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It is cbarfrcMl a^'uin.st the (Jovornment lliiit it IS rcHiMinsiMo for tlio tuitbreak wiiji'h recently occurreil on tiie banks of Soiiili Saskatchewan, and for all iho con- seijumres of tli;it o'lthreak. A tew facts, will show how unjnst is this nccusation. rru'^'r, as ro MANtnntA. \\ hen the (i(i>(Mnnient of Canada took [hisscHsion of IheTrMTitories and oru'uni/.ed ih(^ I'rovinct* of Manitolia, provision was niasly inaccurate. In 1S7(), treaties ween nauie.d a StifxMidiary Ma^dstrate and a incudnr of the North-West Council, to nudvo an inv(^sti;_'ation of (he ]mlfd)reed clinniH. On the ;!rd of March, 1S77, Mr. Ryan ni:vii .'»'iR, — III the mutter "f tiiv puiitinulnj? tlit^ liii!l'-l.r(>c(l lini'l.J iiivof k.iti'iii, M.«i ili<' milv otliciiil 1' iiiniuuiiiMliiin I Imlil mi llic Miliji'i'l is ii, li'Icuiiiii iiiiili'in/iiitf nil' 111 take mil It'll !■(« nf I'liiiin- inil • wliii 111 IV I'Dinf liot'oro iiic in tlio Niii'tli..\vrsl, Tfii itnry, wiiiM yiiii kiiidh inturin lur. its mniii im Jiii>-ili|(>, wiictln'r il wii.* ilio iiilciii Kill if ilio )fi>iiri'ii(y vi»iliii« tho hpi'iiiilic..* ill \vhii;h Ihcv reniili'. tii ih.'it I siimild iici ill du'ir lii'hiilt ii.< thi'\' iniirlit ciKUiilly c"tne IiiIkk" iiii> ill fho I'liiirjn' III' lh»' ili'i-hrtrco nf my m.'iti-ti'ii.'d iliiiics? If tiik i.xrriat « i.;uk tup IMK.MION. t H:"l rU.VT Nn I UU.V I'ltAf nCA I. (iii(ll) I'VV UK KKFKCTKIl. THK tlltKATKK Ni'MIIKmiK TIIK n.vL,F-nHi:Kiis ok tiii i>ni'>.Ki^:.NT MKiri.BMKNrN 2 CAN OUr.Y BK MKT AT CKRTAI/f PF.RrODS, nKFOBK THBIR DKI-ARTUUK TO HUNT. AVI) APTKR TirKIll UK- TUUN, AMI I AM NOT AWAKI'' AT I'RK^^KST AT IVUAT PK11I'JI> OR PKRlllDS 1 A\{ fJKKLV TO BK KN'C AUKI) AH \ .\UUISTK\TK ATTUKSK UKSPKCTIVK IM.ACKS. My \Pl'RKat'.V,SK)N' is, that to TRUST TO TIIR ('oixcii)EN(;k ok ivr thi;3 mkktino, woijM) hk to DKFKll THK rxVKSTIGATIUNd INDKFINI I'KI.Y, AN'li UUTIMATKLY TO CVUSK MANY OK TIIK IlAI.l- liKKKDS A.VI) OTHKR-S IN THE Tl-.liHITOUY T.IK LOSS 01' ;;'IC ItKN'KFlTS IXTKNI)\C1» KuK TUKM BV LAW. NVouId it not he wolj, r.herefore, lor mo tu make s(iiM',iiil endojivours in tlu-ir behalf d'tring tlie cominif >>C)\.- Boiis of spriii;{ iiiii] iiutumu? I Oiui convoiiifMitly Ko to Lai' tid'Ai'pello in Mity, wlioro, iiH I am tulvisoii hv ,Mr. MacLciui. Aneiit of tlm IIliiI.-dh IJiiy (Idiniiiniy. and by the Catliolic cur('(. tlie l)iilk of the h ilr-hrci'ds 0)111 bo mot b;'twcoii the middK' oi'thiit moiitli :iiid tho Kith <>r I'lth of tli.- next And Inter I m.i.y be able to visit (ho SoiitiMi settle- mont. of PritRM' Albert, :ind tlic I'ViMieli of St L iiir«Mit, and So oii' I ;im not informed, eitiicr, as 10 I he matierof expenses, liut iiresiime they arc tobep'iid tiiider authorily ot the Deparfiient of tho Iiiterioi. Will you ph'.aso instrao.t me on this hoad. a:id irencrally on the .subject, ot thi-; letter, lit your curlie:«t coiivonienee, and bolicvo me to bo, '' Very truly yours, " Matthkw Hvan." " D. Codd, E^q., Wiiinipei?" That was ;i mosi reasoiiabl(» leU.'r, and yet tho sii^ri-'osiidtx ',\as »;i>i only not a'-ltMl U{K)n, hut tho rofu.sal to act, upon il wa^ couched ill t(^rins wliicli may l»o taken as iiidicatinji; tlie spirit in whit^h all tho Nurthwost matteis \vi ro tloalt with by Mr. Mills. On tho margin of the iettor, in Mr. Mill'a own hanthvriting, apjKiar tho-'e words : — " I* l« not noroMMHry to look up purtloM ivlio linvt- rluiiMM. Il'tliey furt> lor lliolr iiilfroMtM. tlioy Mill lli«>iii->t>lv«>H«'oiiie for* »-»rNliil>liitii their fliiiiiiM.— 1>. n/* Mr. It.vuii, ii. twiilu^tandin^^ thiH rofuHal on the part of tho Miui.st.>r, u, pi.-ndt liiiu to talre roasoHahloinoasurcs to ptM'forin tho dtity with which ho liaahotMi char>j;od, went, to l^u'A[)jK'!ltv He sent in his bill for :*75, and Mr. Mill.s was so itiditjnant at bis instructiouH hom^r disro^'ardcd that ho ro- fuhod to pay it. That hill was jiaid hy Sir John Mcbonald, whou ho canio into (illict^ ! Nothin^r loallv was «l<>no until tho '_'4th of Jinie, when .^lr. I'avid Laird, l>icutciiant- (iovt.Tnor ui the .N(irLli--wost Torrilorioii, telo^rai>lied as follows : — " 0)is«>rv() y[x l\yaii'< auilmriu- to inYesiitrnle llalt-iireed claim" iimier OnbT l4tli .lime, lH"i5. Iiilist'd. Heeoinmend time be exiendcd one year. llo in now lieif. Appiieiinix waitiiiK. Answer." Oil tho'jMh ol .IniK, .Mr. Kyan hini.'^olf telo^raphod from Ihdtlofoid ; - *' lliiir-hriMMlH iirvMNliitriiK*. Will tliiio b<>rKl<>nlliil«t4>r lifiMMiiltli'ft iiiid«'r «-oiiMl(|«>rn« tloii, HiMl will |irol>iibl.v nut ltorlir,«^ Mr. Iliurk, hIio lin*4 Itcoii iipiMitiited l>oiii^u> ion IjnndN Afront for HttHkntchewan, to luvcNtiKatc Niicli c-laliuM/' That was tho la^t thin<^ done by Mr, Mills. The view of tho Dopartmeiit atjthe time, howover, may bo jiatlicrod from a memorandum by Mr. Dennis, then Sur- veyor-Gonoral and idiiof of iho land branch of tht^ department, in wiiicb bo says; — "Tlie question rai.sed fiy His Ho lour the Lient- eiiant-fJovornor as to tho miinner in wiiicti tho claims of .-ettlers may be iidjusted, wlio located upon the laii'ls in the Nortliwest Territories pre- vious to Iho transfer, iuYohinix as it docs i> ques- tion of poli'-.y. is for the .Minister to «'()nsulor. Tho uiider-.is{nod would, hewover, in rofereneo tuertito, vonturoto express tl»iM)pinion that land 8o settled on, without ttie same may posses:' exceptional value, owinj{ to its situation, or lia I bicii taken up with a view to spf'cuiation, il' tho chuiniint shall have been eonstaritly residiiif? upon and oultivatins: it to a reasonable extent, should be granted fre(> to the oceupant. To Riveetreet to such a |)oUey, liowevor, legislation would be roiiuired." It wili be soon from this, that the soln- titni of this (juestion in the opinion of the DeparlmiMit at that time was lo be found in tho ^laiitinir to tho Half breeds of i.ho lands upon which thoy wore soitlod. It may bo staled that they have never boen deprived of those lands, ami that this (Tovernment, has fiivon tliom free grants of tho lands upon whiih Ihoy were settled to the (extent of liiO acres ; so that tliis poli('y, which was suggested by the l)opartinonta.'3 a ,sottloment of tho whole iiuostion in J877, has been the invariuhlo policy of tho pro- .sent administration. Thoa<'fion of tlio Markenzioadininistra- tion in dealing with Half-breed claims may thus l)e summed up: — 1. 'J'hoy igtiorod the action of the pre- vious irovernment, looking toscltlomont of claims in Manitoba, by wliicb they would havo boon settloil ton years ago, and by the appointment of now commissioners, they |)ost]>oned tho sottlomiMit, and iucroascHl ■ tho opportunity for fraudulent cluima being liie.sentod. 2. They appointed ?di-. Hyan to invoati- gat« claims, a.nd tlion rcfu.sod him the opportunity of visiting the districts w here lialf-l)roods had wettlod, thim iond(>rfiig valuolc his appointmont. ?<. Two years after his aiipointimMit, nothing having been done in the mean- timo, tliey rofiiHed to extend bis eomtnis- sion. stating that the malt(>r was midor tho Minister's consideration, and that he would probably apnoint Mr. I>tick, the land agent at Prini'o Albt^rt, lo invostignfe the claims of those who might prt^sont Ihomsehes. 4. The letter of the Surveyor-Lieneral Iiewan, to shows that the thought of tho Department was simply to settle claims of half-l>recds by confirming them in their holdings, in which they have never been disfrbed by ilio present Government. It is stated tliat NUMEKOUS PETITIONS, v\ere yent to the government, and that these were not favourably a'ted up<')n It is quite true that {x^titiujis wore sent, nf various kinds. They were sent as far back as 1S78. One of the most ini])ortant, iK'i'auao the n\ost ela'jorate, was sent on tho 5th of Aj.ril. 1875, by the Right Ke- vx^rend bishop (vrandin, of St. Alliert, and this petition may bo taken as an illnstra- tion ctf the general •■laiins made. What was asktMl 1)y Bishop (irandin, as he liim- solf summarizes the petition, was : — 1. — Some encouragement for the set- tlers. — On this {)oint lie stated ; — " The (.'athdlic luisKinnarios lidvu done iiliiios iniiKi-'filjli; lliiiiir.-' in litis direct ion. Tliey have' at. ditteiTut pliiccs, throe mills. Fm- tlic third time we havi; trieil in eriH't one in tht- c.donv of ^t. Albert— l)»;li(ild, more than j[<,t(K) MorliTip wliioh we have sncriticcd for it, and we are still nneer- tiiin whi'tlicr wt; shall siiecffd. That tlio (iovcn- nieiit in.'ty on their part dei^n to do soiuetiiint? to enoiiurn(,'e ajjriciilturo." " -. — Aid for a hospital— at least to construct it, aiid put it in Gondii ion to receive I lie siiik." '■ :■. — .Aid for .seh(i(i|.-<. — The (loveinnient iiiake.' large rjullay for ediioalion in all I'anada ; is our Northwest to be tilnne withheld a.,— Reserves of land for tho ehildren tliuH brouifht up : and aid to help theni on to a little Jarui once tiiey aio married. " 7.— And liislly— that the reserves (o bo made oyer to the ttidians l)e of ar.ible land, and situated uonr ii.-liin(t lakes." In the answer from tho Lioutennnt- (lovernor, David Laird, writtiMi under tlio authority of the Snperiutendeut- Cieneral, Mr. ]MilIs, these retpiests are thus disposed of: — " As to the first, iwunoly, the encouraRemont of a(fricnltureamoiiKthe settlers, the Huperinlendeiit- socak more detinitely after a treaf has been uuide.and wlien the question of Ihe ex- tent of iiiiid ask«d for, for the purposes above- mentioned, is more accurtttoly known. " The si,\ih head refers to a large question of public polic.\-. on which it would mnnifesfly bo jiremature at present to prnnoMiiec an o|iiuion, Ihe settlers in tho Norih-west have food grounds for believing that the Domii ion liovcrmucnt will deal liberally with them. There i.s ;■ -iitVicimcy of land in t' e Turritories for all of tl.cin and tucir ehildren, nnd it is earnestly to be hoped that they will eulti\ate as much of it a- pi>ssible, and sei-ure 1 1 themselves comfortalile homes in the uountry to which they belong. " A8 regards thr< seventh head, namely, the re.seives f.ir the Indians : tins matter h.i-* hitherto been tiilly provided for ill all treaties made with the Indians, by which assis^tance in muncy and agricultural impleiinnts has alw.iys been secured to them,. '111(1 tliere can be no doubt Hint tlie=o matters will be dealt with in a similar sjurit of liberality in future treaties. "The reservat'oiis secured to the Indians will iio doubt have a lair proportion of arable lamL and will include, when it is priirti('ablo, tiny lidhing Iak«'s which the Indians may desire to avttil them- selves of."' This jM'tition r.nd the rejdy to it, are ijuoied for this purpose : tht* subjects referred to by Bishop (rnindin wore, as to luany of tliem, embodied in subsequent jietitions, and it is impt-t ant, therefore, to |X)int out tliat wheii preseiitod thus in detail to Mr. Mills, tho Minister of tho Interior of Mr. MackjMizie's (.iovornmcnt, they wer(« met with a bhink refiisal. Indeed, it may bo worth while (o to cite one other in proof of tins. It was a iX3ti- tion of certain half-l)re(Hls, (ransmitted to Ottawa by Governor Laird, on the blth February, 1878. Tho jietitiou had refer- I. encG to matters of public policy, one of its prayers beint: for seeds and iniplemouts to enable the people to i-omrneiico fHrinin;jr operations. In r(>.ply to this, in u lett(»r signed bv hinisolf, and dated iSth March, 187S, Mr Mills said : — " 6. The iipplication oftheiintitioncrs tobenidi'fl by the (ii)vernmiint with seeds ainl (it'riciiitunil iinploments in tlifir t'ariiiinp oiif-iitions, I cinlV^sH r am not ilisposi'd to vh>w fuvdnrably. I do not set) npnn whii' crioiind tlio li.ilt' broods can nlaim tn be treated ill this paitionlar differeutly Iroin the white settler in the Territuries. " 7- The hii It'-bri'ed- who have, in some respects, the Milvant!(Ki' over new settler.* in the 'I'erritories, should be iaiiiiessoil witli the necessity of sctllin(t down in fixed loeaiities, and direciinu their ener- gie.s towards iiastoinl or atii ieithural pursuiis, in whicii e:ise hind^ wouhl, no doubt, be M,ssiKne way as to wliiie seiller.-. J{iit l)ey()iid tliis, they must not hn.Ic to f lie (ioveruini'ut for any special assistaiieo in their fiirmin^ opera- tion.*. Some of the nther petitions referred to the position of settlers in advance of sur- vey. We take, for instance, one from Gabriel Duniont and 4^ others, addre.ssed to the Minister of till' Interior on the dth of 8eptetHb(-r, 1S82. In this petition. ;i Iter referrinjr to the fact tliat the half-hretMis had hfeen coii!]>e]led to abandon the chase, the lieuLionens ;,m on to say ; — 'The surveyed laiulo beiiiif already occupied or sold, we were compelled to oeetipy laiii'.!" not yet surveyed, hein^' iftiiorant, for the most part, also, of the roKulaions of the (ioverninent r'.'Spe(!tiiiB' boininiou lauds. 'Ireat, then, w.'is our astonish- ment ami pernlcxily when we were notified that when itho lands are "urveyed wo shall bt- (ibiiged to pay f2 an acre to the iJoverniivnt, if our hiiKis are iiicluili'd iti odd-nuinl)(>re i sections. We de,' ou to re-a.^sure U'J sinidily, by dire<'liiiK that wt' shall not be disturbed >in our laiuis. atid that the llovernmeht ^rant us the privi- ieifc of eontiideriiij? H'J as oeen pants of even- luimbered seet'ins, .since wo have occupied these lands in Rood I'aith- llaviiiR so lonjx ledd this country as Its ma^itcrs, and so often iletendecl it aurains* the Indians at the prii'e of our blood, wc consider it not asUiriat too mui'h lo roipiest that the (ioverumeiit allow us to occupy our 'iinds in (face, and tluit e.xoetifion be m.'ide to its ro({ulatioo-<. by maltHiR to tlu" half-breed- of the Northwest free (frants of land " Now, this rennest had already been complied with. It>, so far ns the firice was concerned, it was fixed by the reply to certain n>so!.ttions ptisstMl at a largely at- tended nieetinu held at Prince Albert on tbo8th of OctolaT, ISSl, 1'he second of these resolutions was as fbliows : — " 2. — Whereas the price of land for pre-etnption and purebase was larj-'cly increased in May, 1881, and inan\- persons had settled in the I'lstrictof Lome, in tne .Vorthw(>.;t 'I 'rriin'Jes. pre\iousto that iliite, resolved, that th(> lliuht ilonuurable the .Minister of the Interior bo requested to jtrant to such settlers their land at m price in accordii.nco with the Order in Council existiiiK at the time of settlement." In a letter st>nt by ^Ir. Lindsay Kns- sell, Actini: Deputy of the Mini-jter of the Interior, ,vnd ilated at Ottawa the JJnd of NovemheM', JMSI, this refereuco was inavle to the resolution : — _ " Kesolutifin \o. 2. —The request in thi" resolu- tion will be trranted, so f ir as concern.sguai ur sec- tions which ha v- been .tetually settled upon and improved, on evidence beinj; furnished of the na- ture of such 'Settlement and extent of improve- ment, satisfactory to the .Minister, beiuK required in each cise, and t!i" priviletre luting granted or withhold as the facts may w.araiit." That is, where persons had .sotlled iu adv.TUce of survey, thuy were entitled to L'et their land at the price at which it was at the time of seltlcinent, if tli;it sottle- iiKMit had been Imtia jhle- As to their ri^dif to a free homestead, if on an odd- section, as < Jaliriel Dunittnt and his f-'llmv petit tonH>rs had dtH'hirod niany of ihem liad settled, the foll'vvin},' jiaravrraj)!! from a letter of Mr. Bnr^'pss. the Secn^tary of the Department, of the Ifith of .hme, 1S8-, ami address'id to His Honor Lituitenant- Governor Dewdney. will show that the request had been favourably entertained tliree montlia before I lie date of Gabriel l)um<)nt'8 petition : — " Si4uatfer.s who went into occupation of unsur- \ pyej 1,'uids previous to .May l*^>^'» a,nd rlie Act A% Victoriii, ehaiitei Iti. came into force, will tret their home-steads, provided thevcaushoiv they liavebeen oontiimoiisly in ocupaiion and cultivating the Siinie up to the, time of survey." * So that it will be. seen that this petition, which einbiidic.d thatk thk kvtuv in sneli iiiiinnor iis to cover the time utter nijplioutioii, and lieforo privinK tlie entry. 'hiriiiK which tlie iipiili- oaiit may have heen a n't fidf settler on tlio huid." Since tliat time, the commencement of the performance of the sottletnent duties has always been een some di.scussion, and in connection with which the OT rUINC/rLB, as distin^iuif-hed from llierectan^ailar sys' tern; and next, that they were entitled to scrip in (ixtiniiuishinent of their Indian title in the same; way as the Half-breeds of Manitoba had rei'eivcd it. As to the tirst, the policy of the (.Tovemnient was as follows : — Where settlers were found along the banks of the rivers, inadvante of sur- vey, the instructions to the surveyors were to survey on the riv(^r lot priiuMple, so as to preserve to each settler his improve- ments, if he had any. Wliore, on the other hand, there were no settlers, the ordinary principle of stu'vey obtaining all thrnugli the Tt^rritories and authorized l)y the Act of lH7J,was adopted. On the Kith of .banuary, 1S88, tlie Uovennid lather Andre sent in a pt^tition.complaining that these instructions '.vert> not being carried out, and as indicatiii;: (he view of the Mia ister of that day, the following may be iuiblished : — " Ottawa, 2;M April, la'^ll. "l>KAii ^^^^. KcssK,i,i„— I endosie ij coMiniiini'n- th)n fioni l'')itlior Andre. SuperiorofSi. Liovrenco, N. \V. T., niion the nuestion ot survey.". " Ib'W is It these ilillicnities recur .-> ot'ien, wlieii it is the rule of liic I>epiirtn)ent to survey around the old 8urve>.«, without di I'lrliiint the occupants? VN'ere the .■-urycyors jiroperlv inslructod? " YourH very tnily. " D. L. MACJ^IIfcHSON, ''Lindsay Russell, Esq. " It should be stated, however, that the land referred to in tiiis ca.se had all been surveyed on the rectautriilar system before the complaint of Fatiier Andre was made, and at a time when, as is shown by the surveyor's plans, there were but two set- tlers between the St. Laurent settlement and th«^ Indian Ke.«erve,on the south-east sid(» of the river. What was asked, therefore, was that land already stirveyed in ad- vance of settlement, should bo resurveyeji on u different plan, bei'ause .setilers gciin,, upon them, after survey, i>referred tha'^ different plan. The unreasonableness o^ this demand is too apparent to require argument to p(»int it out. This matter was the subject of further correspondence, among other letters thera being one from the Reverend Mr. Vogre- ville asking for the river lot surveys. This letter was referred to Mr. Devillo, the Cliief Inspector of Surveys, who, in are- port by him oi\ the 14th of February, 1884, made the following suggestions : _" The wishes of] the Fettlers could easily ho met, without inconvenience or prt-judice to the tiovem- inent, b) iidoptiiiK the followui^f course :— " Ist. .If ttie Inspector oi Aucncies. when on the Kroiind, should he .sat'stied thut the (freiit ni;ijority of settlers in 11 town.sliip desire rivir \{A>, then he should have power to direct that every hoin<\stcini frontiii« on tin' river in that io\vii,«hip sh.'ill Im cuta- posed of four quarter quarter seclions, toriJiiotf a lot of twenty chains in width hy one ni:le in deptli. "-nd. lOxoejit when all the oecupaijt.-of .'i section prefer iiavin^ it allotted into (juartor ■iec'inn,-', in which case their request should I'c complied with. " 3rd. J'i.Kcetit when all the occupants of two sec- tion.s desire tliat iho lots shall he ten chains in width, and .should extend twu miles to the dt pth of two sections, in whii-ii case their ro(iuest should also be comijlied witli. ' A lot twenty chain.s wide by one uiile deep would be described in the intient as composed of four quarter quarter sections. " A hjt ten chains wide by iwo miles deep would be described as the western, ea.stern, norlhi-ni or .southern halves of einht quirfer-qu.'irter seciioiis. " The areas could easily bo found by referiMiue jO this otlicc." 'fhis letter of Mr. Deville's was acknow- ledged in one fiom tlu> Secretary of the Deptirlment, on the 'JOtli of March, 1884, stating the a|)proval of the Minister of the suggestions, and infornnng Mr. DeviUe that tlu^ Inspector of Dominion Lands Agenci(^s luid been instructed in accord- ance with them. This, as will be seen, was more than ti year before tlu; rohollion broke out, tind some months before Louis Kiel canie into the country. As sliowng to what an extent tliis system of river lot surveys had been carried out, the follow- ing letter from Mr. Doville may bo given : 6 "Technical Branch, Ottawa, 26tli Nov., 1883. " SiB : -In reply to your letter of th*2;^r(l inst., in which you iisk the names of the rivers in the Northwest Territdry, tlie froutngCH of which have been '!urvoyc(l into river lots, I beg tu state that the sliindinfc instrucitions are t(» lay out river lots alonK the S.iskutchewan, Battle, Bow, Red Deer and Hclly river?. "Sjiccial instructions have nlvn been ^iven to lay out rivt-r lots along the shores of Lake Winnipeg and of tlie islands in it, and also in three towniships fronting on Old JIan's Hivor. " I have the honor to he, sir. your obedient servant, " E. J)kvillk, Chief Inspector of Sur\'eys. "J. R. IInll,Ksfi., Sec'y Dep't of the Interior. " Ii> a word, the policy of the Governmont ViSLi^, \vhore settlers wore upon lands in ad- vance of survey, to survey the land in ac- cordance -with their wishes. Where, on other hand, the surveys werej|ooinmonced before there were any settlers on the land, the surveys were ct»nducted on the rectanjiular principle, as in all other parts of the Territories, but even in such cases, instructions wore issued to give to the settlers, if they so desired it, on entering; for lands, their entries by legal subdivis- ions instead of by (piarler sections, which f radically gave theui the river lot system, t should, however, be stated that this matter of surveys cannot in any way be called a claim or right. The law fixed the sysftun of surveys for the Northwest, and no one could he justified in rei)elling against the Government because it refused, had it, inetitions and suggestions sent to (he (lovernment, espe- cially those of Archbishop Tach before. Let us look at these recommendations. That of .Vrchbishop Tache was embodied in the memorandum of the 2yth of Jamiary, 1879, and was as follows : — " {(f.) I esteem the!HaIf-hreod population actually in the Northwest, to number about twelve hun- dred families. Lkt thi: (iotkrnmknt makk twkiak REsERVKS roT TiiKM, io the vcry places the Half • breeds theiuselves will like to have them. " (/).) Such reserve should be for one hundred families at least, and contain an ureii of twcix) square miles »f available land— that is to say, the extent of four townships. " iv.) AH tho Half-breeds, men, women and chil- dren, rej-iding in the Northwest on the Nt of Jan- nary iHTit, ought to n^ceive twonou net-'oiiabb! scrips foreighty acres of land each, to ho locitt-d by tlieni in any one of the twelve abovo-nienlioned reserves. ' '('/.) .*^Ain L\ND,s rouLD .'♦kithkr hk sold, »(Out- OAfirn NOR TAXEO ItKI'llRK TllKV SIIUL'IJ) llA VK PA.SSKl) THR(IT(;iI DIKH 'NOSOK A'l LKASTTHK THIHO GKNKKA- TiON to twk parknts anm) children RKSi'KCTIVKLV, HAS NOT HKKN SUCH A.S TO .II'STIKV A RKHETITIO.V OP IT IN TlIK NuRTIl- WKST TkRRITDRIKH. This. 1 think, is generally admitted, and therefore needs no argument." As to the suggestion that scrip should be issued, he says: — " Tho second alternative, that of giving an nbso" lute issue of scrip to each individual, and then Icav ing him to his fate, would, f feel sure, end in disas- tnuis failure, as regards the end that the (Jovern- ment would have in view. The only class of persons likely to bo bonvfntcd by this course would be the tradors'and lain! speculators, who would soon obtain the scrip of the inexperienced Half-breed at .< low or merely nominal price, and thus leave him as poor H^ he was before, but probably not to vol! alfected to tiio (Jovernment, and tlierefore more likely to be dangerous in rolatiuu to the Indians ■" t t I Tiie Bisliop then points out that tlu true plan is 'Mo t?ive tiie Iliilf-hrwds imliice- intMitsto settle on lands, and practical help in doin'JT so;" and lie proceeds to say, ro- ferrinyr to Mr. Dennis' me lorandum, to which his letter \v«s a reply : — " I am crliul to fee tliat it i-i tho oiio that is ro" connii»'ii(lcd li> yourself, Coiiii")? now to tlio de." tiiilf of what the pr.'icfical inoasnre of help slioiihi 1)0, I notice that tho Noifh-west (^)Uiioil n-eoin- inend two things : in) i\ j.aMnt of non-tietrotinble scrip to oiich ll;ilf-ln'cfil, uiidiTccrtain oonditioiis ; (A) II ccrtiiiTi jiinouiit of help, in the fhapo of iin- pli'ineiits (Hid seed prr.iin. You apiiear to think their proposal {?"od, as far as it Root:, l»iit you are of opinion that something more is reii'iired. You suKirest (1) that the IfiiH-lireeds shituld bo settled in bands ; (2) t'lat schools and teneliers should ho provided, with the view ( training them in farin- HiK. stock-raisiuK and the inechanieal trades, as well as the ordinary iiraiiehes o( knowledge suit- able to their condition in life. In thot^o recom- mendations you have ray hearty coiicurronce." The. Protestant Bishop of Rupert's Land, in replying to Col. Dennis, expresses his fetir that his knowledge of the IIalf-l>roeds is too limited to give much value to any- tiiinu he may say, and then ho goes on to point out : — " T suspect the Rrcat difficulty will be actually to bend their minds to the taking of fanning as their life work They will be inclined always to ehonse a I nation rather for its opportunities for hunting an'l lishiug than for good soil or farming eapnbili- tics. They need then, above all, at the Fort, a wise and trusted adviser to guide them right in their choice of settlemjnt lStii,L, I siioui.i) iiK AVKKSK T(i ANV SKTTIMJ Al'ART OF llESITRVKS FilK TH1:M, KtTHKIt KR.S, nUT NOT TO Tllf. TVI.NCi fl' OF CilOK^K LAND TO SlUT TIIKIR whim" The recommendation of the Northwest Council, of whicl) so tnuch has lieen said, was eiid>odied in resohitious pas-sod on the 2nd of August, 1878, Tlie resolutions were passed in answer to a petition sent by 278 petitioners, asking that a section cf land be set apart '' for a special reserve, " perpetual and inaiienal)ie, upon which " they would settle themselves in :i per- " manent manner and fix their lamiliea, " to the exclusion of all whitjjs, except " such employees as llie Government shall " find projier to send there, according to " the needs of the ])opulation." The ex- tent of this reserve was to be 150 miles hv ."SO miles idong the Iiiternatioiuil boun- dary line, about west of the point crossed by the Pembina IJiver. They also asked that this reserve might be given to them in such a way that they could live there j free of taxes, \vhetiu>r forever or for a suf- licient term of years that they might be able to i)ay at the end without detriment i to their families. They asked secondly that they should he allowed schoo'-iiouses, school masters and scbool mistresses, whose ext)eiis'vs were to be defrayed by the Government, also ('hnrches and priests, of their religion, and. in addition to this, that they should bo allowed mechanics, to whom tlioy could api>ly in timeof need, and by whom they might bo tatight tho various necessary arts of civilized hfe, as blacksmiths, a carpenter, a shoemaker, etc. The recommendation of the Cf)tincil in reference to this petirAon wan as follows: " 1- That it wot:i/n hk ix.ii'niciou.s to skt apart RRSVRVE-^ OF LAND FOR THE HaLP-HREKOS OF TKB NoRTII-WksT TfaiRITORIKS, OR UIVK THEM NF.OO- TiAHi.i: sraiP. " 2 riiat ill view, however, of the fact that .'.ho grants of land or issua.- of .-crip were made to the Half-breeds of .Nfanifoha towards the extinguish- niont of tho Indian title ro the lauds of that Pro- vince, there will uiid.inhtedl>' be general (lissatis- faction among tho llalf-hroeds uf tho eaid Terri- tories unless they r ceive some like consideration. "•'3. That this consideration would most tencl to the advantage of the rialf-breeds were it given in the form of a non-transferable location ticket for, say, one hundred and sixty acres to each Ilalf- breed head of a family iind each Half-breed chi'd of parents resident in the said Territories at the time of the Iraiistor thereof to Ca.na(ia, tho ticket to be issued immediately to any Flalf-breed eighteen years of age, or over, on fnriiishing evi- dence of claim, and to overj' child on arriving at tlnit ago, and furnishing the necessary evidence. '4. that each llaif-breod holding such a hica- tion ticket should be .illowed to lociuc it upon any unoccupied l>omini'iM lands, but the title of the land so entorc I sho'.iiii remain in theOmwii forlen years ; and if. at tho r ■ piratiuu of tlirce year? after such tMitry, the Ualf-i ••'*i-,l locatec have maiie no improvement on the I ind. his claim thereto shall be subject to forfei tun. "5, To induct; those Ha if- breeds, who now pro- cure their livelihood by hunting on the plains, to abaiulon tlioir present mode of life and settle on their laoations, by whii-ti course it alone appears possible til arrest the ^'reat destitution wiiii which they .'ire thieatencd. owing to the imminent early e.vtinction ot thebufliilo; that aid ir agricultural implements and seeds be allowed tlicm for three years, but only once for e.ioh family that may eputy Minister of the Interior, was appointed to ;uaireeds were inelnd- ed. INIr. Kuss-oll was exceptionally well qunlilied for a dnty of that kind, being thoronU» to meet tlie coutlictin;; vie.ws of those who w«^^o urginjr the claims of the llalf-hre»'ds, rcs'ilvod at liist to treat them ;is thi^ 1 lalf-biecds of .^lanitl»ha iiad been tieated, and on the I'Hth of .January, IhS"), an (.)rd('r-in('oiu\cil was passtMl, ap- polntinjr ccMnmissidners to make the necessary i'mum^ratitm, ^^■'A\\ a viow to the ^rnnti'i;,' (,t land nrt ofii fniiimini'c of tin* Il(iri")iiiliit' tin- l'ri\ \ ('(iiinoil. ii|i|ir<>viMi hy Ilis Jv\ci'll<'i!i'.\' till' (Jii\ iTimr-ticMU'ril in I'uniuMl on (he 2^!li luniiiio . l^>'^'> "On II nuMnnriiii luui, ilatod '26tli .fdJiuiirv, 1«'<''\ from tli(> MiiiL'tci 1-1 the Interior, '.iihiim in. jr tlmt it i>' (liv-iral)!!;, w ii li ii \ii'\v ut .•'cllliiitf fc|uii;ilil.\ tlio ''l.iiinx f'l' Hiilt-lirui'cl.- in .Mtuhlijiii iiinl tin' N'Tili- \V(>st Tciritoi it" wliii wi'uiil Iwivc lutu I'n- litltil til iaii'i lifiii il,f.\ n'~i litin-i> 1 Mml lylcd llu'ir clionis in iln<> ciiurHf niiiirr tlic .Nlioiittihii \('t.iuiii iih I'tlmft! wiio. iiioiii:li it'.Hiilinu; ni .MMnitnlm hihI <'u\A rt'cnin mpniiiiiiMi. 1111(1 tJH'v iitl\i>'f tliitt llif rciini-^ilc aiitlioriiy '•» (tninttil. 'Mi.iiN .1. McthK. "fl.Tk l'ri\y (.'nuncib ]nfon;\rtlion wa.s at on<'e sent of the nppoiiitm(>tU of this coinmiHsinn, and i'jilhcr Andie, in bin evidmco nf the ]{e;.inn liinl, slat< d imdor oalh tlial that infovmntion had been communii al«<>l to the people on the 4th of March, nii»ro tiiiin n iHrtid^'ht before the (ijiht at iMiek I.aki'. Here \» the evidenet^ on that poiut :— ' ■.; — AVill you slate if. sinoo tho nrrivaloftho nrisiMK r in liin I'linnlry, tin to tlii> tinif of thu rn- lii'llion, ''u ( ioviMnmcnl lia\:> niaili" anv favnura- l>lc answfi To the (linnanils ann rlaim.'i ol ihf llulf- brei-'l.'s? A.— V'l-.-;, 1 know they have acfeil'-fl to ''iTfain <4( niamts in r('(j:anl to tho^f• who f(» all settlers, by which they were retjiiired to ]tay duos tiju)n wotxl olittiined hy them on govcrninent lands, over what they ro(|uir(>d for their own use, nnd for piir|M>s<'s of trailc. In tin* ease (»f those llalf-lirceds the amount collected for dues on wiiod and timber did not exceed an average of live cents for »'ach settler per tinuum ! Tiien Charles NoUn, in his evi- tlcnce at the ttial, aflt^ ri>eiting theelaims nniili> by Kiel lur a nmney grant for liitn- self from iho ("nuatlian (iovcriiment, thus rcU'rrcd to tht* acti ui of the ( i(>viu-mm'nt, tin* Mr. Mat'dowali I'oftMieil to biding th(< repiesintative of the Saskatclanvan dis- ''trict in the Northwest ('i»uncil : — "The Dcvl itay F received an answer to a lole- i'r'.im from Maeilowall ; the le'.ek'i'iini said that, tho iio\ I'mment \vii.s ifoinn to jtnuil the riKhl.'-' tif iho llaif-lirt>eils, hut there was nolhimt .«aid iibtnit Kiel's elaim. '" i.i.--i>id v^n sh.^w the an-wcr to Kiel.' A.--1 showed the n ply 1 received next Siiinlay. "(>.— Tlnit n iM in the month of? A — Kehruiiry. " y.— In the iicifinniiiK of the month ? A.— Yes. "1,^— What did the jirisoner vay ? A. -He an- swered that it was 4iion present when I liat ineetintjitfa. nr- Kaiii.'i d i \ him? A.— The inecinu' wu^ ntit e.Mielly ol'tjanir.ed li\ the prisinu'r ; it w i-. orttaiii/ed hy iiiP, hnt Ihe pvi.-oiicr took ad\ inlani' of ;lie meeijmf to do Wiial he tliil. The ohjeei ol the int'einin wa," to inlorin the ii-ople n| the nn^wer the (Jovernment hud Kiveii tv the petition they had si^iit 111. It will IhuM he sw^n Ihnt it is entiiely wii.nu' to Hay, as hns been st» fre<|H(>ntly Hitiil np'in the plaltorm ami in the proMS. that i\m ( ioV(>rnmiMil tint ntitliing until tin* lebtdlitiii hiid broktin lait aud lives, luid boou lust. % » use, niul lor 'I find Ji\oM Referring to THIS MATTER Ol fiCKII', it is tv'orth wliilo potitini^' out lliat the rirtml'" ,n broke out and, s<> far iis the luilf- breeds v.orcconeerned, was oonliued to t)\e TH'JL'hbonrhoiKl of St. Laiiront .ind J^ati:.- '•he, vn the south Saskulcliewan. As a niattor of fad, !I2 i)or cent, of the baif- lirtMMlH in that district luid ;d ready ]iad tlieir Imliaii titl3 extinguished in Mani- li-ha, and had thcre/ore no ( laiin what- ever to con.sideratiun in lespect of that litle. But three iK'titiona came to the (.overnment from that parficiilar iicifrh- i' mriiood. Of those, one was sent by Ga- briel Dnmont aid 45 ot1>ers ; SH of the signers hail obtained their scrip in IMani- t'llia, and had no claim to scrip in tlio I' rritories. Anothc^r was from settUrrs in Mio parish of St. Louis de I^amievin, and v^iis sitrned by \V2, of whom L'4 hnd obtaiu- •'li llieir scrij* in Maiiitol);i. The other «iis from the parish of St. Lmirent, sijL'ned ly 78, of whom (50 had obtained their s ')]) in Maiiitobii. It will thus be ti t'ollowinu' clause, which amplv orotected the settlers from leiny disturlieu :— " Slii'iilil any iKirtieii or portionr* of tlif imul" I'onniim thu iiilijcct nl' tlii!< infri-fiiu'iit \ic iinw " 'iiiliii'd liy imv |i<'i-oM or i(«'r>iiii-< wln> riiii> linvp -I'l llc'l llnTtMiii, siidi ))('i.i> ili^tiirlioil ill tlicir |,iis»('«!<>oii li.v Mil' i'nmi>iihv, iiiiU'--' widi d. ciinj-t nl u> writ inn 111 till" Mill i.-tt r iif tlu< liiHTior; and llii' ,^|'l! in ^Ml!««l•'•-ilp|| of liiH'li iiir.-x'ii-' ri>i|Mii<'li .uljnihiiiu la ml" ii-i he inav think |>rii|i»r (liitl ii'it cxcfiwljn^' m tlio « Imli' .'U!(' ii'Tt'M fur Diii'li si'iHiriitu M'lt liifl aro « illi- 'lr;0\ ii IriiiM IImi ii|icniti(in ol llii'-i- |irfi. lunl t!'rri'ii|iiiii «ui- of the si'ttliTS ill tliis Mciiiilx had hi'i-ii told lij- anymio that llii'y woii!d ii"t ohtain tliidr clii'iiiji, and iiflicvt'd that, ovontnally, entry would \»> aranted ill Itluliain iduiiii!«, troutiii»( on tliu rivor." Kh.evir Swain swears : — " Ni'vcr iipidiid for enlry, nor wa." I told the land hcloimt'd to aiiyoiiL' ••..ri'pl tlm liovcrtimt'iit. Xi'M-r w.i.x told my claim had liccii sold hy tin- (tovcrnmt'iit to anjiuic, or i-orporatioii, or ridoiii'<:i- lion company." Kli/abeUi Uichard swears:— " Ncvi'r appliod ill thi' land otVi '.i« for I'titry, always tliouifhi wo would olduiii il as Icind, ini» did Mill t'.xpcot to nhiain ciilr.v till wt* a.-kcd for it. Ah\a>'s •■iip|ios''d that llic (iovcrnmi'iii would i I know whereof I .'•late, and I moct eniiihatically Hiate 1 ne( ( r wii,'< told hy aii^oin) tlnii t>i)tr\ I'ouJd iiol he olilained hv the senlers in ti>wni«liip<* 4^-2( \V >, for the liind,'4 elaimed l>> tlieni." Alexander Mnunner swears: — " For no part ! alwayi* believed that I would liave I'l tri'a l wil h th<' (iovoriini<'nt and i ne else, aiel I h'dieve all (ho ^ihir ^tnl.r- iIumikIiI liko- \< i iiiK entry .i« we desired, in to .'Inunii, iioi in iiuurter "f'-lions iM !r eoloni/.tiiion coin) :uiy. Never wa^ (nld hy Hii I ilnit entry emilij iioi lie ohtained lor this ImikI or :ni,\ of it, in town .■diip 4"), ra'iL'f '.!7. West 'Jnd nnridian, nor did I hear an> ot the .-ettlers in saiwnhi|)stale Ihey Could not ohtain entry for these lands.'' Ali'X. McDuimall .swears :— "That I never w.'is informed that fin.\- portion "f this townshij' helonged Inji ■uloni/.iilion epminiiiy, and htivc not been tf any oiie iii.iu ring or molest inn i In ui in any way, of deiiriviiiK i(ii> o| tin in ot tlieii pioperty, helore the relellion. 1 'ia\e lived here lor man.\ .^■e!lrs, know all tin' hclllers; and Inne never known or lieaid ot I he (tov( rnmenl or an> si'eiuhitois |ii\ inu them noiH'e or I'lknitt their lands troiu them ; nt)\er heaid of any such tliini;. " A ri>rtvaiKiiidiMit of tliH Torniito (ilobr iiiudt- llm Ktatuiiii'iit llittt tlii'se allidiixits luul Im'ii iicl<,\\lio iHTdiiijtanu'd Mr. I'lMne \v;hmi tlio iiUiiUi\i'H wt'H' I lil.iijiod, iiiako.s llio rollo\Niii>iH\vnrn.slaU'im'iiloii llial point : — "'rhiil I also rend over the unMiivild of tlie .mcv- eral lionei vTs, Swaini*, I'idlei.x and oiher-* nilatinir to the siiuic mnltei, (hill I wa." piiMiuilly present Ml liie exei illioii ol the sever.il ilVldilvils nnid" h\ them.lhiil I know persomill.\ em-li mid uvery one 111 liiem, ilnit ihe -laid iiHWhiMls wei irefiilly ru:idti\ei to them and explnr I to iliem in iln lunttuaKi' «^'ll' whieli they \tere ninst tamilinr, llnil they lull> undeiXood ihe siimu in < very par tieulii, and that they executed cucli at^hhtviti witboul iuduceuient of uii) description wliaievcr, hut freely anil voluntarily, and without coertion or fear of coeriMon, on the piii't of any person what- ever. ■' And Mr. >rai'i n, a lialt'-lireed, also puts ill tlio luUowiiij,' allidavit : — " T, liOiiis Miirion, fill iner, of the settlement of Duck l.:.ko. in tlic elcv-tonil ijivisioii of Lornc, Prince Mliert, .^^iisk.'itcliewan, ilosolemi ly declare: " I h.it r am a I'reiich llnli-hreed, and_have re- si ' continuously lit i>ui'l; Lake since IHTO. 'I'lm! 1 C.I '. -peak and nndersijuid thoroiiKhly the Kng- lisli, I''rencii, Crec anil Sauteanx liiniiiniges. 'I'hat hisi Dcceinhcr, I iiccompiiiiied Mr. ^Viliillm I'cnrce on hi' visit to the French sctilenients iit Hiitoche anil St, Louis de L.tnirevin iind their vicinity, and, iiclinu a."* interpielcr, exnijiined ihoroiinhly to the settlers, in every case, iln> nii'.'iiiint; of all paper.s thej- sii/ii-il lor liiiii.anii that they uiidcr-to tlio (tovcrniiKuit.or hy any other jiersnii wii.'iiever.,' Tll(^.^oshlAV c'oarlv lliat Iho pooplo who iiiadt) tlu'se doclaratioiis jx'rl'oiMly tindt^r- sludd w liati^lioy \\»'r<< doiny:, and jiindo tliem willioiit tlio Hli^litost iiiducoJiieul or Mlr»^at boiiig otl'orcd. TIIIO (n"t>TI0N Of PATIENTS. It liii.s lictMi cliaifiod a).';»itiHt lh«; ("Jov- eriiiiU'iit ill soiim quait(Ms tlitit llnj Ualf- hrcedts wero mialiletoolitain til(^ir pjitoJitH. IJptMi this point, a letter rnnii Mr. iMuk, v\ hii'li Wits sidmiilti'.l to rmliaiinnl last Kcssioii, is a MiiMiciciit an.swcr. Thtit i«>tt('r was a(ldit's.'<»our iii'truotions in March, IWt, to invest inalo these claiiiH, I coumiII«(| witli I he llf^ereiid iV'ro \ndrc, liie supernir ot llio dictriet.as lotlielionit I ime to iMirry mil fli«i.i\eN- ti|.'iition Iind oliinin the intormatioii de. chiinniiiti* were then ivMty from leonc eiiKi*K('d in I rOi|.'h(iiit.*, I Inid hctti r po,»iiione my \isit until iiller K.isier, when tJU'V would all he at home pultioK in their iiroin. I did NO, iMiii lell hero for lliiloejie eaVly in Mm On m> wa.v up, I I. died in nt (iriiiilni, where 1 mot I'erc Andri^, nlm told nic tlml ]\i\ jiinl heen tvailiiiK tor inc to (I'll nie thiiion, and to «liow to thiipeii|,|i ;iii. lutjjity of any such redolution on their inm. lie went MitU ine tu UhIuvUvi iviiii ftt an ititur''irr hy any i.ur- ' l>y any other [)lH)Jilo ullO ;(iy uiul»!r- luid mado icyniem or tlio Oov- I lll<3 lllllf- if patoins. Mr. Duck, llllilll lilMt ml, It'thT n iiK-.iilior uwing nre in March, i»nllei| with ri'T o| tlitt I Ihn I.HUM- •••iriMJ, He .•' wt>i<> tlion I IiikI hi-iiir when fhi'V roii-i, ( iiid Mii\ (»n lifri' 1 inot I'M vvailinK I'l'ii li'ildinic ("I'tih iiu'ot, iliiiik;' iliiit I'liir.N for li' Mli:iHiin III!' Ill- Her- ' ii.iiiirt! of Mm' I Utility II'' »Tt'nt i"n liitlJ the bouse of Emmanuel Ctiumpagne explained 1 iilly niy object and advised them to fylc affidavits ill .•'iipportof their claims." " Ft WHS reported to me as ) niK ago as 1H82 thai these pi'or>le, even those who haii »iettied and I'i'iiiued flieir lands in accordance with the cxist- lUK survey, had been advised by certain interested j arties not to make enfy for their lands, tor what M ason [am nnawari'. unless to coerce the li(>vern- II, e.nt into another ■^> stem of survey on the banits nl' the river. From the schcdnlu prepared, you will ,i( nr 'J4() acres of land, as were thoso of Manitoba, dealt entirely witli tpiestions ot ptildie policy. Ii\,r iiiHtamt", it referred to the (trico of pro-euiptiuns ; to iIun nietlmd of dealing with cfinotdled iioujootoadM; to the policy of charging dues on timber, rails and lirew'ood: to the Cu 'oms' duties levied under the National )'< icy ; to the question of breaking!; and cropping being allovved on tho ino-eujption in lieu of tlio liomestead ; to tho propriety of allowing purchasers ol elainis of squatters tu bo credited with tht^lime spent by tlie siiuatlor-' on the land ; to the niethovl of lotting contracts for public works and supplies in tlie North- west ; to the proper nites upon which public buildings i:,hould be erected : to the impor- tance of tho Hudson's Bay Kailway ; to tho absence of the system of vote by ballot ; to the permit system in connection witii in- toxicatiiii; licptors; to the action of the (jiovernnient in ]87(> in respect to the dde- gated it wuS over signed. IaiuIs lliel evitlontly learned that he nuist adojit otlier means to j>r<.»- voke disturbance. Me accordingly, recog- nizing llie superatilioUB character of the jieople, started a new religion. Jiishop (irandin, in a sermon delivered by him in the parish church of St. Uocbs, •Quebec, last siinimer, thus stated tho action of the leaders of the revolt ; — " The lenders of the revolt, in order to arrive more surely at their <'iid, iind to preveii' the Hal! -brepiin beiiiK iiilliii'iiced b.\ the luissimuiriis aod diverO'd Irom I heir sinister desi|i(ii, imi'riHonud four piiests. >ix reliKieust .-. and .•■(.uo> lay brntlKTs, and pliiced sei liiiels ul the ■luor of ihcir prison lo prevem coiu- ninni'aiiun lietween the llall-lireeds and liie mis- .lioioii ii'S, We had vtaai reason to tell them : ' Vou Wilt Kit in noihiiiKl'.v thin ; on the coMrary,you have everi tliiiiK lo lose, ll you kill oni- ^^ hliui , he wit! be repliictd by a liundi'd I'llii'rs. You hive to Ijtrht UKainst a. poweilul tlovirnment, while > on are only a Iniijiltnl ot mi-n, and you caiinoi reidace yuur dead ' Hut the leader^ iieted in such i wti> that our ' 'Unstds weic do^pised, and the reheliion tuuli plu< < . wiili all its tornble conseiiuencos." The follow itig natement, signoil b- aji tho iiriesis in the district, is also eviileii,.,, of the munner in whicli Uiel found \* necPhsarv to secure tho following of j},^ Hall-broedH : — 12 " Phinok Ar.nKKT, June VX ISSfi. " Wp, tlio prif-sts of the districts must i):irt'n;n- liirly iitlectoil iiy tiu'rclH'lliiin, to wit : St. Lniu'LiU. St. Aiiloiiio, ( iijiiiiliii, I'lii'k L'llio mill liiitnclic. — t'orilwti.- tliprc. ill tin' midst .if niir i"'o|ilr>, ihat J.oiiis tt'i-s l>.i il ii'l liiiii I'St.ilili-lH'il his liuMiliiUiir- il(!sirc f(i ilraw tlio riltfiilioii (if our fellDW- ('ountryiiK'n in r.iiiai.l!i t l.Diiis ' Diiviil ' li'pl lioix nut nn'ri ( t tlic iyiniiii • thies (if till' lldiniui <.'iit,lioii(t (!lnircii 'ir the mk'iii- licrc of fhitf Church, hiivini? ii>ur(ieil mir iiiis>-i(ia as priests, and rulilj'd (jur |ii"i|dc of i he hciiclits and ilnti< II was (inr dutv ti dcr 111 Ih llv. lilts (lone all lliis in his purel.\ ;iorsuu.il interest. (Sigiieii) Perc A.NDUK, I'm SK, Mmi.iv, V'K(ihK.Vll.l,K, the icnst idoa or suspicion that, thoro was any pnihability of ilanecr of rehtillion until Ihey wori' sii ciimpletel,\ imohcil in I he toils of Hiel. and he led them on until lluy were so eoirpnimised thiU there wa.-* no escape for lliem. "They were made to reliffioiisly Ixdicvo tliattlicj had no ineniy to expect at tlu' hands of the sol(li(;r- IjM (11,1 ; " I'lirUMoNI), Cure iif r»ttiohe." TTore uro furtluM- stalenunits, uliidi wvui siihiiiitled 111 till', (li'biite in tlio Hdhsl' of Coniiuons on Mr. Landry's uiotioa ol" I'onHUio i>n tlio odvnrnnieiit fur pf i 'fitting l\{\\\ U) \>v. liiiiPiivl. Bishop (irandin says : " It is wi II kiiowii liy all who linve el'iselv stildie.I tins movement that amisereant , aimsiiiir a I'eriain amuuiit ot knowledge. i> akin^r use i<'. a fal>e and hv|iiicrii leal piety, and liy menaces and ilireaMnf inevilalile de>l nielinn, di'eeived the liull-lireeds ,iml forced ihem In take up arms axaiii^t the (iov- ernineiil. 'J'hc iiscenilaney whicli ho had Kniiied le.cr them \\assueh thai llio (ireii'^v P'lrt could noi and (laieil no! resivf jijm." Father Founnoiul .said in adop(\sition: " ' Jjimis I>u\ id ' l!iel in liis.-lraiiL'e and alarmin)^ folly ta'^einaled cur puor h:ilf-l>:V'ec|> as the snake is Jaid In fa,-einat( its \ ielim-.iiliusiin; fur his own (Oils, the irreat einilidence llml all liieli Iflireeds ri-piiseil in him, ii coiilt.lence founded upon lii.> in- llnciiee n ndered mi con\ iiiciiej to their mind* !>> his pulilie pun Ijiiniion ol jiis missiui M- iiti inspired prophet, which he fuieed u|ion their inniKiiiaiion in the most insidious aiei most diiil"ilieil manner. • • • 'I o inipre s llio people and kcfp Iheui in Ids power fl.is man | the ell'nsion of lilood, then lhe.^ were in his power, and he u-cii Ihat powel wilhoiil ilny f'/eliiitf of iiierc\. • • • I also deelar(j that diiiiiifc' iiie Ironlile ! had coine'sUion." willi s»\ er.il of the p(>r«iMis w Im were ill the idu I i imp, and 1 foiiihl ,1 l;ir«i' iiuui lier of Ihem tlieto atfainsi iheir \Mll,Miid iiiil> re- miiiiied (here iHciiiise ot the fciir ot lieinK .■r Andrp, in his dcpd.silion in tlit^ I'aso oChwepli Arrand, avH; " I most voliiiinl) d( elaic IroMi my own per«ioiuil kuowiedKC. ill, It W'ilh ih(> cxeiplMin of I'lllu'iid iJiiiii'iii. .\ap(d(oii Naiilt tiiil Itiimiisu On rittre, iiow docviiseil, iiul uitu uf tliu liiill -hrucd; Imd piilKie, o r from the (ioveinment of ("anadii — if the} were l;iken pri.-oncr or wounded, they were told iioihinif hill, death and iinpifyin^r (nrtuiHi awaited (1 tliei lem ;ii the hands of II oldiei> and police, and r daii;rliters and sisters would lie dishonour(!d hulon! their e\-es. their eiiiidren haekiid to piece-', and ;ill tie ir earihly projicrly utterly destroyi'd, and their wiiole nation exteriiiiiiated hy the hrutal .soldiery- As to ,lo.s('ph Pilon h(3 says : " lie was ordered by J^iel to coiiio into camp, or ho Would force him to eoine • * • » Pi|,on, when ho was threat eiied li>' Kiel, came to the priest and cried when telliiitr what w.ih wantod of liiiii. Hi(d, hy lorce niid lilreat^ aKuinst his lifi;, compelled him to serve his piirposi!." FatluT Andn' thus refers to the case o^ tlie Tonrond hrollicrs : "The crafty Ititd tried ov,'ry way to induce tht^ lioys to join him, hut wiihout siiceess. • * • Ri^,j went dii\ afterdayto ihi'ir poor widowed mother and with d( vilish ciinniiiK 1 layeil on her .supersti- tion and erediilily. lie told her of his holy vi.sioilf--. etc , • * and Ihe poorwotiian, in her simple (aitli in his divine nrwsion. prayed of her tine voiintr .sons to K ) fordi and light under the Iianiier 01 heaven,'- Kelorring to the prisoners generally, he says : " Thev were misled hy one who thorouithly knew their weiik minds and their hearts. 'I'heV were called on in the name ol (iod and ol tlii' Holy Saints, hy one who dt elated liimsidf o;daiued liy ( )od to do II (.'real and >roi)d work, liny were hiindfil hy pre- tended virion- and mess'ines from the l|ol,\- lijiost; p or people, in llieir trusliiiir eoiilidt iice tiiey weri" leil on todesolatioii, mi.-ery iind deiilh. Ihiving st.irtod a lunv lolicioii, Iliid got up a ccreinoiiy at a chiircli at Htitochw, wliich was ti> consist of the haptism ofhis s(M-i(dary, .hidisoii, into tho now faith. Ho sent (lilt scoiii.s to tiring in Uio llulf- liiycds til this ( crrnioiiy. iirojui; them t(i hiing tli(ll, Iiii!l>j;()t )tiaiii ((f liis imw failh. thu Huir- ij; tluMii t(i > 'li"»* H (sa- iillid.ivitB, illi' uify in I tlicy luul II tlu) (iov- •s f,(. kill |)f('p(>i(i(.,s iimi, iiiidor iirlit iilioiit I'liiiinlttvJ <'> ll|0 Milfl H'HC inclH iliriKiiiy of \ I's It. in r ilio aili- 13 Jean BaptisteLaplanto, farmer, sweans: " I was on a trip, when tho rebellion hrokn out, to Troy, with f'rei^cht for incr .ants at Halocho oiiih.'d Wallers & [iaker. J went noplace oL^^e; lifter I delivered my freiirht, I went home. I staicl l.nnio only (in(> day, aiid a nian named J. H- Oos- 'iKunp? eamc and jnoked t'or tnu- l'es(haniiis ha(l ifriin.ai'd sai(l 'he would take me hy force," if 1 ^Miuld not ccune, an(l 'we will take all you liave.' "heni were two of them, hotli armed. They bi'jiiicht me with tlieni, hut 1 had no inin. They liroiisht me to Hatocho, and said I must serve like the others- . Kiel told us our familie.s weuld he killed hy tlui troo|)S, and that tiiey mu-t be all brought together." Gabriel Pareiiteau, fanner, swears : — " I was here to Imy pood-;, and (staid two days • when I not hack. 1 heard that they hail raided tli" stoves and were ^tatherill^' in par'ie? at Hatoche. When Twent to th(,'ehureh on ^;llnday. I wa.-< 'alien prhxoner [at the St. Laurent ehurehj hy Phillipe Ijnardupiii and .^nmo one <,l(^e~I do not know his name. They told mo they would either shoot or |(M'k me ui) if 1 did not (?o. Thev toi.k me over the liver and put me in a house, and ki-or nie two days. On the tliiid oay 1 es(!!i|)ed and went iiotu'-. About three day.s after they eume lor no?; (iah'.iel l)n- inuiit came for me, and told me that if 1 did not come they wouM tie me ui , put me in the eelhir, and taki! all my eatt'e from mo. 1 told them they niinht take my oaitle, hut he made me ko, — and ifier four days I attain escaped home, and staid iheie livt^ days with my horses in the prairie, only ei'inioR homo at ni(fht. John lloss, junior, came iitr lin tor mt , aiul took us all— our I .'imilies. women :ind children- and kept uf there all the time, until, in the oiid, i was afraid to fry it to ^'el away again.'' Jean Carroii, fanner, swears : — " I was at niitochc duriiifr the Hehellion and look part with th ■ rebel."* iri the Uebeilion. I w;is not a councillor. I \vai< invilid to the hapti-m of .laekson to hritat my gnu, tor fear wo would ho arrested l>y the police there, I had no tcun then and went for twenty diijs without (uie. I was not lorotMl to K", but was ileeiiived t)> l{iel himself. 1 lild hiiu I had much work hut he asked um to a^sisl til th • eereuioii.\ and so was led into the Uebollioii. When I came to the ehureh at .St. Antoinclliel told us that there were ll\o hundred police eoiuii K to liKhl ns, that Clark ol lh<> com* i>iin> had t> Id him .ho, be then iiiiU all the men of Ihitdche around him and Kiel sdid this botoro all the people." liOiiiH Marion, farmer, .swears : — "[ know that ,"Mr. Ne,>s was taken pri.'oner hy t!ier(lie!o. 'When I wan taken , I was hroiinht into tie.' siiii room with him arai he nanclill a prL«oner when 1 wanrehased. Mr. Ness >■ aH a faruu-rand Imd coWs anil io.rses ariuinil hin i.I.iee. I heard them, ihe rebels, in iho chiireh where wo were tak( 'i.Kiiv they that tln'y were to v" Ness'x hnn.so iiinl take lii> uon and anylhiias else that would bo u<*eful to them nn the ITih March I was at Walter's store lit naloelie and a xdoiiKinan 'iime niid loid iiH there was i/oion t.i he (rouble. Next inornuitf we were reiiioveil to liio ehureh ami they inul a ineeliiiK 'ind iiiel told me ilial I had leu niinuies to consider if I would j.tin ihemorid«c hn W(nild have to do somt^ihiim, I pnunis' d to Join but tir-t eliHiiee I eseaiied. (»neo, Kiel had pa.sso'l "unhuieti on ('harles .Nidin and William lloyer beeiiiise lljey hud not ioined iliem. ,\fti-r Ihut ho nuked the people what thi-y ihoiiifht ot what he had .lone in sei'ieneinn these men the people all ap- pMvoti uf it by a loud noibc. Ho thiii turned around and told .sr.rne of the prisoners what ho had done, when he s.'nv me,ai;.t he then sai.l, (lod h.-lp yiMi, I hiutthed at him when he s.iid it i^ n(>t too lute yot, .ind then turnini; to the people he said ho had forRoMTJii me.hut he wiatld cive nie ten minutes to (.(insider niv jiosition. That same nitjhi tiiey went to Uatoehe's store and took out hales of blankets and clotliiiiK and serve.] them out to tho'^ewlio were (.(lincr to tak(! C.irlcton. .At this time the .so-ealh/d rrovisional liuverniiient was organized and ha 1 its sitfings tlicrc, Kiel noininii- ted the member-' t.> the people, and if the people ajipro\ed. the one inimci was taken intothc Coun- cil. I think th.it sixieen cantains joincl him then that were named by Hiel and voted in by the crowd in the ehureh. I heard Fuel say is the life of our merchants of this place ol inon' value than i>urs, wo will go and liriiiv ihein with tbeir arms. I saw a_ Sf'u ot tieort'o Fisher and u son of .Solomon Venue and young fiareault who had been brought in this way. I saw a iininber .1 In. lians there, .••(une of One Arrow's band, sotrn'of lieardj's band and some Siouv Indians I heard that many were forced to, ioin, ihoooonle hearing Kiel threafer,- ing lis so much, it umd" them afrai.l to opiiose him. liis threats wer.- ni.td.' to intimi.late hiji people and brine peo|ile nioii- to lii-^sido, he an.i his chief men could not Ue opijosnd, his threats against u» suc- ceeded in keeping his people together." iN'orlievt Ttircdtle, farni'T, .swears : — "1 was at Uatoclie during tho Kehellion. f was invited with the others'to the chri.«ieninK of .Iiick- Foa. and, after that, we erosscil the river and ihoy wiuild not let me rolurn 1 dM u<>t remain uil the time. 1 was taken to I Hick Lake, but did not laku part in th(! light and desert"d that ninht and lo- tiirned h .1110 for ilxajt a Wi'ek,when twoarnud men came for me ati'l look me agiin to Hatoche •. Iie'e 1 remained .ill the time 1 was then.' when lie stores of Ihitoehe Hover and Kislier were lalhtged and the goods distributed and \'iuine'' store as well, at the i»aine time lh(;re were about Iwo hundred atnl si.xiy men there then. 1 took iKihingund took no pirt in th'' piilago. It wa." ofTered me but I re- fused. I t.^oU nopart in any of the lights Tin y ha. 1 a guard at dinerent places and had pa.'Hed a law that if any iKv-orted thc\ should bo shot." Pierre Toiiroml. farmer, swoars : — " T was [iresent at l> ilodie with the Kehels, wn^ forced to g.i ^l^ Kiel, and was present at tho h.ittle of Fish (.reck uialer iinils aid was wounded. My mother at times told ns not to go. but Kiel told us n> »!'. ,1V lies that we thonghl we ha.l fo go and tight, and lie hud too inany men lor us. All the time from tli{> Klh of March, when h'' ■ lliat nighl id' my arrival at hoiuc he ■'aid to me Ih.it live hundred police were ((iming to oMeiiniinile us and our families, and tliat he had called all the people t.igeiiier to se • (he ha|ili.''iii of .lack^oii and that tin- live hull. Ind p(diee were also coming |.> itop ihe ct'ri^iiuaiy, Kiel, by Ihe way he Inul ncled lor Home month-', lool got the iin.v thing he woiiM say lie hail such .111 am. mot believe that to happen, ng Iho .1111 the ii.'opli> III would be suri 11^7 im'i j-m II .III iiiii'MiOf ot IlltlUenci- .iiiii'ii^ I HO people thill iliey thought that aiiythiiiK tli(>v were told *ty Hiel would happen llicl by his I'^f^. inoniei' mid rnntnleiiivnts about the oulrugfin to 14 be perpetrated by the troops or police bold tho people tuKcther at pntv.obe iuid knpt bis influence over tbo peoplo. .Vt'ti-r the wbolo fiKht was over tlio IIiilf-breiHls aii'L I for or.o saw tlien that nil the sayings o'" Kiel wor'j iiiitnu! about our faiiiilioH or woiiion IjciriK injured '>r hurt. I after iniiuired al)c^ut the ■ilXi men Hie! said were cominR and I found it to be untrue, fb;tt nune were couiinK us he bad Haid and we then suw tluit wo had been deceived by Iiicl into a trjip. Thi-- wiis tlie only reason we had tor inkint: up arm," anainst the (icvern- uitMit- I nevir SKv\ :in.v other resison, except a.s stated, t" protect our wives nnd fauiilies from outniRts, and Rid always told us there that when wc luuk up arms wo did so not against the UiAernmont but aj;;iinst the pulice. Kiel saiil the ouiraKc- were, tiiat wo were to bo nni-'saercd witli our tauiilies and our race cxtin- guisheii, and lam un.'ible to tell half the lies he told lis." Pieri-e Parantetiu, farmer, swoars: — " They told me— Kiel told me— that the soldiers were coniintr to kill nur families, and when I EOt to the church it was fuil. Kiel deceived us. Kiel told the penple that the soldiers were coming lo destroy us, aiid that was the reason wc louuiit: 1 am not uwaro of any other reasons. I am under oath, and I know what 1 say: we IdUKht only to Have our lives an-l the lives ))j)osi[ioii platfi»rms and in the opposition prosa tiiron^rhoiil. the Doniinion. They miiirht be miiltiplie,(l almost inile- finetely ; but the ^'xtracLs given (serve to show the niethods which Kiel a(ioptellion, as not forth in the Oppo,>^ition pieh4S and upon Oppobilioii plntitirniH, iscoiitainod in tho report of Nlr. I'ean^o, hiid before I'arha- nuuit at its laKttietMiioii, in which heMhows thai of the 25H settlers at the onlbrenU in the (liatuil'cd diHtrict.s, 'J;iiri Noilhw'Hl. I h.>ve the holioi' to reperl t\» follows. Tho glx uUuvrnl cttusen are the lollow- iDg:— "1. That the half-orecd settlers did not receive patents for their lamls through delays, tho fault solely of the (jovermuent, which rendered it im p(>ssil)lo for them to obtain entry for tho latids sot- • led upon ; "2. that owing to tho system of surveys, these parlies were unalile to obtain the lands they had settled on and improved prior to survey ; " .■?. Tliat they were entitled to the saiiio right ap bad been accorded to the half-breeds ul .Vlanitoba ; " 4. That the lands on which they had for years resided had been sold over 'leir heads to other-s, ehietly speculators; ' 5. Thot the timber dues have proveil very oner- ous to them, and wore a grave cause of dissatisfiic- tion ; and " (i. That the dues forcuttinghay on(< I, there wereonly ten cases of delay, wjiicli delay was caused by the contlirtiiig surveys of One Arrow's reserve ami the St. liaorciU parish. " 2. That not one man of the 2^. or any one else who ever re.-ided in the district, ever lost one inch of land through Ihc system of survev, when such survey WHS inaiie subseiuent to his .-ettlement theroon. " 3. That 92 per cent., of tho 25S had no rights as Northwest liall-breeds. Of that 92 per cent., those vvtn) were halt -'ireeiN had (lariicipated in all tho rights accorded those people in the provinco of M iiiitoba, "4. That not one settler in the district had an acre of land soM over his hcail to which be had any clu!m,or had even preferred one. ".''>. That tho timber dues were not onerous, umountingoiily tofi cents per settlor p"rannuni. "fi. Tlmt the liay permit (piestion never atl'ectcd them in tho roinotesi degree. Wh.'itwas the retil motive of tht^ leader of the n>bellion may I'e learned from the following testimony of Fathi-r Andr^, given at ihetriiilof Kiel, it presents the man who ishelil iij) by the rouges of (.Quebec as a hero- martyr, and by the i^rits of Ontario as one wliom it wuK a crime lo ha\o permitted to be li.'ingod, in the light of a mtrccnary ntlvtMiltirer uttimiiHing to levy blu'^k-niail (rom the (joveinintiit ; " U- I believe, in the month of hcoember, IHTt yo I had an interview with liud aiul .Nnlui with reganltoa CTlain (uni m money which liio pri- soner claimed from the teik-rnl »Jovernment, '.' A. Not Willi Noliii. .Nolin was niil present it the inter- view. " t^ Th(- (irlsoncr was there? A. Vus. " (-i Will you ph'iise stale what tho prisonor asked ol tho Federal liovernmeiit ? A. 1 hud two uuerviows witiitho prisoner on that subject. 15 H not receive Ifiys, tho fault Midorod it itti tlio latKls sol- survoys, theae iiiuls they lialii';k-inttil •iiiher, 1871 N'lliii with nil Iho pri- ll ineiit,'.' A. It th« inter- liS. > orison or 1 hud inu bjeel. " Q. The nrisoner claimeil a certain indemnity from the F"iienil (Jovoinmeiit, didn't he? A. ^Vllell tlio , . isfoier mnde his elnim, I was there with another aeiifleiiian, aiUl he a.-^koil from the (ioverunient .»;lo(i,Ollil. We tlion)jlit that was ox- horhitaiit. and the prisoner .•l that was the eoudition he put- ■' li. When was this? A. 'J'liis was on the 23rd December, 1>*M. " tJJ. There was al.so another interview l>etweeii you and the prisoner? A. There lia.« lieen iibmit 2l) uUfrv!i'w> bi-tweeri us. " (}. lie w.is always after you to ask you to use your ii'.flueiiee with the Fedi-ral (iovertmeiir to obtain an indemnity ? A. The lirst lime he spoki' I. fit was on the I'JIii Deei-mber, he had never spoken a word if it before, and on the 2;'>rd i.'eecm'rer iio spoke about it aj;ain. " Q. He talkeil about it ve'W fiv.|uently? A. On tliese two oeca>ioiKS only. " Q. That was his -jreat oeeupafion? A. Ye.s, .•it those times. " Q. I'; it not tiM'" tl'iit tiie prisoner !old you that lii> iiimself wa« the ilali'-ltri'eil (piestion? A. He did not say ■'*o in express terms, but he eoiiveycfl that ulea, hl^ said, if f am satisfied the Half- Hreeds will be. I imisl e.vphiin this. I'his ob- jection was made to him that even if the (Joveni- nieiil (^rallied him :ii.''iO.0i)i| the Half;l!reed (piestion would remain the same, and he .•^aid. in answer to that, if I am satisfied the Ilalf-liceeds will be " Q. Is it not a fact he told you he would even aeeepi a less sum thin .^.'r> Ono ? A. Ves, he said, " use all the iiiHiUMiee you can; you iiiaj not (tet all that, but net all you can, and if yoo j,'et less we will see." And ycjt tliia is the man who is landed throii^dioiit Iho Trovinco of <.iiieb(M' as a ht^r^-Iu:lrty^, who.st* name h.'ts bBotune an iuipertaiit factor in the poiitit^s of tlte Do- minion, and thi'otialliate it. It was a wan- ton outbreak, provoked for tiie meanest of olijeets, the ho()e of piu'inilary gain, l)y a man who has jnslly *^x[)ia!ed his irinms on till' gtdlows. .And the fair-minded, loyal people of Canada tnay be dependt«l npon to see that the (lovernment will not .s|lt^■^^r becaiLSo it . In iS7S, nothing having been done in the meantime, Mr. Mill.s refused to extend Mr. Ryan's commission, stating that he had matter under consideration and would j)rol)ably appoint the local land agent for the Saskatchewan district to make the e'ntjiarios. 4. During Mr. Mills' t(;rm of otfice, jjeti- tions were sent by J'>ishop lirtindin and others, asking aid in dillerent forms for iialf-brood settlers, all of which were re- jected. 5. A ftor the pre.sent Government came in, petitions were sent in. asking that settl- fs in advam^e of survey should (a) 1 ave their lands at price ruling when they wont on the land; (/*) should be allowed time s[x^nt any legtd subdivisions, wliich gave them i)racticidly th»> river lot system, and the land agent was ^entto inform them of tl'ij and tonrge them to maketheirentrios. 7. As to the matter of scrip, all the lea-^ ding authorities (d" the Xorth-WVst, Arch- bishop Tach^'', 11 liishojtsofKupert'sLand and Saskatche van and the North-West Conrcil, advi.sc.l that scrip shoukl not be granted. Ihit linally. on th(> 2Sih .January, two months liofore tht* outbreak occurred, (lOvernment yiidderl to the retpiests ()f the half-breeds them.selves, anti authorized by Order-in-Comicil, the appointment of a commiH>*ion to nuike the <'nnnnMation a'^ked for with a view to the issue of scrip. S. No half breed was (U'or deprived by th«' iiction, or inartion of the (io\ eminent (it an acre of land upon which hi> had settled, or to which he htid even colorable claim by virtue of settlement. r j^]p:pE3srnDi2?:. MR. LSURIER'S STATEMENT IN ONTSRIO Hi l\ Sinro the prerodintr inij^f^s wnre written, the llonhle. Mr. Laurier hits visited Ont- ario, aiul ha.s addroMstul :i ntiinber of mootin^j'.s. Jn iinswei- to tho challenge to name a sinjilo Hail-breed ^\ilo had ever h(>pii deprived of an acre of land, upon AA iiich lie had settled, or to wliieii he had a claim by virtue ot^ settlement, he has eited two case.s, the ticst beinji a dispute between Father Andt»^ and a Mr. Kelly, and the sin'orid, the (.■as''. of a Mr. Salter, who made an entry for a i|iiarter section of 'aid in tlie parish of St. i-ouis de Lan- gevin. In sn|)jH'rt of tho first, lie said there was a lett(^r of 1 athei Andre's.eoin- plainiuji thiit oiu^ Kelly had jumped his claim and had put up a frame l>n.ildinntario, an•.«, as to the correctness of the .state- ments in which he lias niatle allidavit, giving? tlie following particulars of the dispute: — " Mr. Lmm'u'V. i( sci'ins, f:in find niily iiiic i lit I'iiMfi' t" .iii-iil'\ tlic rt'l>'lli(in, liiit tli;it nnc it iiIho liPIM-nr.-i i- ■'Ufli :i vi r.\ li;nl case tliiit ' in iKipulu tiiiii ill iln" wi'i'lil wiiiilci li;iv(i sfim 1 it." X(»\v, Mr. Eililiir. I liiiii|)«ii 111 111' I 111' ' .). Kt'llv ' yliii is nn'ii- titiiifii. 1111(1 1 pi'diMi.^i'. wii li ydiir |m rini^sinii, to lot the cMimlrv sec |mi\v iillcrix Mr. Liiiiiicr Cnil." In jn^tily iih- n'lii'lliiiii by (iiiniiiij.' iiiv i-msc ii.'< :i i'Mcp of Kiii'vinii'i'. In l'^^"!' I wiMit li'niii Siirniii U> jlui'k TjmKi'. N.W.T.. where \\\y lirntluT. Henry Ke'.Iy, Inul lioi'i! si'tlcil I'lir -nine \ i'iir». J-'iillier .\i)ilri'.iir Ihi.'li Luke Missi.iii, lieM '.''III jieres (if limd, mi wliieli tlie niis.-iiiii \v:i^ luiili. .Xlniiirsiije flie i-iis- si'Mi l.'iiiij Liy .'"ii;(l Mere-: whieii Iim'I I'nr (wii yeiirs lieen lielij dy ii Fieiieh I '.'iiiiiili.'ili ii lined Tliiliiillll, II nil mluT III' Killier AiehY'".'* tlnrk, ivlin I'liiin I'd Ifit) ilere>i lis iiemevteiid ;ilid I'ill iKTCS iis prc-Ollip- I ion. F.illier Aiidii'' iiImi Itnd idniin In the pre-eiiip- tion land, on l!ie (ir.e.iid thiit it lulunited to tho iiiissinn iir' |iert\, th rii (lie •iirve\- clid not fh his pre eiiii'hnh I it ie u'doil, 1 \v;e liiiikiMK lor .1. and in March, 1881. 'rhiuaull eame to mo and .•<;iin that US' ho AV.1.H n ineiubor ot Father Andri^'M con- ^reg.itimi, lie did imt vvi-^h any Irmilile with the prie.^t, and ulVered In .-ell iiie lii,-' elaii.' to till pre- eiiiptiiin hit tor a-di)il;M' an aere tor the iinprovo- iiieiiis. I paid him the iiH'!ie\ , and went Id wml-: 10 make iniproveiiieiiis and hired a >(i!k nl' ealile and Ir'S.-i'i phiiiKhiiiii', and iml ill) the fratiic ot ii house. Father Andre c.'inir .mil tlirealened that " I iims! leave the land or he wuuld fix me.'" Jlut I cDiild nut .-ee that hi.-' title was ,is •^■ux] as 'I'll i- baiilt's, and I retu-ed tii k"- (""atlicr Vndr^ went to the a^renl at I'mice .\lberf, then In l.ieiiteiiiinl- (Jus eriKii" L;iird at linttlelord : hut hntli told him he ha. I no ease. 'J'heii he pif up a pei i! ion anions hiS parishinners tn the dep:w!nienl ill (tltawa, liiil his claim w.is was iin-, allonc!! I here either. In the meantime, I went on with my improvcmeiiis until ilie lievrinniiifr of May, when Mr. Ow^ n E. lliiiiiies, niiinnser of Sti.liart, Kilcn .V (n.'s hiisj- nes.-i ai |)ui k Lake, c.inii) ni me and said ho h.id ail otl'ur for me finm Fa.tliei Andre of 81'-''' tor my elaitii. I refused In take it. Mi-. |{iii.hes talked the, matter over with my I'mther, who advised nic to accepi . as il mijihl not be i-lea.-ifint forme t" eoiitiiiuc II i|iiarrei with Father Ainlri^ and there was plenty of land lis Kood to hi; pnl close by 'vhicli in>bni|y claimed. I Inid M--, IIiirJh's 1 would sell. A d.iy was appointed, and Failier Andre came to the ollicc, iiaid .Mr. illitf'e.s the .^IDI*. which he liandeii lo me, and nctepled a receipt which Mr. 11 uiihcs drew out I which I siuiied. iranster- niifrmy ritjhl and liile to the lot to Failier Andn'>. Thiit is II idani and iriie staieim-nl. ot the whole case, and your niadcrs can .iiidRC how tin ihni, ' outrage ' Koes to justify tho murder of Jie police- men, tho shoiitinR ol poor i^Vv\\ Filiot. (he i'rog Lnko muvrlcr-' and all the other ghastly iu.-nlents of the reljellion. .Mr. liiiiirier holds tie. lives oi' loyal Canadian- cheap, if he thinks two hundred people were ,iustl\ iniirdeied bicaiiso my land cost Fattier Andri' one hiiiidrud dollars.'" The second was TIIKCA.SR OP Ml{. K.M.rKK. Mr. r.anriei's statetntuit was that Salter hud obtained un entry for a <|Uarter sec- tion of land at St. Louis de Lanirevin, which was Jilready in the occupation of a Half-breed, thus d is possessing? the H.ilf- broed of hi.s holdin};. The recnnl in the Department of the Intt^rioron this snbjeit, iis furnished by the Deputy .Minister, \» as follows : — " \eiiher the UcL'islrar of tho Pepartmont nor the Chiel Clerk of the Patent Dtlico hn.s boeii alilo to lind anythiuK In inilioato that Iho lands at one IT ^RIO lo with the to th( prt'- V iinprovo- iit to Work k of cat till I'llUtC Ot II Iciit'il rhiit iiu'.'' Hut o-l asThi- .iuh6 went il'lltCllilllt- I told liiiii ion iimoiiff ItMWil, lllll 'llilCI-. Ill fovewi'iKs . Ow. 11 K. D.'s hii^i- ile I at iiiio time entered in the name of Thomas Salter, or Ilicliurd Tliomas Salter, which is the imipcr iiaiue, have evor been elaiined in any way by a llalf-hn-ed, or anyone otlu-r than .Salter himself. His eiitrits were for the sioiith-<;ast (|inirler of spofion 12. town- shii) 4^), r.inse 27. west of the l^iid Meridian, asp THKY nwK sixc'K isI':kn ca.vckllki) at in.s uw.v RKQL'EST " So that whatever iiuiy have been the original quarrel in this matter, tlio land has ijassed out of Salter's possession long ago, and there has been no further dispute about it. These are th ^ only two eases mentioned by Mr. Lan'^.er, and it will be seen that they utter. ^ fail to mt^et the challt.'.nge given to name a Half-breed who had been dispossessed of his land by the action or inaction of the Government. Mr. Laurier, as an evidence of the want of good faith of the Government, referred to the mission of the Ri:v. F.^THKit Lkdio and JMk. M.xi.oniov to Ottawa. His statement is that those gentlemen came to Ottaw a in the interests of the Half-breeds generally ; that they were j)roraiseran(h of the Saskatchewiin, where the reljeliion broke out. Aso,xj)lain- od by the report of the r)ej)uty Minister, the action of the Government in ordering Mr. Michael J)eani', the survey(^r to whom had been given certtiin specific work in I he Edmonton District, and w ) had com- menced other sur\eys without authority, to discf'ntinuo the.se other surveys, led to the fi;ar that the Government did not intend to proceed with the surveys, and Father Leduc and Mr. Malonry were sent to Ottawa on the subject. Their memo- rial, ))resented to the Government on tlie Kith of March, iss;?, addressed on behalf of "the iidiabitants of St. Albert, iNorth- weat Terrih>ries," asked for certain spoci lie things, as follows : — Ibt. That a river survey be allowed to them, with tla^ two miles limit, as in Prince Albert, Nort nest Territories, and Manitoba. 2nd. Their claims having been occupied for many years, some of them before the tranisfer, they asked for the recognition of their titles by tiie Government and fur their patent.s. ord. They asked on behalf of the settle- ments of 6t. Albert, Edmonton and Fort Saskatchewan, that the river lot survey be extended from Ed mouton to Fort Sas- katchewan, b(dh colonies iii«;liided. " as elsewhere on the Saskatchewan at I'rince Albert, the Assiniboine and I'ed Rivers " 4th. They asked tbr a Land OlUce at Edmonton, so that entries might be made and patents issued on tiie completion of their duties by the settlers. oth. They asked that i)'r8(ins who had settled in advance of survey should be protected in their rights as if tiiey had settled after survey. Gib. They asked for rejirosentation in the Parliament of Canada. 7th. They asked foi the abolition of timber dues. Sill. They asked for the appointment of a Registrar at iMlmonton or its Mcinity. 0th. They asked that the roarcsenta- ti\es, as follows : — 1st. Tlu^ land.^ were promised to bo surveyed into river lob* a^ reijuested. 2nd. Patents were promised to be issued as soon as the field ncdes and plans of the. surveyor were sent into the .Dt'])art- ment. "* ;h. Govern ny^jitdech'ned to ai)ol- ish timher diU's, holding that they were in the interests of the country, and neco- sary for the j^rcservation of the timber. 8th. it wa.s promised that a Kegistrar for the Kdmonton District should be ap- pointed. 5Mh. Tiie regulation of puhlit highways being within the purview of tlie Lieuten- ant-Governor in Council, it was promised that the allention of the Governor should he called to that j>aragraph of the Memo- rial. loth. It was stated that the Govern- ment would consider the ^piestion of the claim of the Half-breeds of tiie Northwest Territories to scrip. It will thufi be seen that, .^ubstaniially, every reiiucat made by I'ather l.educ ami Mr. Maloney on behalf oi' tiie iniuil>itants of tlie FAlmonton District was gvdntcd, — excepting rf'[>resentati(m In Parliament, wliich ((f course was a matter of jmblic pohcy, the al^oiition of timberdues, which applied to every part of the Territories; and the matters of scrip, explanations concerning w hich are given in tlie pre- ceding pages. Mr. Lauri(^^ state.s that when Father Lednc returned to the Northwest, he found that thi'se piomises had not been carried out. lather Letluc did write to the Government, saying tliat ho learned that instructions liad not lieeu sent to the Surveyor, as had been promised, but the answer of the Pepartment to that state ment suHiciently nuiets that charge. Tluit answer waa a.s follows : — " l)Kl'AKT.UF.NT 01 TriK InTKIUCH. ( "Ottawa, :inl Sept.. 1S«3. i " iSiu,— I have the iionour, li.\ diipction of the Minister i>|' \\\o Inlfi im-, to mknowlciliro rccoiiit of jour loiter of liu :"Uli .Inly lii«t. inxl to roiiuo.^t thill .V. II will !■(• Roo.l tMiminli tn state in what f'sin'Ct, on ycMii- rolnrii I'l St. Al'iert, >ou foiuiil thtit tl (\ nroini.our iittcntiou to the fact tliat not only wa.s Mr. Micliaol l»ean inf-trnotcd in r«'(;ard to the .survey, but a portion of his return of sur- vey int.-: already been received, mid i.s at tho pro- .sent time being examined wilii a view to contir- niation by tho Survoyor-(!enera!. I am also to reniind yect to the elaiins of .si'ttler.s at Edmonton, Fort Saskat- chewan and '^t. Albert, c-annot Im proceeded with. It in the intention of the Mini.-ter, hciwe\er, that no unnecessary time should he lo.st, and the re- Muired action ban w fur been taken with as much promptitude a,« possible. " I have the honour to be, "Sir, " Your obedient servant, "JOHN R.HALL. " Acting Secretary." As a matter of fa^t the instructiotis had been sent to Mr. Miclia()l Deaue to pro- ceed with these surveys as soon as infor- mation was received at Ottawa that the people o\ Edmonton were under a mis- apprehension concerning the action of the Government, and before the firrival in Ottawa of tlie Rev. Father Leduc and Mr. Maloney ; and more specific instruc- tions were sent before the letttjr in reply to their memorandum was handed to them. Here is a telegram from the Sur- veyor-General, Mr. Devillc, addressed to the Minister of the Inttnor at Ottawa, on this subject : " Ott.vwa, 2l9t December, 188<>. " To Hon. Thoii. White, " rn?trui"tions to ^Michael Dciinc for >jiirvcy of St."Alberf Settlement are 2ltth F.bruary. 18M. Ho was further instructed on Hth April. 1883, to i,dve thi.'^ .survey precedence o\er any ot her work. "E. heville, " Sur\eyor-Goneral." These surveys were prompt!) complet- ed ; a Ijand Agent w as appointed, Mr. Gauvreau, u French Canadian, being named to that position; a Registrar was ap{X)i)ited, Mr. Roy, also a French Cana- dian, being nameil the Registrar, and the claims of the i«.ioi)le have ail been satis- factorily settled. It is worth while t(. state that the people, on whose beh.'>'f Father Led\i<' and Mr. Maloney visited Ottaiva, so far from (Complaining, or taking part in the rebellion, enlisted as volunteers in the service of the Government during the rebellion to maintain the authority of the Crown. ict (hat not !- ith iis much tilt, ALL, ypciotao'." tions had le to pro- as infor- . that the r a mis- iction of e arrival educ and 3 instruc- • in reply inded to tlie Sur- res8ed to Ottawa, ler, ISSfi, r t!iirvey of . 1«W. Ho S3, to sivo ork. DiKjral." complet- ed, Mr. 1, being ;rar was h Cana- and the, )U satis- tc Htato f Fat lie r Ottaiva, part in eons in ring the J' of tho