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The Confession of the Corruption of the Geological Survey
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NORTH-WEST TERRITORY MATTERS.
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To . J If red, li. ('. Selmjit, L L J)., F. R S., Director of the Geological Survey of
Canada. ..„ , u >.ti, . 7 ■: /„,, ,:;i :.
1. I Irak Sm. — On Ihc L'oili nit. I sont to you my iiriiitcil lctti>r ontitlnil tlin "nonnurTiox of the Geoloqical
Si'Hvrv IN NuHTFI-Wkst TKiiiiimnv Mattkus," with ilic lolluwin^; iiutc : —
Dkaii Sili: — Tlio iMicliiiivd piinli'il lillcrs ii'lilri'ssi'd in yoiirsi'lf anil Sir .',. A. M.'iclonaKI am. nf conrso. only prullinlnaiy,
for I take It fi)rgranl(«l thai you will ri'9|)onil lo uiy ivi|iii.st aii<l join willi nio in oiieiilatiii)! llnnn as ili-scribud tliurein.
No otlicr eonr«c can save tliu (ioologlcal Siirvov of Canada or your own rupulatlon.
l*loas« ti'li'Kia|ili nii' at om'« thai ymi ai»ri>u to this joint aciion. anl prepan! any letter you liki: to follow tlieso which I
siMiil to various ili'slliiatiinis.
Yours truly, Hkni'.y Youi.k Hind.
Nut receiving any ncknowlcilijoniont of tli« roci'ipt of tlio printnd lottir, ur tln^ iiccoiii|vmying p;ickct of ri'lcnnici's,
or to tlio ftbovc. (luoteil nolo, I tolegraplicd at noon, on tlio .Ifltli ult., to yun as .sulijoiniMl : —
Wi.NDHOii, Nova Scotia. April .ioth, IRS:!.
To Ski.wyn. DIrooior (Ji-olouical .Surviiy. (Itiavva.
Have you ri'spoinli'il lo my printiMl IcitiT of i:lih .\pril. FaiKC conlt'niplaled swindling operations di'piniilant upon your
action. Matter very iiiipiirlant. I'lvaH'! answer iniineilialelv.
ir. Y. lliMi.
At '.I. .1(1 on tlic morning of Mny l«l, I iceciveil fioiii you tliu following' lolr^'iain : —
To I'HiiK. 11. Y. lliNi>. Ottawa. Oxt.
"1 have no reply to make to your coniinuinealion."
(SilJIied) j\l.FUKI) n. ('. SKI.WV.V.
Wliili' thanking yon for yonr significant aiiMwer, tlieic reiniiiH for me no other alternntive now than to ipreneiit
yim mill the jiulilii' with my siiniin.uy of tlie matter ami to |iersi,-<l in deni imling Juslici' in tin' |iri'ini,ses.
L'. You, as .a scii'iilitic man. are aware ih.il I Imve made no .i-sseilicii in rej;aid to l'iole>sur .1. Macouii ami I>r.
I;. I'ell. your assi.-tanls. which 1 have not at the sinie tini". oi' aiileeedenlly, ])rovc'd by [irinled referencHs or oll'ei'eil to
piove in u|ien court. (1| Von are forlhev aware, as a scientilic mm, ami the ^\l|•erior ollii.'er over .Mieunn and liell
lliat llicie are numerous other sliamet'nl peiversiuus of fad rel.itin- lo the Norlli-Wesl, .Vc. in 1 he wrilings of llie.se
ollieers of tin- ( ;euloj^ie;il .'survey (|Mrtieularly .\I leonn) which I hue iijl ton. 'hi'. I u|ion. Ii:i; wliijii if f lirly r.'iu'esetit-
I'll iiio|ien conn would condemn them as misleiders, ur as trU!hlessii"liiie:ilor<, or as lelialile authorilies in (iertaiu phy-
sical m.itteis |>osse,ssing commercial value. With re;,'ard to .\lacoun, the sLitemeiils ho li.is ni.nle and to which 1 have
not referred, Imt which are iiecesi^arily fimiliar lo you, would slamp liim at oiice as an inipu lenl im|>o-,torch';.rly pro-
tected in his perversions respecting N'orth-W'e.st Territory advant iges or resjurpes.
It. .Apiirl from yonr position as Director of tlie (ieologicil Survey, with your ahii'ty lo dis^rn and yonr pro-
vince to <li.scover and chei'k, hoth .Mairoun's and lidl's delimpiein-ies. there is tiie ailded tac'l that alter these delin-
ipic'iicies, or nither crime-', had been described in printed hitlers by me. you permiltcil Macoiin to b' appoiuteil to a
fresh oHice in the ilLniinicui lleologic.d .Siirviy ; yuu allowed hi.n lo publish his didndilig work entill"il -.Manitolia
and the (Ileal North- West.' (lo whicdi yun vAi'\ in your recent repiol) ; lo lei.iin therein .i;id ini;^nifv Ids labric.itiolis
■ md conclusions ; to culicuct others, not collecting previous missi.itements ; Ij continue lo ippe.ir bel'ure (he public as
the ackiiowli-dgicl and respected aehor of some of the .itrocities perpelrated in (iovernmeiit eini ^r.ition painphlels,
and .-is the ivliable I'XpoiiiMit of .North-West Ti-rritury physii'.il adv.iiit ages under tlie patiolMge ol the highest ami
must imposing aulhorily in the land, thus making this high aiel impo--lng authority a parly to the 'iir]iusturi! on the
nnblic.
With rc! peel to I Ir. liell, I he .\ssist.int IbrecUur of the (livlogicd .Survi^y of Canada, you h.ive permitted his im-
posillons npcn the l.'iiyal (Icugraphical .Society of Kngl.ilid for mdarions purpo^-s, his misleading siilenn-nls before
the ( leugraph.'i'al .Society of l,lin'bec, his desciipliun of a licliliuu- .\',n icnltural and Wiie.il area in the .Nurth-Wcst
Teriitoiies, ami o'!:'-r similar didimpiencies to rem lin uncliilleiigeil and uncorrected b"fore the public. Von have
snbseipiently jiermilleii him, iw; .\.ssisl.int I li rector ul tin' (ieolugicalSnivey,to bcexamim'd in relation lu kindred m..tler.s
before the I'ariiameiilaiy I 'ulonizition and Imndgrilion l 'uinniillee, aiil up to llii- prcseiil inoneiil. yuu hive taken no
visible public sli'ps lo neuliali/,.- the evil ellects ol your .Vssislinl Ihlector's nif-^slitemclils and fdse deliuiMiions.
•t. I have pointeil out in printed letlei-s tiansmilled for your iiilorin ilion the various leading iiilideliii.'saiiil deceits
of yonr a.sslstants. and in some iiislaiici's the nefiriuus purposes lor wluch these di'ueils ami inlidejiiics were perpetra-
li'd, .•illeging that among other things they were ilirc'ctecl lowards the allnrenn-nl of capital for ipi.-.-tiolMble eiitiuprises,
the attrac'tion of (nnigmnts and iitlier simil.w obji^cls.
.'). I have presi-nled you with a louphole uf escape, of which you have iiol thought lit lo avail yoiirsidf. appar-
ently riilyiiig upon ci'itain political and liiiancial forces liy which you .ippcar to be snsi, lined and i-ncuur-igeil.
f>. I have repeatedly pointed out my objei't in |uirsuiiig the coui.se 1 h.ive followed for two years, ii.inicly, to
resist crime and imposture, with its atti'iid ml misi-ry or ruin lo many, and corrupt success to .-i lew ; iu, negition of
truth ami honour, ami its support of fraud and wruiig-doing.
7. In pnrHuit of my legilimate ellbrls 1 have been met with dislionest opposition, and opposition of a character
viscioiisly bad ami misleading, in rei'cnt artiides commenting on my work, appearing in the editorial columns of a
reported iv.tiuential liiianci.il pajur at Montreal, "7'/i/' Slinivlmlilcr miU liniirtiwi' (inzffli;" tliu tricks of the mislead-
ing editor can .scarcidy he surpassed in the way of di.sgiacefnl perversion of fact or coliecalment of the truth, but in
addition to revileinenlH he adds atrocious hints of grave misilirecling tendencies ("J)
~ This iinscrupiiloiis linanceinonger iirl fully relers to the liiiited Status Trcusury Departniont at W.ishiiiglon,
iiinting vile things.
What conceivable inlereslK can there be between that vast centre of surprising wealth and inuiagomont, and the
pettifogging decoys of the Montreal "Slmrthnlilfr," or the seltish seheines ofalien sh.irpcrs (
Vou havi! broken the seal which gave Hpiirioii.s validity to their "Itoiids," an all hon-st men will thank you for
the deid. It is l-'KI.ONV now, or kindred to felony, lo inarkei the impositions oi Macoun ami liell, but it would bo
dilficnlt t-o OHtinmle the extent and raiiiilicatioiis of the swindling ami corruption which havu been piu'petrated ou the
Imstiu'd faitli of their false "Hepurta" und writings, or those of their allies,
(1} hut) prlntvil letlrr btkI Hrxuni«*i)ti«. ilaltsl WlniUor, N. H.. Mny '^7, IHi^l. HildrcSHi-il to llif Itt. lltm'a lUrli* (Irnnvillf Miul Kimbcrlej .— Nunier-
ouscople* orthlt It-ttrr were ileniiutcluMt to Interested partlex. f<ee hIiii other printed li-ttem referred ti> In tlie dDcuiiicnta IrAilinetteU Willi my printed
tellprii uf IHlti April, I8sa. ■mtilled>''lh« Curriipllon of tliu i>i*oln||lritl purvey in iNorlleWeil IVrillory mallura.'*
Ci) Kee lh« iKiUPluflhe ".Vytiii-rWi/ri-nnif /■uurvince r;iitrllc"or Muntrritl, fur April 6lli and April 'j;ih, ItU,
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Thtmo comjipl inc to fiirihcr ivrtijn, nnd to »it«t4i ^n a priiliminni'V, tliiil w)iili> in tlif ]iiirHiiil of i)iil|iiililn iliily, hikI
knowing no utlioi motivffn tliiin iIiohc whirli Mpiinj; from Ininmni' ami Just icco^jnilion of l>ij;)il, I Imvu inul (unt.iin
l«)M»il)li' conH<'i|nnnci'n |iointoil oiit to iiic in writing; iinil uvi'i' llic nnnic of Itii- wiiicr Anionj; lll(■^'l■ conxiMiiii'ncoH, n
lii;^li oflioiiil, liinisclf iiIkjvi! iiml liryoiul rcpioai'li, kimlly wioln to nii> in n-fiTrnrc to riiy action, tlml iiiiilrr ci-rdiin
conlliliun^ F ni^cil not niinu'. "Vnr (I) wori.n I'noinin.v iir .spidt rniioiuii a winimiw, mi imiiwinko in liKT voi: (mk)
OUT liF niK w.\v." 1 am tlmiiklnlly mlilfiTiiit to tlic "lianta's of nucli consL'uni'nci's, for I have my work in lilc to ilu.
anil know on what 1'oweh to rely in time of ni'ril.
f. In ri'lalion to |)io(iohi'i1 sdii'miw of as-sisttd c'nii^;ralion from Irolaml, Tliusrwoiiriiv infoiimatiox ri'Miwctiii;.'
till' North- Wi'st in of viist Inimanc iniiiortancK In mattora of eomnii'rcial ouli'rpri.so it i.i aUoof imiuiiI moment. To
intinilin;,' iniigranlii of all chuwcj anU soujcfH, it is of tlm hit(lH'«l intcn-Ht. This "iiki.iaiii.k inkiiiimaticiv" liai lircii
i'nornion«ly falsifidd.
!•• 1 eonrluile by sayin;; lliat on you an Itlrcctor of the ( M'olo;<i!'al Siirvey, rest k a fiirtlier retpoUMiliiiity of
nitviiinr-.'.:!ii8 weij-ht in thid nialtt'l'. and lljat I Khali piirsne my eonrse of lU'lion without fear or favour.
I intend to send copies of this letter ami njy earlier letter t^j luieh menilier of the Imperial and I'aiuidian liovern
meats, loeaelniii ndii'r of the Canadian Parliament, to !eailinj< Hankers in I'',n;,dand and America, to the leadinj,' Seien
lilie Societies, to ollicers of Norlli-West Lain! ( 'onipaiiies, iVc.. and to tlie pidilie Press, (daimili;,' and implorinf" in the
interests of Iiiimanily, of progress, of knowledge, ot truth ami ot leligion their active interh lenci' In -iympatliy, word
or deed.
Vnry truly yours,
.. IIKNKV Vdl'I.K IIIM).
FornieriT in ohitrce of the Analnlboinn and Sankstchewan
Ezplorlns Exprditlon.
AVindsor, Nova .'icolia. May lind, l,SS,'5.
[NoTK. — In ciiniieetlcin with tliit l«Uer ami forniliiti pari of It, are llie various CMnimuuicalinns I liavi' ulreaily liausniiilecl
lit you. ]
TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR GENERAL.
WiMiHdit, NiiVA SciiTiA, May ■Jiid, ]X>*:\.
May it pi.eask voni K.\i ei.i.kxcv, — I respectfully ask your K.xcellency's attention to the accompanying cones
pondeiice for .State and penonal considenitionH.
.\fi a (•oiiMMpience of I)r. Selwyn's reply to my hitir of the l:>th nil. and the piemises, I uigi':\tly call upon you
in the interests of honest dealing, humanity and Iruthftd official information, to he plea.si'd to give in.st ructions
warning the public against the pernicious deceit-s and impoHtures embodied in the work dedicated by special perinis-
.<ion to your Fac llenoy, nntitled "Mauitobi and the tii-eat North Wosl," by .tolui Macoiin, .M. .\ , K I.. S., an otliciu
ul the I ieologinil .Survey of thu Dominion of Canada and a |>aJ|>able scientillc uhuat.
Xece.snily for jirompt action in this matter is more than ever apparent fmm the i-eeeiil remarks of ll dilor of the
■'.S/ki/W/'i'i/',." a Moiiiieal financial pap<T. This paper coars-ly magnifies and surrounds with adulation I'rofi'ssur
.Macoun's diluding work, the hnsis of so much of the tiiekciy it appeals to be the veiiai fiiucliun of the I'.litor ot
the •'l>ltiii-iliiilil,r" to "liooin." ill unison with unprincipled specuLitow of like kidney.
The l»ireclor of the ( leological Survey, l)r. .Selwyn, pnicticilly admits th.it my slalemeulr. ielaliiig to llie ulliuei's
of his .issistaiils, named by \iw. are sulistantiaily incontroverliblti.
Kull .maly.-is in open court would greatly widen and intensify their force am! gravity, but conspimtois ami pio
niolois appear to shrink froiii the ivvelatioiis of open court as thev would from di.sgorging their gdns, ur social death
TlicMefure, it fullow^■ that the uses of tlie.se uth'iices in any form whaleMr, either by the llepailiiieiil ul .\giicul-
lure, by any public body, or by any private pi-rsolis are dishoiioumble, illegal and ]iossilily felonious.
|lr. Selwyn has practically placed the issue .<o plainly, that any ■.haiehohb-r m cert.iin Norlh-Wcsl ruuipaiiie,
mav coniiiiaml his terms.
Voui Kxcellencv's ottic
being iianided as patron of some of the.sf uffenee.., an<l entreated or reieivisl
;'unrautee of their honeslv in nefarious or iluublfiil transaction
mpels a speedy ie|H'tiliun of my replcsi-ulatious to
K.xcellencv .11 ibis matte
ill) an adilc
;ht it is diflicuit to define, but impossible lu over cstimale
I have the hulKjur lo 1h',
Vour Kxct.lh.iK^v's ols'dii'nt -eiv:iiil.
lIKNin Vtill.K HI.NI), .\l. A.
Formerly in ohftrge of the Asninibotne snd Sankatchewnn
EzploriiiK Expedition.
To THE Right Honourable sir .J A. Macuonald. K C. B.. Minis-
ter OF THE Interior. Canada.
WiMwiiii. N(i\A .S< ollA. .May Jnd. IfH.l
l;n,ni IliiMu iiAiii.K Silt,— 1 have thc' honour lo submit for your consideritioii further cori-eHpondi'Uce relatin.; t.i
lln' iiialfeMsatice of certain oHiffejT* of your Uepartnieiif of (iovernmeni in Noilh-VVesI Territory niatlci>».
The ileclaii'd abu.ses of your Uepuly ami the significant rejoinder of I)r Selwyn, narrow th« ciiide of euii«piiaey
to a degiiM- which might lendur inacfioti or silence a source of further distics.- and grave com] d ic.it ions.
I liavii the honour to Ixt,
'~; ■*.,*""'" " ' •'•' Your oliedieiit sirvaiit.
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