried out or not. But, I think, i it might not be out of place to deal with the particular subject whicli our political oppon- ents are this moment pressing upon the at- tention of the public. In Ontario, especially, the Liberal press, headed l)y the Toronto Olohe, does not venture in a very open way — although I am bound to say that they are fast getting to that point — to condemn the act of the Government in issuing a warrant for the execution of Eiel, but they have lit upon a scheme by which they hope to be able to unite what have always been regarded as dis- cordant elements in this country, that is the French-Cana'*- 5 3 sup- en in ling of ts own meable re nor ch our except with eclded re the and stions itories refore prede- relieve 3 of it, natters ' the territories. The half-breeds, who liave in i ' some respects the advantages over new set- ' tiers in the territories should be imprerised ' with the necessity of settling down in par- , ■ ticular localities, and directiug flieiren- ' ergies towards pastoral or agricultural pur- ; ' suits, in which case lamls would no doubt | ' be assigned to them in the same way as to i ' while settlers, but beyond this they must ' not look to the Government for any special | 'assistance in their farming operutions." I (Laughter.) Now, gentlemen, that was the principle laid down by Mr. Mills as that which should govern the action of the ad- ministration in dealing with the half-breeds of the Northwest. I will not discuss here whether it was not a wise nrinciple, but I think I may very fairly, as dealing with the charges which are now made agaiust the Conservative administratiou, assume it, at any rate for the purpose of the argument which I am about to present to you, as at least a reasonable principle of action to be followed in dealing with the half-breeds of the North- west. This was the priuciplo adopted by the Grit Government, and it was adopted in op- spoition to the recommendation of the chief executive officer of the government in the Northwest. These people asked ior seed to plant, that they might have the result of the planting in the harvest whijh they looked forward to. The Hon. Mr. Laird, the lieutenant-governor appointed by the Mackenzie Government of the N. VV. terri- tories, wrote to Mr. Mills on this subject, re- commending the prayer of the petition : " With respect to the prayer for assistance to " procure seeds and implements to commence " farming operations, it is similar to the re- "quest made to you by the half-breeds of " Bow River during the Blackfeet treaty ne- " gotiations and which 1 forwarded to you " and commended to the favorable consi- " deration of the Government." So that you will see the DBCISION ARRIVED AT BY MR. MILLS, and which I have quoted to you from his own pen, was arrived at in spite of the recom- mendation of his own officer, Mr. Laird, who ' commended the petition of the half-breeds to j the favorable consideration of the Govern- i ment. (Hoar, hoar.) Those half-breed claims I have referred to were the earlier apnlirations that wore made. However, since Sir John Macdonald came into office, only iri relation to the matter of surveys, and the mutter of lands in extinguishment of the Indian title, i has there been a demand made un behalf of the Metis to the Government. Now, how have the Government detvlt with those two subjects ? In the first pliue, Mr. Pearce, who is one of the most efficient officers we have in the Northwest, a gentleman who was em- ployed in the survey branch of tiu; Depart, ment of the Interior during the time that Mr. Mills was in office, was summoned to Ottawii in December of last year because he was suppose! to be familiar with the wliole .system of surveying in the Northwest, for the purpose of arrang- ing with the Government as to wiiat sho'ld be done in view of the course the half-breeds who had settled on more l;inds after survey, within the previous two years, wished to have pursued. Mr. Pearce came down here and had a conference with my re- spected predecessor, Sir David Macpherson. And here let me say to you, gentlemen, after careful inquiry into the Department of the Interior, after a careful study sot apart reserves ol" land for the half-breeds of the Northwest Territories, or give them nego- tiable scrip. "y. That in view, however, of the fiint that grants of land or issues of scrip were made to the hall-breeds of Manitoba towards the ex- tinguishment of the ludlan title to the lands of that Provlnoe, there will undoubtedly be general dlssatisfaetlon among tue half-breeds of the said Territories unless they receive .some like consideration. " 3. That this consideration would most tend to the advantage of the half-breeds were it given in the form of a non-transferiible loca- tion ticket for, say, one hundred and sixty acres to each haif-breed head of a family and each iialf-breed child of parents resident in the said Territories at the time of the transfer thereof to Canada, the tic^ket to be Issued im- mediately to any naif-breed eighteen years of age or over, on furnishing evidence of claim, and to evry child on arriving at that age, and furnishing the necessary evidence . | "4. That each half-breed holding such a lo- ' cation ticket should be allowed to locate It up- i on any unoccupied Ltomlnion lands, but the title of the land so entered should remain In the Crown for ten years ; and If, at the expira- tion of three years after such entry the halt- breed locatee have made no Improvement on the land, his claim thereto shall ba subiect to forfeiture. "5. To Induce those half-breeds who now procure tlieir livelihood by hunting on the plains to abandon their present mode of lite and settle on their locations, by whlcli course It alone appears possible to arrest the grciU destitution with which they are tlireatencd, '■■ owing to the iminimnt early extinction of the butlalo, that aid In agricultural Implenicnts and seeds be allowed them for three years, but ' only once for each family that may settle within that time. " 0. That hilfbreeds who have shared in the Manitoba distribution of la ids and .scrip should not l)e entitled to receive location tickets In the Territories, though now resident therein. I have shown you that Mr. Mills had al- ready refused to give them seed or farm im- plements Now, gentlemen, in 1883 the Northwest council sent in another petition to the Dominion Government in which they referred to a number of matters connected with the Northwest, atid in the course of the memorial occurs the following: "Your memor- •' ialists further pray that those half-breeds " in the territories, who have not participated " in the arrangement to extinguish the half- " breed claims in Manitoba, should enjov •' the same rights as accortled to the half- " breeds in that province." I am not wrong in saying that that simple reference in a re- p )rt which covers two closely printed pages of tlie returns brought down to Parliament, must be interpreted in the light of the more elaborate suggestions m ule by the council in their previous representation ; and what were those propos- als ? Why, gentlemen, it was proposed by the Northwest council that those half-breeds who had claims upon the Government, that those people who had rights, were actually to be treated worse than if they had no In- dian title and took up land in the ordinary way. Any man GOING TO THE NORTHWBST TKRRITORY can get 1 60 acres of land as a homestead, and if he settles on it and performs the ordinary settlement duties within three years, he will then get his title to it. The magnificent and magnanimous suggestion ot the Northwest council, which now ventures to censure the Government for not acceding to their sugges- tions, was that a half-breed should get 160 acres, and if he did not perform his duty within three years the land should be for- feited ; if he did perform his duties as any white settler, he was not to have his patent for ten years — seven years longer than in the case of a white settler. (Hear, hear.) Archbishop Tache, who has always taken the most kindly interest in the welfare of the half-breeds, and who has devoted himself with great energy to the promotion of their welfare recommended that the half-breeds should get their lands but they should be inalienable for three generations. While the North- west council suggested that the half-breeds Bot half-b the tr clerk AtQi these and t thii ii "Chi " val " cei settle ubould not eet their land patents fur ten years, His Grace Archbishop Tache Hug- 1 pestcd that they should not get thein for three generations. Now, gentleraen. whaf would have been the result of this? I ven- ture to say and I will give you proof of it, that had the Government accepted the sut?- gestions of the Northwest Council or f His Grace Archbishop Tache, it would not have satisfied the half-breeds of the Northwest Territory, and we would ^still have continu- ous trouble iu connection with them. Then, gentlemen, as regards the COMMISSION WHICH ISSUED THIS YEAR, we are told that it was not issued until it was found the rebellion had broken out. Nothing could be farther from the truth than this statement. We learn from me testimony of Father Andre that the news that the com- mission hud been appointed and the order-ia council passed had reached him on the 4th of March last, while the battle of Duck Lake c'Jd not occur until the end of March. It can- not, therefore, be said that the action of the Government in appointing the com- mission resulted la any way what- ever from the actual outbreak of hostilities in that province. (Applause) After the commission had been issued and while it was sitting at Qu' Appelle, a matter oc- curred which will show how far the sug- gestions of his Grace and of the Northwest Council would have met the demands of the half-breeds. Mr. Street, the chairman of the commission, telegraphed to Sir David Mc- Pherson as follows ; — Q,u' Appelle, 6th April. " Imoortant coofereuce to-day with influen- tial half-breed deputaiion; all ditfl^ultlos re- moved excepting two. First— A.11 children will refuse money scrip, demanding cerilflcale lor 24U acres laad instead, like Manitoba ; several bishops and priests support tnls de- mand. Second— Half-breeds having homes on small front unacceptable; to buy these atone dollar per acre and I ree grant ItfO acres from nearest vacant lands addi i lonal to a' owance to extinguish Indiau title." Both those demands were conceded to the half-breeds by Sir David Macpherson. I took the trouble to get a memorandum from the clerk of the commission and here is the result. At Qu' Appelle there was the statemeut that these people would take nothing but the land and that they would not take the scrip VVell, thiols thf result: "Out of 143 half-breed "children residing in the Qu' Appelle " valley, who had the option of re- " ceiving a certificate for scrip for "either $240 rr 240 acres of land, only " two have elected to take land, all the others " preferred to take money scrip instead." So that while we are blamed for not adopting the suggestion of the Northwest council, which was that those people shtmld only get l»io acres of land, (and we ottered them 240,) only two took the land, the others took the scrip, sold it at a sacrifice to the brokers who were on hand, and bnught gew-gaws and other things with the money. That was the result as regarded the half-breeds. (Cheers ) There is another important fact. You will see by the recommendation of the Northwest council, to which I have just referred, that the Government were asked to decide that those half-breeds who had been settled with in Manitoba should not receive any consider- ation in extinguishment of the Indian title, although now residing iu the Northwest Territory. Now, gentlemen, what ara the facts? The rebellion broke out on the Saskatchewan, and nearly all the people settled there were men who had had their half-bieed title extinguished in Mani- toba. (Laughter.) Out of all those engaged in the rebellion only twenty-three came before the commission to say they were entitled to any land in consideration of the Indian side of their character, and of those twenty-three all but one .-wore positively tnat they were not consenting parties to the rebellion, but, under terror and forced by Kiel's armed men, they joined the rebels for fear thev would be banished, havv. their prop- erty destroyed or their families rendered des- titute. The localities in wliich the half- breeds had claims were not in rebellion at all. The place where the half-breeds re- belled was a place where the men had gone who had already had their land matters set- tled in Manitoba. And they liad no claims on any account whatever. There are TWO CLA8SKB OF HALK-BUEKDS in the Northwest. The one class are men who had moved from Manitoba to the Sas- katchewan, and who before leaving received their Scrip or their land, and thj other class are the plain-hunters, and a few people who had gone from Manitoba to the N. VV. Territory without having their title extinguished. But the m^n who rebelled were not the latter class. (Hear, hear) A good deal has been said about all the petitions which came to the Government in relation to these land matters. An examination was made of one of those petitions, and it was to m found that out ot uiuety-oue uamtss, heveaty- eight were of half-breeds whose Indian titles had been extinguished in Manitoba. Now, let me again refer to the course which Mr. Mills pursued in regard to these. I veu- tured the other night, when speaking in Peterboro, to quote from a l»;tter of Mr. Matthew Kyau to the agent of the Gov- ernment at Winnipeg, in which he pointed out that great dissatisfac- tion would follow if he was not permitted to hunt up half-breeds, who go from one place to another, to settle their claims. In answer to this Mr. Mills, across the letter of Mr. Ryan, in his own haud- wriMng, which I have seen, wrote: ''Those people, if they have uny claims, should look after them themselves ; it is not our business to hunt them up." (Cheers.) More than this, I examined yesterday i list sent down by Mr. Codd, the agent of the Depart- ment of the Interior in VVinu'peg at that time, and which list contauied a schedule of the half-breeds who claimed to have the right of scrip or a grant of lands. These half-breeds were known as traders. They were engaged in hunting in the territories, but returned at stated periods to Manitoba, where their families were supposed to rcsidt , with a view of selling their furs, the produce of the chase. I ven- ture to think that, und^i the order-in- council passed by Sir John in 187:2, in which it was declared that the most liberal interpre- tation with regard to the term resident should be given in dealing with the hall-breeds, these men were entitled to their claims. Well, out cf those tifty-three claims only four were admitted by Mr. David Mills, and forty-three were abwwlutely rejected in this way : by writing after each name " No, D. M.," " No, D. M." and so on. (Laughter ) A voice — He didn't go to much trouble any- way. The Hon. Mr. Whitr— That was Mr. Mills' Btylo, and the "No, D. M." was in his owri handwriting. It was in the curtest possible way with a view, if possible, of doing as little for the half-br;)eds as could possibly be done. (Henr, hear.) Gentlemen, 1 am not attack- in{^ ilr. Mills. He may have been quite right in ai'tin»< as he acted ; but what I do say is this, that having so acted he should have at least the decency to hold his tongue at a time like this and not attack the administra- tion for so-called delays or remissions. (Uhoers.) Uenilomen, the liAi'KSr CUAKOK MADE AGAINST THB GOVKRNMKNT is what seems to be considered the climax of Conservative iniquity. It is said that not only did they delay the surveying of the lands ; not only did they delay settling those land claims and giving those people their scrip, but that they actually sold the land over the heads of those half-breeds, and that they gave the lands to a colonization com- pany, which has acquired recently some little notoriety, to the detriment and injury of those unfortunate half-breeds. The Prince Albert Colonization company you have, I dare say, heard a good deal about recently, aa well as about the Hon. Mackenzie Bowell (cheers) and his son-in-law. I am not going to insult you or Mr. Bowell by entering a defence for him in a matter of this kind. Mr. Bowell's character is well enough known in this country not to require any defence. I am not going to defend bis integrity and honor as a minister of the Crown, for bis character is above reproach. (Cheers.) Be- fore I deal with this latest charge, let me say en i>assant something about coloniza- tion companies generally. Large quantities of land were given to colonization compan- ies. Any one who went to Ottawa and chose to select certain lands, and chose to pay the price upon them, and to undertake the very severe conditions which the Govern- ment exa<;ted with regard to settlement of those lands — anyone I say who chose to do this could get lands under the coloniza- tion system. I had the pleasure when in the Northwest of meeting my good friend, Mr. Armstrong, in his own domain, surrounded by his friends — men from whom I have had dozens of let- ters since my return — and you will be glad to know that they speak in the highest possible terms of praise of Mr. Armstrong and the manner in vhich he manages their alTairs. I had the pleasure of going through the lands of the Colonization company, which adjoins the York Colonization company, " The Sas- katchewan Land and Homestead Company," and of hearing from the settlers how much tney were indebted to the Colonization company and to Its managers for the measure of succbss tht^^ iiad met with since their settlement in the Northwest. These colonization com- panies may have been a mistake in some ol the details connected with them ; but 1 will tell you this, gentle- men, and that, but their eiVorts, for their there are expenditure large traot^ ^ < I 11 J8T THE GOVBRNMKNT lideied the climax It is aaid that le surveying of the delay settling those f those people their itually sold the land lalf-breeda, and that colonization com- recently some little t and injury of those The Prince Albert ou have, I dare say, recently, as well as i/ae Bowell (cheers) u not going to insult by entering a er of this kind. Mr. 11 enough known in aire any defence. 1 id his integrity and the Crown, for his ich. (Cheers.) Be- } latest charge, let hing about coloniza- y. Large quantities !oloniisation compan- ; to Ottawa and chose and chose to pay the to undertake the which the Govern- ard to settlement of say who chose to do under the coloniza- had the pleasure est of meeting my Armstrong, in his ided by his friends »vo had dozens of let- ind you will be glad to in the highest possible Armstrong and the ftuages their affairs. 1 >ing through the lauds mpany, which adjoins I company, " The Bas- lloraestcad Company," Hettlers how much tney Colonization i ompany the measure of succbss nco their settlomont in )K0 colonizntlou com- II mistuko in Home ol imaod with them i you this, gontle- for tVieir expouditurt' hero art! largo troctn of the Northwest, which are now well seitlcd and which have prosperous homes, which would be a desert to-day as far as settlement is concerned, were it not for the colonization companies. (Applause.) To-day we have a considerable population in the Northwest, and we owe it in great part to the coloniza- tion companies. The projectors of TIIR PRINCE ALBERT COLONIZATION CO.Ml'ANV went to Ottawa like any other, and they got their lauds on the 11th April, 1882. They got eight townships, or fractions of town- ships, and they paid the iirst instalment of the money, which, if I mistake not, was $20,- 000. At the time the Prince Albert company got these lands the townships were not sur- veyed ; the earliest survey took place in March and the latest in Heptember, 1883, and when the surveys were made tlieie was not a single settler on the land. In May, 1883, the company applied ten a change in one of the townships, namely town- ship 43, range 27, west of the second meridian, tor south part of township 45, range 27. The survey of this latter took place In July, 1882, and of the four settlers found upon it at that time there was only one French — if we are to judge by the names — a man named Boucher, the other three being English. When Mr. Stephenson, the inspector of colonization companies, went there in 1884 he fcund that there were twenty-seyen set- tlers upon this township. These persons had gone in after the survey was made, and under the principle laid down by Mr. Mills, that the half-breed should be treated no bet- ter than the white settler, and squatting on surveyed land not being porinitteil according to law, those twenty-seven persons were en- titled to no consideration. They had built eleven houses and made some little imiirove- ment, such as cultivating throe or four acres. But those settlers die! not run any risk in consequence of the Colonization company tak- ing the land. To show how careful the Uovernruent has been,l may tell you that fhey never give lands to any railway or coloniza- tion company or to any individual taking a large tract of hind, without making a [iro vision in the contract that settlers toiind there must be protected in their possession. (Cheers.) Kvon in the loasim wo give to ranching com- panies, who are developing an onortnoiiH cattle interest in the Northwesi,we provide that set- tlers may tiiUe u}) homesteads on lands leased, till! homesteads being at once witiidrawn from the opiM'atiou of the loAoe to the ranching { company, so careful is the Government that the settlers' claims shall have the first consider- ! ation. (Cheers.) Let me read you the clause in the Prince Albert company's agreement bearing on this: i " Should any portion or portions of the lands 1 form iiiK the subject of this uj^reement be now o cupled by any perKon or persons who may have settled thereon, such person i and those I c alining through them stmll not be disturbed 1 In their po « ssion by the company, unless with the consent in writing of the Minister of the Interior: and the Minister of the Interior • may. If lie think It expedient fo to do, from time to time, give to tne company written no- tice that the lands inposse>slor of such persons i respectively, and such adjoining lands as he I may think prope • (bu'. not exceeding In the wliole H20 acres for each separate settler), are i wlihdr.twn fvorn the operaitou of these pre- j sents, and thereupon such lands shall become vlthdrawn and thl-i agreement shall there- ' upon cuasi; and determine with respect there- t„ " There was not a single settler disturbed by : the Colonization company, for the reason that ; settlers' claims were thus absolutely and in express terms protected. But, gentlemen, TUB JOKE OF THE WHOLE MATTER is in the fact that while the order-in-council was passed transteiring this special south part of a township to the Colouizati'in company, the transfer never took place at all, and the company never took possession of the land. (Laugiiter. ) That, gentlemen, is the truth about the Prince Albert Colonization com- pany. (Applaui-e. ) 1 have shown you, so far as the surveys were concerned, that the surveyors complied with the wishes of the half-breeds in every way, and 1 have shown you, in so far as the land.s were concerned, that the commishion was issued before the outbreak of the rebellion, and I have shown you that, more liberal than was re- commended by prominent authorities in the Norfliwest, such as Archbishop Tache and the Northwest council, the Government ollered the half-breeds the land without any (piestion of settlement duty whatever and with absolute title from the lirsi. The enormous proportion who took scrip and afterwards sold it showed how little they retriirded the grievances that we are told caused them to rebel. I have said that these were the only two claims which ciime to the (Jovernment from the Nurthwest, but this statement must in sonu^ degree be (pialitled. A petition, or rather a diaft petition, was sent down to the (Jovernment by MK. JACKSON, HlKl/s HK(!RKTAUV, and accompanying it was a note saying that 12 I as soon as this petition had been signed by the half-breeds it would be sent to the Secretaiy cf State in due course. Now, gen- tlemen, I think you will agree with rao that this was not a document of which the Gov- ernment should take cogniziinoe. The docu- ment, as promised, never reached the Govern- ment, f()r the reason probably, as stated by Mr. Astley in a recent letter, that Kiel was unwilling that any representations from half- breeds should reach Ottawa. The document, however, is so important, as embodying the views of those who prepared it, that it is worth while reading it in full, as follows : — Ti> His Excellcnv.)! the Govcrnor-Ocncral of Canada in Council : We, the undorsignrd, your humble pntitlon- ers, would respect fully submii to Your Kxcel- lency-in-couucil the lollowing as our griev- ances :— 1 . That the Indians are so reduced that the settlers in many localities arc cotnp'jllod to furnisli them with food, partlvtopn-veiiMhem from dj'injj at their door, partly to preserve the peaceof the territory ; 2. That thf half-breeds of the territory have not received '-'40 acres of land ea 'h, as did the Manitoba half breeds ; :i. That the half-breeds who are In possession of tracts of land have not received patents t herefor ; 4. Th'it the old settlers of tlio Northwest Ter- ritory have not received the same treatment as the old settlers of Manllob i ; 5. That the claims of settlors on odd num- bers prior lo survey, and on reserves prior lo the iirociamatlon of such reserves, are not re- coRUtzed ; 0. That settlers on cancelled claims are limliiHl lo eighty acres homestead and eighty acres of pre-empt Ion ; 7. Thai settlers aic chartjcd more than one dollar p r acre for their pre-emptions ; H. I'luit Kctllers are ebariied dues on timber, ral'simd (Irewood reciuired for hoiii f use; !•. That eusloiiis duties are levU-d on the ne- cessaries of life ; HI. That settlers are not allowed to (lerform the res, It Is c(Hiveuient to have farm l)ullilin s and grain lleldsoii separ- ate (piHrter se<'llons ; I I. That purelmsers of clHims frotn hmiit /I !r settlers who have not completed the rcoiiireil limtf of actual residence, do nut get credit for the terni of actual residence, by selU'rs. 1'-'. That contracts foi' pubic works ami sup- plies re not let In sncb a mnnner as locoulcr upon NortliwcMi producers as larn < ii beiielll as ihey might derive tliereironi, cou^islent with etllclency ; III, That inibllc buildings ate oilen erected on slte^ little couduciv lo the eeoiiomlcai liuuNUCllon of public Uun ness; 14. That no effective measures have yet been taken to put the people of the Northwest In direct cammunication with the European markets, via Hudson's Bay. 15. That settlers are exposed to coercion ai elections, owing to the fact that votes are not taken by badot ; 10 That while your petitioners wish to give the Eastern Unvernment every credit for the excellent liquor regulations which obtain in tlie N. W.T., yet liiev must express theif anxiety le,st those benellcial restrictions should be lor ed, more specially as the country is sp;( ly settled and the Inulans numferou> and dis^ailslled. 17. That they may humb'3- state their case ; without intending to intermeddle wltli the af- fairs of Manitoba and otner narts of tliti N W.T., y.)ur petitioners recpect fully pubmit : (a). That in 1870, when, on invitation of tla' Dominion, the delegaie.s of tlieN. W. arrival, in Ottawa, claiming the control of its resources as one of the conditions o the entry of tlKf territory Into confederation, they were ar] rested. (/»). That after relea Ing tho.se delegates at the luterpositlon of the imperial; authorities, af er expllctiv acknowiedsjnis,'! an » receiving tliem " as the deK^gales of tlml Northwest," the D iinlnion treated with theiii| amid prep (rations for war, and despatched liiJ tile Nortliwesi au exoeiUtion of federal trooihf while the nog itiatious vverj pendini; : {(•.) That a commissioner of the then Gov eruor-ii neial and of his Government havini:| averted llie conlilct which he saw would lif the couseiiueiice of lhe.se hostilities by glviii;;, his word of lionor as (!oinmissi(»ni'r thai, howi <'ver threatening llie outlook of the sltu>ttiot| mlgiit appear. Cana.a would act in goid faitlij the response to that peace preserving act w.t'| repudiation : (d.)Tlur an understanding having been tlni( arrived at with the dfilegates, subject to the coij sent of tlie Northwest, the order-ln-councti I wliicli llie liuecwi annexed the Northwest Tc rltory and Kiipert's Land to the Dominion < i.;anada bears dale 'J ;»rd .June, 1870, atwhu time that con.sent had not bH>n obtained ; (c.) That iiavlng thus dispensed with oik the most Important (vuiditlons of Mx- "Unlerlal (Joverument seiuns to liave li lowed ev(!r since a policy calculated. In 11^ opinion of your humble petitioners, to miikT of the Northwest a merj appendage to ('anail;j{ (/.)That although tlm existence of the abovj mentioned word of honor an extraordiniii treaty has Ihmii establ!she late their case ; Idle with the at- narts of thii ctfuily pubmlt : nvitatlonof thf eN. W- arriVL'tl )i of its resources he entry of ttic , they were ui- lliose delegates, t»u; imperial acknowiedijiiii! 3 delc^Kutesof tlie ■eated with thiin nd duspali-hed tu of tedcral troops pundinij ; of the then Qov'; vernment havini! he saw would in stllillesby glv'.iu tsionor thai, how )k of tiiesltuttitii 1 act in KOiid faitli presvjrvliig act wft r having been tlni i,sub)octtothec(M. jrder-ln-councll l' 10 Northwest 'li' ) the Dominion < ne, 1«7(), at whii sen obtained ; ^pensud with oni" onsof M»e"llnl..i; seems to have I calculated, in II ■titiont!rs, to nj'ili penJage to v anad Hlrnceof the al)i)\ ■ an uxtraordliiMi four years after, i isu ol Commons • r year later, by i in the moslcond •re are uevertheli li(! Nt)rthwi'stcall their (continual v (• last clause of tl Land and tli« NoriJ live lioeii untler I' I he Isl ot .laiuiiiil he session then mf •Ics are nevertli'l' uMit whieh has ■en years, and wli' by the nature of Its constitution Is destined to remain temporary for an indefinite period : (li.) That the Northwest Territories, aUhous^h having a population of «0,(H»0, are not yet granted responsible government, hs was Mani- toba when she had less than 1 'J,0(»0 of a popu- lation ; (t.) That the Nortliwest Torritories and its liremier province itro not yet represented in the Cabinet, a', are the eastern provinces; (/'.) That the Northwest is not allowed the atministrationof its n^-iources as are the east- ern provinces and Jiritish ("olnnibla ; In submitting this as a fnni'aiuental griev- ance your oetitioners would discl'iim any in- t('nti Duck lake light, lie felt that it was a t