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 LiEUT.-Gov. Dewdney. 
 
 PRI 
 
THE 
 
 
 ISTORY OF .REgM, 
 
 (lULUSTRATED) 
 
 ^^ 
 
 ITS FOONDATION AND GROWTH, 
 
 WITH 
 
 Notices of the Early Pioneer Merchants and Business 
 Men ; Descriptive Notices of the Government Offices 
 and Public Institutions ; with Biographical Sketches 
 of Lieut.-Gov. Dewdney and Principal Officials ; 
 the Northwest Mounted Police; the North- 
 west and Municipal Councils; our Churches, 
 Schools, &c. ; besides a vast amount of other 
 useful Information, carefully obtained from 
 reliable and authentic sources. 
 
 BY J. W. POWERS. 
 
 PRINTED BY THE LEADER COMPANY (LIMITED). 
 
 1887. 
 
|)i;i»I('ATI()N'. 
 
 Juntitiii .lumn cuit/iicjiintrHtuit. 
 
 ClOKKO. 
 
 TO 
 
 LIKUT.-OOVUUNOR OK TIIK NORTH-WEST 
 TKKUiroKlKS, 
 
 AND 
 INDIAN COMMlSalONKK 
 
 FOR MANITOBA AND THE TEHRITORIES, 
 
 THESE RECORDS OV REGINA 
 ARE 
 
 MOST RESPECTFULLY 
 
 DEDICATED. 
 
RKKACK, 
 
 IMIKFACK. 
 
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 Tlie liisttirian of u Northwest pmiiie town five years old can expect 
 puithur honor nor ghtry as a chronicler of simple facts. The only thing 
 ho may ^aiul does) expect is that his unpretentious little vvctrk may be 
 foutul useful, not only to the more learned writer of the twentieth cen- 
 tury, hut to those hundreds of tourists and travelers who daily seek in 
 vain for some i-ecords of the foundation and growth uf the capital of the 
 Canadian Northwest. 
 
 When A.D. 1987 is writ on the tablets of Time, wlien the 
 
 pioneers of '82 
 
 "Sleep the sleep that knows no waking," 
 
 and when no tongue remains to speak with authority on ''the founding 
 of the city," The Hintonj of Jinjiiia, published le hundred years before, 
 may appear useful and interesting to the citizens of a rich and prosi)er- 
 ous capital. 
 
 The writer has spared no pains in the collection of facts herein 
 given ; and where any doubt remained, steps were taken to obtain the 
 proper information from the best sources available. 
 
 Justice has been conscientiously meted tu all, and we have, to use 
 the words of Longfellow, "in all things kept ourselves loyal to truth." 
 
 In the compilation of such matter, of course, some errors will creep 
 in, in spite of every precaution, but in this instance it is hoped few 
 corrections need be made, for a second edition in course of prepa- 
 ration. 
 
 The writer expresses his deepest thanks to the public, who not only 
 subscribed for the first edition of 21ie Hiatory of Jtegina in an incredibly 
 short space of time, but who were ever ready to assist in making the 
 little work a successful pijduction. 
 
 J. W. POWERS. 
 
 Regina, N.W.T., 
 
 August 16th, 1887. 
 
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 t;ONTENTS, 
 
 CONTENTS. 
 
 Portrait (Lieut.-Gov. Dewdney) 2 
 
 Dedication 4 
 
 Preface 5 
 
 Contents G 
 
 History of Regina 7-44 
 
 Her Majesty Queen Victoria 45 
 
 Northwest Mounted Police 40 
 
 Northwest Government Ottices 49 
 
 Indian Department, Regina 51 
 
 Regina Churches, Schools, &c 52 
 
 Public OflSces oO 
 
 Banks 58 
 
 Professional 59 
 
 Biographical Sketches 62-81 
 
 Diocese of Qu'Appelle 82 
 
 Doing the City 82A 
 
 Northwest Council 86 
 
 Regina Municipal Council 90 
 
 Regina Fire Brigade 90 
 
 Dominion Cabinet Ministers 90 
 
 The Great Northwest 91 
 
 Advertisements 
 
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HISTORY OF REGINA. 
 
 CHAITKK I. 
 
 Tho I'ili' ()' Hiun'H - TliH Piln HuildcM-H An Itidiaii SuperstitUJtj -H«>n« 
 Fn'iuhterH — l)i8iii»|iniiriiiico nf tln' " I'ilo "--And «»f tbt> IiHlinn Ilacow. 
 
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 l^'KVV iiiiU's down tlir circk fioiii tln' sitt' of tlio Nortli- 
 \v*'st M.)iint('(l Police ImiMinjr.s, .stand.s a .small liill or 
 biite whii-'h soiiH* years aj^o horc on its MMxlcst crest a 
 collection or " pile" of Imttalo hones In the hullulo hunting 
 (lays hunters usually camped at this crossing of the stream, 
 killini: and preparing for Winter the hison captured in the 
 Fall hunt. The I'ich and vast [)rairie for miles round the 
 '■ pile " was a favorite haunt of tin; huHalo, and where could 
 a hunter's camp and pemmican factory ho more conveniently 
 estahlisherl than contiguous to the huti' aforesaid { That 
 great essential, water, was at hand ; poles were to be had for 
 I iliying-.scart'olds ; the ad jacent grounds were level as billiard 
 tables for the stretching and drying of the skins, and al)Ove 
 all, the spot lay in the centre of a region abounding in choice 
 game. Every si^ason contributed its quota of bones to the 
 " pile," and the red man's nomenclature, which is of a piece 
 with his entire surroundings, readily furnished a name to 
 the meandering creek which drained that section of country. 
 Osl.ana in the Cree language means hunes, and from this word 
 is derived the moj*e mellifluous and digniHed VVascana. And 
 the tortuous stream, which has its mar.shv source fifteen 
 miles South-West of the Hurricane IHlls, and meanders 
 Northwestwards along a dozen townships until it reaches 
 the Qu'Appelle River some twenty miles from Regina, is now 
 known to the map-makers and world in general, as the 
 ^Wascana, or Pile of Bones Creek. 
 
 .5 In the neighborhood of a quarter of a century ago this 
 fpile of buffalo bones stood .six feet high, cylinder-.shaped, and 
 4boasted a diameter of forty feet at its base. In justice to 
 
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 Ithe pile-builders, it will be admitted that the bleached 
 
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 HISTORY OF REGINA. 
 
 m 
 
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 materials were laid with artistic skill and taste, shin and 
 other bones radiatino; from a centre with that jjraee charac- 
 teristic of the rude children of Nature. 
 
 Opposite the " pile," and on the east side, was situate<l tht' 
 "pond" or "pound" into which were driven the decoyed 
 bison. The bute itself served as a signal station for the 
 sentry, whose duty it was to give notice of the approach of 
 buffalo from the east. We all know Pilot Bute. The Crees 
 called this hill Ota-sa-wa-pa-win, or " Indian Outlook, ' and 
 an admirable signal-station it made, standiiig as it did in a 
 splendid tract of country, from which the roving herds couM 
 be observed for miles in all directions. 
 
 Old Indian folks had their superstitious failings like other 
 people, and one of these appears to have been, that live 
 buffalo were very loath to abandon a locality which con- 
 tained the bones of their slain comrades. This belief raised 
 the " pile." Until very recently aujple proofs existed of the 
 immense numbei's of buffalo that roamed this jmrt of 
 the country. Whitened bones and skeletons paved the 
 prairie, clearly demonstrating that the choice herbage of our 
 lands was dearly loved by the lordly bison. But the bones 
 have recently become an article of connnerce, being used in 
 the east as fertilizers. Our half-breeds, as well as those un- 
 believing Indians who do not expect a sudden re-appearance 
 of the bison while white men rule the Northwest, have 
 been sufficiently unsentimental to collect these Ixm* s anil 
 carry them to the railroad where they command a ready sale 
 at a few dollars a ton. Fifteen hundred dollars' worth of 
 the bleached left Res'ina alone durino- ISISG. 
 
 The great pile itself has long since ceased to exist in pil- 
 lared form, having ingloriously gone the way of all buflald 
 bones. The bute alone remains keeping silent and unroman- 
 tic vigil over the once celebrated camping ground of the 
 red-skinned hunters, whose race, like the almost extinct 
 bison, will ere long be known in the world's story as crea- 
 tures that were. 
 
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HISTORY OF REGINA. 
 
 9 
 
 [ taste, shin and 
 liat irrace charac- 
 
 was situated thr 
 •iven the decoyed 
 ill station for the 
 if tlie approach of 
 Bute. The Crees 
 an Outlook,' and 
 liiiiT as it. did in a 
 I'ovinii* herds could 
 
 failings like other 
 e biH'n, that live 
 jcality which con- 
 This belief raised 
 ;)ofs existed of the 
 ed this part of 
 letons paved the 
 )ice herbage of our 
 1. But the bones 
 ree, being used in 
 well as those un- 
 den re-appearancf 
 Northwest, have 
 these hon* s and 
 iiiand a ready sale 
 lollars' worth of 
 G. 
 
 ;ed to exist in pil- 
 way of all butialo 
 ent and unroniaii- 
 ino- PTound of tlic 
 le almost extinct 
 Id's story as crea- 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 The Great Nor til west — Bread and Work for AH - Lord Lome's Poetry 
 — The Winnipeg Booni^-Early Settlers — Regina Town-site in '82 — 
 Later Arrivals -Changers and Navvies — Locked on the Prairies. 
 
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 Five years ago glorious visions of Manitoba and the Great 
 Northwest tilled the minds of Eastern Canadians and 
 Biitishers desirous of improving their condition in strange 
 lands. An El Dorado had been discovered towards the 
 setting sun. A land flowing with milk and honey had been 
 closed for centuries through the selfish misrepresentations of 
 fur-t)-ading monopolists. A virgin soil, inexhaustible in 
 genial fertility has covered thousands of miles of glorious 
 country, blushing unseen in the sweetness of the prairie air. 
 What a land for the sturdy pioneer in which to carve a 
 future, lame, and fortune ! No labors of a lifetime to per- 
 form before the husbandman could honestly say, At last my 
 work is done ! No depth of Canadian wild to chop as had 
 our forefathers, liefore waving fields of yellow corn smiled 
 round the log dwelling. 
 
 Tlie settler of the wooded country spent at least nine 
 thousand of the best days of his life in clearing a small farm 
 of one hundi-ed acres, while the prairie farmer had only to 
 tickle our lands with a hoe the first year, sow his crops, and 
 expect to reap profits the second season. 
 
 Loi'd Loriu? had been on a tour through Northwestern 
 Canada in I.S81, and seemingly became enchanted with all 
 he saw. His ready and glowing imagination painted the 
 beauty and resources of the great prairie region in coloi's of 
 gold, which sent an electric thrill of sanguine adventure 
 from Winnipeg to Old Westminster. Then began the 
 exodus from older climes. The agriculturist sought meas- 
 ureless fields for pasture and tillage, the merchant a mart 
 for more profitable trafiic, the manufacturer an extension of 
 the home market for the disposal of his wares, and the cap- 
 italist a field almost interminable in extent for the profitable 
 investment of his funds. Limited means were not heavily 
 
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 HISTORY OF REGINA. 
 
 
 handicapped as in lands still groaning under the last kicks 
 of an expiring feudalisni, and there was a bright field for 
 industry and intelligence. Every species of mental ingenuity 
 and manual labour might be developed and brought into 
 action with advantage to the indi\'idual and the whole 
 family of man. There was a plent, al supply of timber; 
 coal and other minerals were abundant: powerful land com- 
 panies aided a liberal government in tlu- early settlement of 
 lands, and a great transcontinental railway was being con- 
 structed from ocean to ocean, which should open up tlie rich 
 and opulent marts of the east to the great Canadian North- 
 west. 
 
 Extraordinary stories of the Winnipeg b(3om penetrated 
 to the uttermost ends of the earth, and in an almost incre- 
 dible space of time everybody boasting a spark of ambition, 
 a stout heart, and a little worldly wn^alth, pivpared to. visit 
 " the sunlit and breezy ocean of meadow-land " which 
 reposed in silent grandeur from the illimitable forests of 
 Keewaydin to the mountain peaks of British Columbia. 
 
 Mr. Edward Cai'ss claims to be the pioneer settler of tlie 
 Regina District. Having sought and found a splendid ranch 
 country, he settled on Carssdale, at the junction of the 
 Wascana and Qu'Appelle Rivers, in September, LSSl. 
 
 In May, 1882, an advanced party of eminently desirable 
 settlers arrived at the Pile O' Bones Creek neai' the location 
 of iiic present reser\oir. It consisted of T. S. Gore. D.L.S.. 
 now of the Winnipeg Dominion Lands Office ; H. G. Forsyth, 
 who died here in April, '8G ; Geo. S. Patton, at present a 
 Montreal stock-broker ; Geo. B. Moti'att, Inspectoi- N.W.M. 
 Police ; Messrs. T. C. Kerr and Geo. R. Binger, still farming 
 on the town-site cornej , and Henry Le Jeune and T. N. 
 Christie, Managers of Lafl'erty and Smith's banks at Regina 
 and Moosomin. 
 
 On the arrival of this party the country looked Hrst-class, 
 notwithstanding the prevalence of numerous sloughs and 
 ponds. As in evjry piece of land then in the Territories 
 
HISTORY OF REGINA. 
 
 11 
 
 he last kicks 
 iirht field l'<jr 
 tul infjenuitv 
 brought into 
 I the whole 
 ,' of timber : 
 i'ul land com- 
 settlenient of 
 as being con- 
 n up the rich 
 adian North- 
 
 ni penetrated 
 abnost inere- 
 c of ambition, 
 pared to- visit 
 land " which 
 jle forests of 
 Columbia, 
 settler of the 
 plendid ranch 
 iiction of the 
 , l.SSl. 
 
 ntly desiraljle 
 Li- the location 
 
 Gore. D.L.S.. 
 IH. G. Forsyth, 
 
 at present a 
 )ectoi- N.W.M. 
 , still fannini:' 
 ne and T. N. 
 nks at Regina 
 
 ■ced tirst-class. 
 s sloughs and 
 ihe Territories 
 
 containing a square foot «f water, ducks plentifully abound- 
 ed, the party shooting a great number. 
 
 There is one matter here connected with Regina's first 
 season of '82, that deserves, perhaps, more than a passing 
 notice. 
 
 All our early settlers agree that the adequate moisture of 
 GUI' soil, the abundance of water in the sloughs, and the 
 luxuriant grasses and herbage which evei-ywhere met the 
 eve in 18(S2 could only have been produced by a succession 
 of moist seasons. The Wascana, south of the town was 
 then a creek expansion of fair volume. It exceeded a 
 stone's throw in width, according to Mr. Le Jeune. and Mr. 
 D. S. McCannel tells us he found he could not ford the 
 stream on one occasion without walking a few miles farther 
 up. 
 
 On the 10th of June, D. S. McCannel arrived with his 
 brothers John and Neil, Archie McCannel, Hector McGilvray 
 and Donald McDougall, and camped on the Wascana, close 
 to the present gaol site. The party at once secured the 
 services of Survej^or Gore in locating several half-section.s. 
 On these were built sod shanties, and possession was taken 
 in squatter fashion. After sowing a few bushels of potatoes, 
 this party left for Winnipeg, returning to Regina on the 
 bSth of August following. 
 
 These were the happy days when lynx-eyed conductors 
 were little feared, and when train fare mere'y amounted to 
 a bagatelle. Every west-bound wight, speculator, land- 
 hunter, navvy, or Vmm, boarded the cars " to work at the 
 end of the track." He coolly got ofl' where he pleased or 
 remained on the road to .shoulder ties or drive spike.s. The 
 C.P.R. did not bother themselves much with the pa.ssenger 
 traffic. The Company were opening a channel for a stream 
 of westward immigration, and if Jones and Robinson did 
 not lay ho^d of a hammer or shovel at the end of the line it 
 was a consolation to find these worthies locked on the 
 prairies anyway. They might become good members of 
 society one day or another. 
 
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 HISTORY OF REGINA. 
 
 Amongst other early settlers we notice the names of Geo. 
 Arkle, John Shera, D, Woodward and Woodworth, John 
 Mrlntyre, Matthew and Thomas Evoy, Childs Bros., T. S. 
 Stubbing, W. Montgomery, Wn). Davis and several othei-s. 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 Locating the Towii-sive — Soniebody Blundered — The Two Surveya-- 
 First Arrivals — Merchants and Artisans --Uitfli Prices and '.Lively 
 
 Times. 
 
 The town-site of Regina was selected by the joint judgment 
 of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company and the Govern- 
 ment. " The Company had laid out a plan," says Sir John 
 A. Macdonald, •' for buildinu' a railroad northward from 
 Pfeefina to Prince Albeit and southward to the Turtle Hills 
 to the southwestern branch ; they published a map with 
 that purpose indicated, and we agreed that that would be 
 the proper place to have a town." Just so. The C.P.R. 
 published a map and laid it befoi'e the Ciovei'nmeut. Sir 
 John Macdonald, to his honor be it recorded, has ever been 
 the warm fi'iend of Northwest interests, and with our cap- 
 ital before his eyes a great railroad centre, there appeared to 
 be no harm in leaving the exact location of Retina in the 
 hands of the C.P.R. The Syndicate could not move it from 
 the Pile O' Bones (^reek anyway. A small digression may 
 here be necessary, in justice, perhaps, to "the C(mipany." 
 
 These were days when most exaggerated and absurd 
 ideas were being held and piomulgated on the values of 
 Northwest lands. Every settler spoke as if his particular 
 claim was the only good one in the country, and he imagined 
 if he had only got " the patent" in his pocket hv could sell 
 his three hundred and twenty acres for at least four thous 
 and dollars. The immensity of the fertile lands of tlio 
 North we-^it had little or no existence in the settlers' ideas ; 
 even our great political economists were mixed up on the 
 subject, and the hard and fast law governing demand and 
 supply had been lost sight of in the babel of airy castle- 
 building which the excited Children of Speculation had en- 
 
HISTORY OF REGINA. 
 
 13 
 
 ainc's of Geo. 
 Iwortb, Jolm 
 U Bros., T. S. 
 iveral others. 
 
 Two Surveys- 
 ices rtiid '^Lively 
 
 oint judgment 
 il the Govern- 
 ^ays Sir John 
 •tlnvard from 
 le Turtle Hills 
 
 a map with 
 
 that would V)e 
 
 0. The C.P.R. 
 
 ernment. Sir 
 
 has ever been 
 
 with our cap- 
 ere appeared to 
 
 Reu'ina in the 
 t move it from 
 diii'resslou may 
 
 Ccmipany." 
 id and absurd 
 
 the values of 
 if his particular 
 nd he imagined 
 et he could sell 
 3ast four thous 
 ? lands of the 
 
 settlers' ideas: 
 ixed up on the 
 
 ng demand and 
 I of airy castle- 
 lulation had en- 
 
 gaged in tbioughout the country. The possession of bioad 
 acies of prairie meant wealth untold, and the man was a 
 fool who had not "taken up land." 
 
 The C.P.R. had an eye to the pitch and toss as well as 
 other people, and small blame to them. They had entered 
 upon a gigantic undertaking for the successful carrying out 
 \ of which thev requiretl millions of dollars, and these they 
 : would have by hook or by crook. It may be presumed that 
 without the Government subsidies the scheme should col- 
 lapse, and it is because the Canadian tax-payer cheerfully 
 helped the C.P.R. along, that we would expect the Company 
 to look to other thincrs in the laving out of a town site be- 
 sides a sellisli grasping of the mig. ty dollar. 
 
 C.P.R. officials weie well aware that a railway station 
 ; located the town, and notwithstanding the .spejious plea 
 that a railroad depot requires to be built on level grounds 
 for switching and siding facilities, the Company cannot 
 show they acted, in fixing the Regina town-site, as they 
 ouii'ht to have, towards an honorable government and a 
 liberal public. Three quarters of a mile nearer the Was- 
 cana, the lands are level as a cricket field, and would have 
 made first-class station grounds. But perhaps the section 
 had been wrongly numbered. 
 
 The first tlP.R. survey curv(!d a few miles north of here, 
 
 crossing the Wascana near Mr. Cowdry's premises. This 
 
 was subsequently abandoned for the present line, and, of 
 
 • course, soon as the exact railroad crossing became known to 
 
 the public, the settlers and business men naturally put up 
 
 V their tents in the immediate vicinity of the present railway 
 
 , bridge spanning the o'eek. Few then supposed the railway 
 
 « station would be built two miles from the Wascana on a 
 
 C.P.R. section. 
 
 The erection of the present railroad offices surprised 
 everybody, but our business men considered the best thing 
 to do was to pull up stakes, move eastwards, and bow to the 
 inevitable. 
 
 A few days saw the triangular piece of land fronting the 
 
1 
 
 14 
 
 HISTORY OF REGINA. 
 
 station /^rounds, and commonly known as " tho gore," dottofl 
 with tents and alive with industry. Our earlv pioneers set 
 to work in good cai-nost, their uppermost thought being, 
 what Cowper would eall " a business with an income at its 
 heels." 
 
 Amongst the first arrivals were Spiague & Scarlett, J. J, 
 Campbell, and F. Hoskins & Co., (now Tinning (\. Hoskins) 
 general stores ; Owen Carson and Ives & ('o., groceries; 
 Curry Bros., (now of Swift Current,) and Lytle & McLeod. 
 general stores ; Smith & Fergusson, hardware ; W. B. Lind- 
 say, flour and grain, etc. 
 
 Mowat Bros, were the tirst to open business on the jinr 
 town-site, and the Smith Bros, to finish the tirst residence 
 
 J. A. McCaul, Pope and Latt'ei-ty, and T. E. Martin went 
 into the lumber business ; C. J. McCusker, I). A. McDonald 
 and R. Gordon carried on blacksmithing. E. B. Read waN 
 our first tin-smith, Geo. Rice, the first plasterer, and A. K 
 Roberts, the first watchmaker, 
 first frame building (no v the 
 store on South Railway St. 
 butchering business for the Mowat Bros.; T. Waldrou opened 
 a harness shop, and John Cottingham became the first sad 
 dler. The pioneer barber was Geo. Wcibb, John Densmoiv 
 stuck to his last, and Pariish gave to the Reginans tlieii 
 supply of daily bread. 
 
 John Roadley launched his scow on the turbid waters o! 
 the Wascana ; Kean built the first livery stable in town, aii' 
 Mr. M. P. Zindord opened his billiard hall close to the oi 
 Dominion Hotel. Our old timers will remember the stiipc 
 tent of Gowanlock and Bi-oley, used as a restaurant, ii 
 which the first gospel service was held. P<>or Gowanlock 
 it may be noticed, afterwards went north and engaged ii 
 the milling business. He fell, with Farm Instructor Delam) 
 and the Roman Catholic priests, in the unfortunate Fid: 
 Lake ma.ssacre. Our station agent, Mr. Fowler, has beei 
 with us from the beginning, and is the oldest agent at an' 
 one station of the C.P.R. Western division at the preseii 
 
 McNicol Bros, put up tin 
 
 Lansdownc Hotel) I'sed /ts " 
 
 James Crack manaiied tli- 
 
 H( 
 
 E»t 
 
 At 
 
 the 
 
 Was( 
 
 occas 
 
 due 
 
 IBpeci 
 
 "■ An 
 
 Dew 
 
 l*resi 
 
 >mitf 
 
 |lon.| 
 
 '^essi 
 
 ion : 
 
"H 
 
 '? 
 
 k 
 "i 
 
 I 
 
 HISTORY OF REOINA. 
 
 15 
 
 ■ o-ore," (lotted 
 V pioneers set 
 iiouglit bein<,^ 
 I income at its 
 
 Scarlett, J. J. 
 nn &. Hoskins) 
 C'o., groceries, 
 tie & McLeod. 
 
 ; W. B. Lind- 
 
 less on the nnr 
 list residence 
 E. Martin went 
 ). A. McDonald 
 
 B. Read wa> 
 terer, and A. H 
 •OS. put up tlu 
 Hotel) used <'>i " 
 
 managed tin 
 Waldron opened 
 me the first sad- 
 John Densnion 
 
 Ro'vinans tlieii 
 
 turbid waters <j1 
 able in town, aiv 
 close to the ol 
 iul)er the sti-ipi" 
 a restaurant, ii 
 >nor Gowanlock 
 and engaged u 
 structor Delano} 
 mfortunate Fio. 
 j^owler, has bed 
 dest agent at an; 
 on at the preseii 
 
 time. In addition to the business men and general settlors, 
 there was a large population of a speculative class, and busi- 
 ness in general, boon' 'd. 
 
 It may lie interesting to note early prices. Wood fetched 
 twelve dolhirs a load ; creek water sold at fifty cents a bar- 
 rel : l)akers had no need to give sixteen loaves for a dollar 
 as at present : l))ead sold for twenty-five cents a loaf- 
 Teamsters oot ten dolhiis a day, or a dollar and a half an 
 hour ; carpenters got five dollars a day, and tinsmiths made 
 little fortunes. 
 
 Tlie Northwest capital showed early promises of future 
 gi'eatness (weather permitting) and the Winnipeg press be- 
 lieved the time had come to open fire on the poor Pile O' 
 Bones. Our citizens' dignity was now and again a little 
 hurt, but money circulated freely and everybody rode the 
 hofse of high hopes and great expectations. The jing- 
 ling of the guinea blunt the uncharitable shafts levelled at 
 " the tadpoles and beetles " of the Wascana waters. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 Christening the City — List of Distinguished Visitors — Speeches nf the 
 Hon. Judge Johnson and Lieutenant-Oovernor Dewdney— fJreat 
 Entliusiasni. 
 
 At nine o'clock on the morning of the 23rd of August, 1882, 
 the Canadian Pacific Railway reached the banks of the 
 
 iJWascana, and it was only fitting that " on such an auspicious 
 occasion," the Northwest Capital should be christened with 
 
 ^Bue ceremony. A large party assembled in Mr. Van Home's 
 fipecial car, and named the new city with much enthusiasm. 
 • Amongst those present were Lieut-Governor, and Mrs. 
 pewdney ; the Hon. Judge Johnson ; Mr. D. Mclntyre, Vice- 
 JPresident of the Railway ; the Hon. (now Sir Donald) A. 
 Jfemith, and Miss Smith : General Manager Van Home ; the 
 |Ion. J. J. C. Abbot: J. H. McTavish, Land Commissioner; 
 Messrs. Graham and McDonald, H. B. Co'y.; Rufus Stephen- 
 Son : Mr. Clouston, Bank of Montreal ; Messrs. Cassells, 
 
 M 
 
1 
 
 16 
 
 HISTORY OF REGIXA. 
 
 William Stephens, Henry Nathan ; the Rev. S. A. Venahles. 
 of Nice ; Messrs. Jolm Ross, and C E. L. Poiteous of Lind- 
 say ; Jolin Mclntyre, James Wrij^ht, H. B. Co'y. ; Mr. Armit, 
 Sec. H. B. Co'y and Mrs. Armit , John Burns, Chairman, 
 Credit Valley Board of Directors. 
 
 Judge Johns(m propo.sed " Success to the City of Regina." 
 He said that many years ago he had held an office in that 
 magniticent countiy, lesemhling in sonie degree that which 
 Governor Dewdney now hel<l. Since then his interest in its 
 future never flagged, and it gave him great pleasure to ask 
 those present to drink " Success to Regina, the Queen CJity 
 of the Plains." He had walked over its sit3 in a lovely roll- 
 ing prairie, intersected by the valley of a winding river 
 whose name would soon be forgotten under the august title 
 which the good taste of his Excellency Lord Lome had se- 
 lected for it ; and, although among the numerous opinions 
 he had that day heard, no two agreed as to the precise nature 
 of the soil. He asked everyone present to join him in \vish- 
 ing success* to Regina, and coupled with it the name of 
 Lieut.-Governor and Mrs. Dewdnev. 
 
 The toast was drunk with hearty cheers. 
 
 Governor Dewdney said that he had much gratification in 
 finding that the selection of the site of the capital of the 
 great Northwest had met with the approval of those so 
 qualified to judge of it as those present on that occasion. He 
 had given the subject much attention himself, and had been 
 in some degree instrumental in making the choice, and 
 thought it had been a very satisfactory one. He trusted 
 that before long they were to see material proof of its pros- 
 perity, and he hoped that in other years those present would 
 re-visit Regina, when he and Mrs. Dewdney would be able 
 to offer them the hospitality of their own roof, and when he 
 did, no doubt they would see in the development of the 
 flourishing city an endorsement by the public of the selection 
 made for the site of what Judge Johnson had called the 
 Queen City of the Plains. 
 
 i 
 
 ligi 
 
 cur] 
 
 *p)^ 
 
'% 
 
 HISTORY OF REOINA. 
 
 17 
 
 A. VenaMes. 
 L'ous of Liuil- 
 '. ; Mr. Arniit, 
 iH, Cliairuiaii, 
 
 ,y of Regina. " 
 J otiice in tliat 
 •ee that wlncli 
 
 interest in its 
 ileasure to a.sk 
 lie Queen City 
 n a lovely roll- 
 winding river 
 lie august title 
 
 Lome luul se- 
 erous opinions 
 
 precise nature 
 n him in wish- 
 j the name ut* 
 
 o-ratiiication in 
 ! capital of the 
 al of those so 
 it occasion. He 
 f, and had been 
 le choice, and 
 le. He trusted 
 root of its pros- 
 present would 
 would be able 
 3f, and when he 
 lopnient of the 
 ; of the selection 
 had called the 
 
 On behalf of liiniself and Mrs. Dewdney, he thanked them 
 most cordirtlly for tlie kind manner in which their names 
 had been received. 
 
 An event otlierwise bearing no g' eater significance than 
 tliat attached to the deatli anil burial of a toiling stranger 
 claims a place in these chronicles. At the time the C.P.R. 
 was lieing rushe<l through here, a Swedish navvy died and 
 was hurriedly burie<l in a spot about thirty yards south of 
 Mr. McCusker's workshop. The bustle and activity dis- 
 played in the rapid construction oi the road made the death 
 of a fel)ow-man a matter of little moment, and it is no won- 
 der the last resting-place of the poor Swede bears soiTy 
 contrast with the tomb of a Capulet. 
 
 f "Stand not upon the order (»f your ((oing, 
 
 But go at once "' 
 
 said the Syndicate, and on went the iron road, unmindful of 
 everything but the speedy spanning of a continent. The 
 Koran says Haste is of the Devil, and with this magnate 
 as boss, there was little time to spend in scooping out graves 
 for navvies. 
 
 Perhaps at some future day the bones of Karl Hansen 
 may turn up from the digger's spade, and it is to throw 
 light on the subject beforehand allusion is made to the oc- 
 currence here. 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 Early "Hotels" — Bacon, Beef, Bunks and Beer — Prodigals, Reformed 
 and Unriffornied — Tlie Grand Union — Royal — Queen's— Dominion — 
 C(»nniiercial— Criterion — Distinguished Visitors — A Joke taken in 
 Earnest —Mr. Davin resolves to become a Northwest JournaliBt. 
 
 Carpenters and tinsmiths did not come in for the lions* 
 share of circulating capital in those pionner days. The hotel 
 keeper was ar and and pegged his nt wherever a good 
 opening occurred for the disposal of bacon, beef, bunks and 
 beer. Few arrivals came penniless, and many brought the 
 portion of that scriptural son who gathered his goods to- 
 
 ^ 
 
18 
 
 HIHTOHV OF IIE(JI\A. 
 
 gt'ther an<l took a walk into a far country. Sonw wu-stocl 
 their <lollarH in riotous living" like the jolly prodij^al, wliih: 
 not a Huiall iunnl«'r of those who had already j^fone through 
 the unfoi'tunate mill of prodi^^alisin — Iwid eaten Inisks of the 
 upas-tree with their fellow-swine and come to tliemselves — 
 were now clothed in rohes of the best, with nuissive ring's on 
 their hands and gold watches in their fobs. 
 
 One way and another a lai'ge amount of ready cash chang- 
 ed hands in Regina in '82, much of which got into hotels, 
 bar-rooms and billianl halls. 
 
 The (JiiANi) ILnion was kept by \V. P. McCormick, and 
 was noted »us beinj; the best, cleanest and tidiest hotel on The 
 Gore. The present Palmer House was built by McQuarrie 
 in the Fall of '.82, and afterwards sold to Palmer cVc Stanton. 
 The latter put up the Palmer House front as it now stan<ls. 
 The back portion of the hotel is the old Criterion. 
 
 The Royal stood on Broad Street, ne-arly ojiposite the 
 present Palmer House, and belonged to Moulton 6z Howson. 
 It was moved to its present ])osition in the Spiing of 'Ki 
 and named the Windsor House. 
 
 The Queen's was kept by Thomas Si, Dempsey on Tlu.' 
 Gore opposite Lamont's present ))ook store. This l)otel was 
 afterwards removed to Broad Stre«'t. It is the Pacific of 
 to-day. Since the days of Thomas it has been held or rented 
 by Stephen McKinnon, Ed. White, Jack Nugent, Al. Morton 
 and John O'Flynn. 
 
 The Dominion belonged to Kennelly & Runciman. It 
 was situated on The Gore oppt)site the store of Sprague & 
 Scarlett. 
 
 Shupe &; Prest ran the C'ommehcial. It wms a frame 
 building on Osier Street, and is now th(; warehouse of R. B. 
 Fergusson. 
 
 The Criterion, a part tent and part timber structure, 
 stood at the north end of Broad Street, facintr the Railway 
 Station. It was the property of " Major Granville," of 
 Brandon, and was managed by Charlie Munson, who mod- 
 estly claimed to be a nephew of the Duke of Rutland. 
 
 The 
 nu 
 C 
 
 sic 
 
 ' Ell 
 
 TllK 
 C0I]> 
 
msToUV (»F UKGIXA. 
 
 l!l 
 
 SoiiM' WHstod 
 •odij^al, wliilf 
 L^oiu' tlinni|:,'l» 
 liusks of tlu> 
 tlu'iiisclves — 
 ■ssivo liiifjjH on 
 
 v cash cluinf:^- 
 ,t into liotols, 
 
 ;Coniu('k, an<l 
 ;t hoU'louTlu; 
 by McQuarrit- 
 icr »Sc Stanton, 
 it now stands. 
 I'ion. 
 
 r opposite tlic 
 :,on vS: Howson. 
 ', S])ring of 'Mli 
 
 inpsoy on The 
 
 Tins hotel was 
 
 thi' Pacitic of 
 
 hel<l or rented 
 
 •nt, Al. Morton 
 
 lunciman. It 
 \ of Sprag-ue & 
 
 t w^ls a frame 
 •eliouse of 11. B. 
 
 mber structuro, 
 ng the Railway 
 Granville," of 
 ison, who mod- 
 Rutland. 
 
 It was lure, in the Fall of '82, that Mr. Davin, M.P.. in 
 company with Mr. Scartli, M.I*., and (he iiieut.-CioV( riior of 
 I Oiitai'io, met the lea linij lic^iiians at dinm'r. Wldle satis- 
 fying^ the inner man, jokes innumerable kept the tabU-.s in a 
 roar. Somebody projjosed that the distinguisheil litterateur 
 and .savant, Mr. Davin, start a newsj)!iper in the city. Wliat 
 Would be iin appropriate' name for this e.vponent of Nortii- 
 West ideas ( One said the Ji»f//ini S/ii(;/)/lii(ij)j'>/, another 
 suiiuestetl that it be called the /vV/xxfrnv/, a third wa<!,' ventured 
 to pi'opose Scdljirr, a fourth the liujfdlo, and so on. Mr. 
 Davin entirel}' reli.shed tlu; whole thing in common with tlie 
 entire party, Imt the joke set him very .soon a-thiid<ing. 
 
 It is I'elatcd, Nvhen the fun was over the futiu'e mend;er 
 for Westi'rn Assiniboia was obserx'ed, cane in hand, tfiking 
 a .solitary randde over tlie adjoining prairie, ab.sorbcd in 
 •profoundest thought. During this walk, .so full of im))ort- 
 anee to the embryo capital, Mi*. Davin became fa.scinjited 
 with the Northwest, its I'efreshing breezes, laden with life- 
 giving ozone, and its innnensity of fertile bosom peopled 
 with a hale and hopeful peasantry. 
 
 Horace, in one of his satires, tells us how 
 
 .Inking decides <^roat thinj^fs 
 Stroiiglier and belter oft than earnest can. 
 
 'Twas so in this instance. Mr. Davin was inclined to se- 
 
 Hou.sly considei' the propo.^ition of establishing a paper in 
 
 the Northwest capital ; a.id the principal citizens pronnsing 
 
 liim a liberal support, he left for the East, shortly to return 
 
 ^And throw in his lot with the eai'ly pioneers of the new 
 
 ;^^lcountry. 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 
 The Winter of '82-3— Awaitintf the Spring:; -The Lk.adkk's Encourage- 
 
 • j, nient — Meetintrs and LectureK— Fire Protection Considered — T(»wn 
 
 "S;- C .niniissioiievs Apjtointi'd — Their Names — llesiynation of Conin'.is- 
 
 siiiier.- — The Citizens' Connnittee— Clubs and Social (Jatlierings — 
 
 ' Early Apjjearance of Terpsichore. 
 
 TllK winter of '82-3 passed otf pleasantly, all drawbacks 
 [Considered. The town was vet an odd-looking iumble, the 
 
•20 
 
 lirsTnliV oi- |{K(irNA. 
 
 stri'i'ts wiTc iicitlicr liiid out nor ;j;ni<lf(l, a soi-t of diluviiin 
 conriisioii cliiira('t('rizin;j' fvoi'vtliinu: in ''cncral. lint iicatli ' i 
 tliat Inii^'i' cnrtain of whitish patchwork which hid The ' 
 dori'" reposed the haeklioiu; of a ei\'ie (•<»iunionweaitI) 
 worthy of the future Northwest eai)ital. Materials were w 
 at h>nvl for the huildinj,^ of tljo city: tiie surveyor and f 
 architect had Jiot heen i(Me, and cheei-ful in<hjstrv inei'cly >■ 
 awaited the ethereal hreatii of Springtide to hiy the soUd 
 foundations of a handsome prairie town. 
 
 To several teuilertoet, a Northwest winter appoai-s pretty 
 
 severe, 
 
 "Tlio icy fiiiis,' 
 And clinrliah cliitlinj^ of tlii! Wiiitor'a wind" 
 
 fifivinu' i'ofreslun<; assui'ance tliat Daiue Nature W(add have 
 a healthful and hardy race of children or none at all. 
 
 The Lrin/>T, over ready with encoura^inijf words to sustain 
 the droopinu- spirit, assured all good Reoinans that "The 
 cold Wintt'i- is not a thini,^ to fear but to enjoy. On such a 
 day biliousness if a thin<j;' disproved and dyspepsia dies like 
 a thino- unclean. Talk of th(» palms and temi)les of tlie 
 South, orange groves, viney hills — their joys are etfeniinate 
 coni[)ared with the vigorous rapture of traveling across the 
 prairie of a l)right day with the snowy wind going at the 
 rate of eighty (!) miles an hour. It would give Death's ' , (,], 
 head a complexion, and make a <lelicate stomach regard 
 sheet-iron beefsteak as sweet-V)read." 
 
 As earl v as November, those more refining children (if 
 Civilization, meetings and lectures, received their birth, anil 
 the local talent displayed surprised many of those who hml 
 expected to find nouglit on the prairie region but Specula- 
 tors, Cnnaanites, and Know-nothings. 
 
 On Tuesday evening, 5th December, the residents of 
 Regina held a meeting at the Royal Hotel to consider tlie 
 question of tire protection, Mr. James Brown in the chair. 
 Mr. Johnston acted as secretary. At this meetino; Messrs. 
 Johnston, Reilly, Runciman, Reid, Hambly, Fergusson ami 
 Brown were appointed a committee '' to draft a Report an 
 
 ■^ 
 
IIISTOlfV 0|.' KKCINA. 
 
 21 
 
 i 
 
 )rt of (liluviiin 
 ,1. But nnvth 
 
 M»n»m<)HNV«'iiltl) 
 •lutcriiils wci'f 
 
 stirvi'vor ami 
 tliistrv uu'ii'ly 
 
 lay tlu' solid 
 
 a])poai*s pretty 
 
 iiid" 
 
 ur«' would have 
 
 lie at all. 
 
 vonls to sustain 
 
 lans that "Tin- 
 
 [)y. On such a 
 
 >pt'psia dies like 
 
 teujplos of till' 
 
 s are ett'eininatt 
 
 eliii*;' across tlu" 
 
 d o-oinij '^^ ^^'^' 
 
 1 o'ive Deaths 
 
 stomach regard 
 
 \\vf children of 
 their birtli, ami 
 t' those who had 
 ion but Specula- 
 he residents of 
 1 to consider the 
 )vvn in the chair. 
 meeting Messrs, 
 ^', Fergusson antl 
 aft a Report and 
 
 t'ornnilate Itulcs of Association, and what W(add Ik- rcijuired 
 to put the Coiiipany in working order." .\t the adjourned 
 meeting held on tiie" 7th, the Counnittee suhiMitted a v<'ry 
 aide report recommending amongst other tidiigs the forma- 
 tion of a Kii'e lirigade, with a Hook and I^adder and Salvage 
 Corps, and that their a[»j»liances consist of water pails, 
 shovtds, jaddei's, hooks, ropes, pipes, etc. Thf sum r»'(|uireil 
 for estJildisliing a, proper lire-protective system was estimat- 
 ed hv the C(Mnmittee at .SI, ()()(). 
 
 The Committee further recommench'd "that Commissioners 
 he elected hy the Citi/ens and duly and regularly author- 
 ized to carry out tlie oigani/at ion of the above Company, 
 and raise funds tlien.'for, by subscription or assessment, or 
 otherwise as should seejn most practicable, and whose duty 
 it would be to look after the public interests and atlairs of 
 the Town in the same; manner and to the like extent as a 
 Council of an incorporated City." 
 
 On the (Sth Decend)er was ludd a meeting foi* tlie election 
 of Connnission<'rs. The following were elected : i). Mowat, 
 James Ueilly, I). !>. Scott. VV^ H. Oibbs, Junr., .). A. McCaul, 
 J. 1). M(nilton, and Percy Pope. At the first meeting held 
 on the !)th, Mr. Oibbs was elected cliairman, and Mi. I), l^. 
 Scott, secretary. Mr. Cottingham was appointee] C'hief of 
 the Fin^ Brigade. 
 
 At a public meeting h.eld in the Methodist Church, on the 
 following l.Sth of July, Mr. N. F. Davin in the chair, the 
 Connnissionei's, through Mr. Scott, tendered their resigna- 
 tions, which were acci'pted. A warm vote of thaid<s was 
 passed that useful body on the motion of Dr. Lati'erty. On 
 the IGtli the following were elected as a "('itizens' Com- 
 mittee " to take cha''ge of the business of the town until its 
 incorporation : Dr. Lafl'erty, N. F. Davin, D. L. Scott, A. D. 
 Fergusson. J. A. McCaul, J. H. Kenson. W. H. Gibbs, J, A. 
 Kerr, Jas. Handily, \V. C. Hamilton, and John Secord. Of 
 this Counnittee, Mr. I), L. Scott was appointed Chairman, 
 and Mr. John Secord, Secretary. These gentlemen adminis- 
 tered our local atiairs with great wisdom and ability until 
 
22 
 
 HISTORY OF REOIXA. 
 
 tlie event of incorporation, which took place early in Jan- 
 uary, 1884. 
 
 Let ns now return to December, '82. At tins early stacre 
 in lle<^ina'.s history but .scant accommodation existed I'or those 
 hoppy social gatherings which nowadays add wings to the 
 heel> of Wintertide. Nevei'theless, our elite founded "a club," 
 secured a piano and a pack of cards, and managed to pass a 
 o'ood time in o-eneral. 
 
 Now and again Tei-pischore presided in some festal hall 
 where our Master Fentons capered and danced with the 
 charming city ladies, and learned to forget in woman's smile 
 and o-irlhood's beauty the darklinc;; o-loom and frozen soli- 
 tude which characteriz.ed the Northwest niohts of 1882. 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 1888. 
 
 Opening of '83 -Stir of Busino3S— SniU'^i^lL'd Whiskey -The Winnipeij 
 Ti)neti shows its F;iiii,'s — Uoyina (liizottcd the Northwest Cjipitul— 
 Mr. Scarth's Iniitrovenients — Celebratintr tlie Queen's Birtluhiy — 
 "Tlie l5ung..iow" — I\Irs. HohouiLC — Her Devices in Whiskey Sinugy 
 ling — Tlie l^egina Reserve — The Free Press on Rogina — Important 
 Buihlings Couiphteil — The Oiangenien Organize- -The Firat "Asseni- 
 b^.y "—The Fin.t Carnival— Dei^tli of the Old Year. 
 
 Early in \S.S new buildings began to loom up along Broad- 
 street ; the railway traffic inerea^ed ; arrangements wei'e 
 made for digging a public welb a citizen* had been born to 
 the town, lawyers by the dozen had huno- out their .shino-le.s, 
 the hotels were full and the lands around Regina for twen- 
 ty miles were taken up. The Canada Northwest Land 
 Company ojiened their office on Broad Street, and the town 
 boasted a school with Miss Laidlaw as teacher. Occasionally 
 Oduer's smuLjo'led whiskey made some folks somewhat 
 noisy, but the boys could afibrd a bit of a spree then. 
 Buildings went up on all sides, and the sound of the han\- 
 mer was heard far and near. 
 
 *Regiua ilary RowcU, born 13th Deceaiber, 1882. 
 
 Shis 
 
 i 
 
HISTORY OF REGIXA 
 
 s? 
 
 'arlv in Jan- 
 
 ,s early stage 
 sted for those 
 winsxs to the 
 ided '"a club," 
 Lged to pass a 
 
 me festal hall 
 ced with the 
 woman's smile 
 :\ frozen soli- 
 ,s of 1882. 
 
 • -The Winnipeij 
 thwe.st Cai)ital— 
 ueti's Biitlulay— 
 Whiskey Siimgy; 
 jLjina — Important 
 10 Firat "Assem- 
 
 p along Broad- 
 I'vrments were 
 A been born to 
 , their shingles, 
 
 gina for twen- 
 orthwest Lan<l 
 and the town 
 
 r. Occasionally 
 
 >lks somewhat 
 a spree then. 
 
 md of the hauv 
 
 18S2. 
 
 Now came the JViiniipn/ Times chance to attack the 
 Northwest capital. That (now long-defunct) organ repres- 
 ented our town as a few tents and shacks ; spoke of our 
 
 • water-supply as being anything but pure and wholesome, 
 and of our sanitary accommodations as being very poor in- 
 dee<l. Of course the other Winnipeg papers chimed in with 
 the Tiiiir!^, and a pretty hot tire continued to play upon our 
 walls, until the beginning of '84, when Mr. Davin made a 
 headlong charge on the enemy, in the shape of a clever 
 poetic ertasion, spiked their guns, and routed them pell mell 
 from the tield. 
 
 The pioneers of '88 will recollect many of the leading 
 features of the Winnipeg press of that time mainly 
 consisted in well-sustained (though lying and venomous) 
 
 ' attacks on the infant capital of the Northwest. It may 
 
 safely be presumed neither the editors nor proprietors of 
 
 these papers harbored any grudgings towards the growth 
 
 of Regina other than those disiikings provoked by capital 
 
 on labor: 
 
 " For gold in phisikc is a cordial," 
 
 says Chaucer, and " phisiking " newspapers with this pre- 
 cious metal produces such a cordial in the bowels of the 
 attacking party as the son of Semele himself would fain 
 mix in his cantharus for the performance of some wonder- 
 ful absurdity. 
 
 The Situ argued the Northwest capital should be removed 
 from Regina because " the town was dead beyantl resurrec- 
 tion," because the Canadian Pacitic Railway ran the trains 
 througli the town after dark, and a hundretl other reasons. 
 
 Mr. Davin handled Regina's enemies without gloves. " To 
 give Moose Jaw," he .says, "' a lift at the cxpeuae of Regina, 
 has been the fondest hope of poor God-forsaken, banKrupt 
 Winnipeg. Mr. A. W. Ross is accused of stirring up the 
 wrath of the Winnipeg papers. The commercial interests 
 ,of Winnipe<. and this gentleman, said the Leader, were in one 
 tangle, and Mr. Ross got left in his speculations regarding 
 ;j||his surveyed sections near Regina. Nobody bought them. 
 
 J 
 
24 
 
 HISTORY OF REGINA. 
 
 Hence proceeded the tears. " Ross was badly bitten and he 
 howled. His howls found echo in the throats of his 
 worthy "hangers-on." It was considered here at the time, 
 that Mr. Egan and the C.P.R. did actually try to boom 
 Moose Jaw at Regina's expense, and all things considered, 
 it may be concluded the belief is correct enough. At all 
 events young Regina passed through the tire of many pow- 
 erful and unscrupulous enemies. 
 
 Mr. Davin took up the gauntlets Hung at his adopted 
 prairie home, and fought all foes. Regina could not liave 
 found a better man to return a blow with compound inter- 
 est, or to handle all weapons with such tolling etfect. When 
 prose had failed to batter the town, " poetry " was called 
 into requisition. " Futuro " very cleverly transformed him- 
 self into Macaulay's New Zoalander, and sketched the ruins 
 of the " Pile O' Bones." Tliis poetic etiusion appeared in 
 the Winnipeg Tinws of Jan. 8r 1, \S4, and was supposed to 
 have been penned by " Ned " of that paper, a gentleman of 
 the highest order of journalistic ability, whose jewelled pen 
 is probably employed at present on our Dominion ' Thun- 
 derer," the Toronto Mail. Here's the rhyme : — 
 
 " PILE OF BONES." 
 
 BY FUTURO. 
 
 What mounds ai'o Lhos<; carefully ploughed aroiuul .' 
 
 Some hunters' graves or Indian burial gi'ound .' 
 
 Not so, my friend— some twenty years gone by, 
 
 A town sprung up right here wliere you and 1 
 
 Now stand, which Hrst as Pile of Bones was known, 
 
 But later won a name of sweeter tone, 
 
 Regina— Some may ask what's in a name I 
 
 'Tis all that's left of that dead city's fame, 
 
 Which led the van in all the noble arts, 
 
 Krratic pump's aufl shaky water carts ; 
 
 For I nuist not neglect, my friend In tell 
 
 The City Reservoir (a dug out well) 
 
 At times went dry, when all had then to seek 
 
 What they called water from a neighboring creek. 
 
 But the result when once 'twas analysed 
 
 liCft those who thought it water much surprised. 
 
 Here's the report : Tadpoles and beetles five 
 
 Not dead, remember, no sir, alive ; 
 
 l*ure mud was placed at twenty aud the rest 
 
m 
 
 HISTORY OF KE(;iNA. 
 
 25 
 
 bitten and he 
 iroats of his 
 at the time, 
 try to boon\ 
 frs considered, 
 mgh. At all 
 of many pow- 
 
 t his adopted 
 uld not have 
 mpound inter- 
 ; ettcct. When 
 / " was called 
 nsfonned him- 
 chcd the ruins 
 1 appeared in 
 'as svipposed to 
 a LTontlenian of 
 ^e jewelled pen 
 linion ' Thun- 
 
 oiuul 
 
 nowii, 
 
 ret'k. 
 
 Was fluid (water if you like that bcsti 
 
 '['liiiii};li piior I Ills in'opln yet w re, itroml, 
 
 And iinioiigst themselves, at bulls or any crowd 
 
 Where they did meet, their wives would vie 
 
 In dress, and &i)eiid ^ood money lavishly. 
 
 One dwelt ilmun^; thi'.m who with mighty pen 
 
 Assumed to be tlie leader uf these men ; 
 
 Whose drooping liojjes lie'oftentinies did cheer 
 
 With gilded prospects of the coming year. 
 
 lint hope (lcfern;d to them proved hope in Vtain, 
 
 And one l)y one moved westwunl o'er tlie plain ; 
 
 Which now. my friends, explains these mounds of stones, 
 
 'I'hey mark tlic; spot where once stood "l^ile Of JJones." 
 
 The Lrfiilrr (we nuiy presume to the great joy of the 
 Reginans) was e(|ual to the occasion ; for, just a week after 
 " Ned's" s([uib, appeared the following in its columns from 
 the pen of an erudite editor: — 
 
 THE WlNNIPECi TIMES DROPS INTO POETRY. 
 
 The prophetic soul of the Editor of the Winnipei^ Times was recently 
 delivered of the following poem. The l>aiitliny <^<>e.s a little awkwaidly 
 oil its feet, liut in its iiiire ciiiracteristic liiKiaiiients, it has the first 
 virtut' of all childreti, that of bein-jj like its fatlusr. The luisstatiuuents 
 a^'iiiii veitei'atod in prose reippear liere in verse. 
 
 "On reading the above, we reiuoiiiber that in (Jreek and Hebrew 
 histi>ry untrttthful oracles and propliets were neutralized by the utter- 
 ances of genuine prophets and more trustworthy oracles. We therefore 
 repaired to one of the prophets of .Vssiniboia, and yesterday he handed 
 ijs the following;, wli h he said had come to him in a manner which 
 could leave no doubt as to its tiidy piophetie character :- - 
 
 " Verses .supposed to be recited on Victoria Street, in the year of the 
 City A. U. 0. 22, or some twenty years and si.v months hence. 
 
 REOINA. 
 
 A iileasant elty on a boundless plain. 
 Around rich land where peace and plenty reign ; 
 A legal cumj), the i)rovince wisdom's home, 
 A rieh eathedral. learning's splendid dome ; 
 \ tceiniiik'- mart, wide streets, broad s()Uares, l;right flowers, 
 A inarlile ligure whence a fountain showers — 
 WMiat city's this .' \ gentle princess famed 
 For happy genius it I'egiTui named. 
 Its youth— (thou: ch born b"iieath a liaiuij' "far) 
 Was stormy, an<l each e.ur from iw.w and far 
 Hark'd at the town, each ribald loudly talked. 
 Hirelings— projectors whose vile jilans wore balkcnl- 
 'They lied, they swore : loud was tlie (x-aselcss bray ; 
 Regiuans sniiled Kegina held her way. 
 The while traducers perished one by one. 
 And fate o'nrlook eacli guilty mother's son. 
 Failing to bleed the tenderfoot, they bled 
 
26 
 
 HISTORY OF UEOINA. 
 
 i 
 
 Themselves, or like their sires by hempen thread 
 Expired ; and Winnipeg the city whore 
 They lived and died, soon perished like a pear. 
 They had the yellows : long the Times is dead, 
 The Sun has set, the Free Press' days are fled : 
 The lot of one wild scribbler stands alone. 
 The ffoda in anger turned him into stone, 
 And by an irony Ned called " divilish quaro," 
 Him made a fountain in Ilegina's square. 
 And there he stands— no wonder you're amused — 
 Spouting the water he so oft abused. 
 
 After fchi.s, further attacks on Regina did'nt amount to 
 anything. Faint rumblings were now and again heard, but 
 the storm had virtually passed away. A new Siui arose 
 which now sheds upon us its enlivening rays, and The Call 
 and Free Press, two of the ablest newspapers in Canada, are 
 not less friendly to the growth of the Northwest, and to the 
 warm advocacy of Northwest rights and privileges. 
 
 Much satisfaction was expressed early in April by gazet- 
 ting Regina tlie Northwest capital. About the middle of 
 this month we boasted fifteen buildings used as stores, two 
 banks, four large feed stables, :wo carriage shops and four 
 good hotels. An idea of the enterprise and go-ahcadness of 
 our pioneers may be gathered from the fact that our stores, 
 churches, sidewalks, etc., were nearly all erected during 
 three of the worst months of Winter. Early in May^ Mr. 
 W. B. Scarth, the able and popular Managing Director of 
 the Northwest Land Company, wired Mr. Lunan to grade 
 the streets, a work immediately begun under contractor 
 Bonncau. Mr. Scarth also intimated his willingness to give 
 five hundred dollars towards the building of a bridge across 
 the Wascana. 
 
 The first steam plow arrived here on the 14t]i of May, and 
 on the 20th, the race-course south of the town was com- 
 pleted. 
 
 The first public celebration took place on the Queen's 
 Birthday, May 24th, and turned out a fine afi'air. The 
 athletic sports, horse- racing, l)oat- racing, etc., were splendid, 
 and the day's progratame dosed with a grand concert in St 
 Paul's Church. Down town, Sandy Dunnet practically ex- 
 
 ^ 
 
'% 
 
 HISTORY OF REGINA. 
 
 27 
 
 ead 
 
 r. 
 1, 
 
 I: 
 
 sed— 
 
 'nt amount to 
 Eiin heard, but 
 ew S2tn arose 
 , and The Call 
 n Canada, are 
 3st, and to the 
 lieges. 
 
 ^pril by gazet- 
 : the middle of 
 [ as stores, two 
 shops and four 
 o-ahcadness of 
 ,hat our stores, 
 •ccted during 
 in May. Mr. 
 i(.- Director of 
 lunan to grade 
 ider contractor 
 ingness to give 
 a bridge across 
 
 til of May, and 
 »wn was com- 
 
 >n the Queen's 
 artair. The 
 were splendid, 
 1 concert in St 
 practically ex- 
 
 plained the science of sparring to the " Bungalow" (Charlie 
 Woolhouse) before a crowded house, and, taken as a whole, 
 our first celebration of the Queen's Birthday was most cred- 
 itable to the loyal and jolly pioneers of all ages, nations, 
 tastes, and sporting proclivities. 
 
 On May 30th, the first meeting of the I.O.G.T. was held 
 in the Methodist Church, and it is significant tha^. shortly 
 aftorwardo arrangements were made whereby persons re- 
 quirinij stimulants for medicinal purposes, could procure 
 the same from Messrs. Sibbald & Lindsay, who had been 
 duly authorized to keep a stock of liquor on hand for the 
 weary and lanouid. 
 
 Who remembers not that great smuggling heroine, Mr.^. 
 Hobouiy ' This lady was somewhat lackin^j in those oen- 
 
 O * OCT 
 
 nine qualities of praise in lovely woman, mentioned by 
 Euripides — silence and chaste reser\e Mrs. [1. was a wo- 
 man of daring and originality. One of her innumerable 
 smuggling plans was the wearing a circular rubber bag 
 around the waist, which invariably arrived from Winnipeg 
 O!' Brandon ominously distended. Another, was tlu; dressinu' 
 of a (full) keg as an interesting young Hobourg, or as a pil- 
 low, on which the ortlcss lady might rest her head, while 
 the police went through a I'athei- old-fashioned but al».solute- 
 ly teetotalized valise. Though Mrs. Hobourg often boasted 
 'she "could down all the police in the Northwest," she failed 
 to do so, foi" on the 14th of June she was compelled to hand 
 over a tine of two hundred dollnrs and costs for importing 
 ^wo barrels of " beef and beans " to Pasqua Station. Mr. 
 'Le Jeune was the presiding justice on that memorable occa- 
 sion, and the worthy magistrate was told in very plain lan- 
 guage by the lady of the dropsical air, the sort of warm 
 reception he was likely to meet from the clan-Hobourg on 
 iiis arrival— if ever — in the hallowed precincts of Moose 
 Jaw. Shortly afterwards we find this lady led to the altar 
 by a lover long faseinateil by her many rare accomplish- 
 ments. The happy couple are doubtless still in the enjoy- 
 ment of their honeymoon on the grounds of Uncle Sam. 
 
28 
 
 HISTORY OF HEGINA. 
 
 On the 2 1st of Juiie tenders for tlie construftion of tlio 
 reservoir were opcnorl, the S<nitli lliiihvay- street squatters 
 Were asked to move on to tlieir respective lots, and the 
 townsite Trustees bonused Aitelieson. Reillv and Reiilv. in 
 the erection of a planing mill. 
 
 On the oth of July, Mr. Willifiin Wliite olitained ''an 
 opinion froin J)}ilt()n McCarthy, ihat tiic 'ji.ttlrr'. who had 
 located on tiie Rtioinn, licsei've witliiii the Mile Belt huiovr 
 the altei'ations of the projected liii(> of the ('.P.R. werf 
 entitled to rcr-fiNc cnlrit':; foi' thei)- holdini^s. Auctioh'-ci' 
 Metcalfe had ahvady failed to di.sjio.M- of these .s(|nattt'i' 
 claims l»y pnf>lic auction at Rev^ina and Winnipei>;. 
 
 An idea of the Re^infi of Aut^ust, mS may he 'j'atiiercil 
 from a Free Prrss correspondent of the time who \vi''>ti; : 
 "One year auo Rt'oina was nothing' hut the unhrokm 
 prairie, with a few ad\'entur(^rs' tents scpiatted in specula- 
 tive expectaticai of the teeming thousands that wei'e wait- 
 in^' for the signal to rally together and laiild a city. Tij-day 
 it ia an incoi'porated city (0 with regidar hlocks, gradnl 
 .streets and municipal institutions.* it is the eentj-e tn 
 which throb the vital interests of a \ast empire, wIium 
 boundaries are wider than those of hlurope, and will, befoii 
 many years become a nation of hardy pioneeis, who will 
 look to Rer ' la for their laws, their jusMce, their e(.lucation 
 and their prosperity." 
 
 Our Indian Offices were comjdeted in October b}' Con 
 tractor Zindord, and " Scarth's Building "—a s([uai'e struc- 
 ture with the roof sloping from a central cupola — tinisheo 
 at a cost of fifteen thousand dollai's. Duriny- the Fall iuk 
 Winter meetinys of a "Dramatic Club" were held; the 
 city Orangemen took steps to organize on the 10th of Nov 
 ember, in the Ontario House, Mr. Harry Hamilton in tlic 
 chair ; and on the 80th, the first " Assembly " met ii. 
 McNicol's Hall— 
 
 *' To chase the ^lo\vin;j hours with Hying feet." .■ 
 
 Our Merchant's Bank closed on tlie 10th of December, an 
 'iiegina was proclaimed an incorporatod lown.^lst December, 1883. 
 
 on 
 
 O-sl 
 
 thi-( 
 Sab 
 
III^^TORY OF REOINA. 
 
 29 
 
 :,ruction of tlio 
 ji'oet s(|Uatt(.'is 
 ! lots, and the 
 and Reilly. in 
 
 olitaintid "'an 
 ttlci". who liad 
 lilc Belt heioiv 
 ,. (UMl. NVt''"' 
 )s. Auction'MT 
 -.lit'sc s(|nnttt-M- 
 111 pel';. 
 
 ay ll^' '..aithercil 
 iuie Nvlio wv'h- 
 , the un broken 
 bted in spccula- 
 that wei'f wait- 
 l a city. To-lfiy 
 l)lo(.*i<s, gnu Ir'i 
 tlu' centre tn 
 einpire, wlius. 
 and will before' 
 )neevs, who will 
 tliei)' e<lucatioii 
 
 October by Con- 
 a s([uare struc- 
 :upola — linisheo 
 inu- the Fall 'aik 
 were held ; tlu 
 the 10th of Nov 
 Hamilton in the 
 aembly" met ii 
 
 ng feet." 
 of December, an 
 
 Uecembar, 1883. 
 
 on the 11th wa.'; hold thf Ih'st ice carnival, under the mar.- 
 ageiniMit of Mr. Kellci-. Kiii;^- Christinas made thin<:(s merry 
 as a marriage bell, and the 01<1 Year expired in a vision 
 b'-atlHc to welcome its more important successor, INiS-i.] 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 l^84. 
 IrifDiponitioii (if lte>,'iuii O-shii Wii-w.-iy — Impoitiiut Oeputatioii to 
 nttiuva Til" l)t'l("4;itt'.s Dfiiiaiids Succ»is.sf\il lle.sult.s The iff tn tea 
 difi-^cii oil the North-West l'»lizz;ir<ls, Hartl Tack, IJacoii and Peiii- 
 ininaii Thi' Kir.st Execution .Fohii and (Joorj^t^ Stepliciiaoii (Nui- 
 fea.sion ot the MiinlerciH Departure of the Hev. W. .1. Hewitt — 
 C'itizen.s' AddivsH Tin* Hev. l\Ti'. I'ooley .\iiival of tlie Binhup of 
 <,)n'AppeHe ( "onsccratioii of the Honian Catholic < 'hurch - Firat 
 Annual Exhihitioii A Batch of Notahles .Arrive A (Vniett:iy Laid 
 < Mit ( 'anada'.s Day of Rejoicini; ~Th(f Ueyina Deputation. 
 
 The Noi-thwest Territories (iir:f//r of 1st Decemlter, 'SI3, 
 contained the ]))•<)(•' imati(jii iMcorporating Rcoin.i, and on 
 the jK'xt following Hid of .lainiaiy ('iS4) the nominations for 
 a Mayoi" and four Counciiloi-s took place, with Mr. William 
 Johnson, Advocate, as Returning-Officer. Election day 
 came otl'a wi'ek latei-. 1). h. Scott, Q.C., was the people's 
 ciioice as ('ity Kather, and Messi-s. .]. \V. Smith, .1. A. Kerr, 
 J. 1). Sibbald and James Hambly, wei'e elected Councillors. 
 The voting stood : J. W. Smith. KiO : J. A. Kerr, ^^^r, : J. J). 
 Sibbald, 187; James Hambly, 127. The total number of 
 Votes polled was 213. The first Council Meeting was held 
 on the 21st inst., in ])r. Cotton's Hall. Mr. Secord was 
 appointed Clerk. It was <leci(led that future meetings be 
 held in the Methodist Church, for which a rent of SI2.oO 
 would be paid. 
 
 It becomes our unpleasant duty to chronicle the death of 
 a noble red woman, at the railway station, on the 23rd of 
 February. Tlu; lady in ([uestion rejoiced in ;jhe name of 
 0-sha-way-way, and visited the Happy Hunting Grounds 
 through accidentallv fallinii' into the C P.R. well on this 
 Sabbath morning. 
 
30 
 
 HISTORY OF REGINA. 
 
 On thu t'ollowin;: day. Monduv. Mayor Scott laid bci'oiv 
 our citizens in public meeti!iu' aNS(.'nil)l('d. xhv results oi' his 
 und Mr. Dayin's labors as delegates to Ottawa. Little less 
 tluin u month before, the lar-^est public meeting' held up to 
 that time took place in the Methodist (Jhurch. and appoint- 
 ed the t^yo gentlemen named to proceed to Ottawa with the 
 view of rcprt'^^unting to tiie IJoxernineiit and tht.' C.P.R., the 
 oluims of Kegina as regards railway facilities anii otlit*r mat- 
 tei's. After Mr. Scott had addressed the meeting on the 
 work done by the «leputation, Mi\ Benson proposed and Mr. 
 J. W. Snuth soeonded. a heaitx \(ite of thaid^s to Messrs 
 Scott and Davin for the highly satisfactory manner in 
 which the\' discharued theii' duties. 
 
 As this eyent in the histoi-y of Ki'gina prcjduced most 
 needed and impoilant results, w«^ cannot aflbrd to dismiss 
 the matter with a l)i'ief notice. 
 
 The delegation deuianded (1) the I'estoration of tlie eml 
 of the division to Kegina ; (2) tlie creation of aj)peal from 
 magistrates unlearned in the law ; (li) the i-cmoval of doul)t^ 
 respecting the power of municipal bodies to impose and col- 
 lect taxes ; (4) the construction of a railway north of Regina: 
 and (5) representation foi* the Territories. 
 
 TJie results of the.se demands may be .summarized as ful 
 lows : (1) To bring back the end of the diyision, Van Hoi .< 
 declared to be " a physical impo.ssibility." (2) Sir J, A. 
 Macdonahl made it impo.ssible foi- ignorant or "tyrannicul 
 J.P.'s to m,ike a wrong use of theii' ..uthority by inserting ii 
 clause in the proper Act giving an appeal from magistrate^ 
 unlearned in the law. (8) With regard to the doubt tlmi 
 existed regarding the authoriDy of Northwest Municipal 
 bodies to levy taxes it may be notei.l that only an t-^c^v 
 body can impose taxes in a /m' country. But the Nortli 
 West Council was partly a nominated body, and as a doul; 
 existed as to the authority to endow bodies corporate to if 
 ceive monies for municipal purposes, the Premier, in liis Bil- 
 adopted a necessary clause by Mr. Davin, remo\ing any suci 
 doubts ; (4) a land grant was obtained for the Regina aiii 
 
 the 
 Stt 
 bru 
 
HISTORY OF UEGINA. 
 
 31 
 
 cott laid Vx'iore 
 i(> results oi" hh 
 ■n. Little less 
 .'tin;;' b''l(l up to 
 ih. and appoint - 
 Ottawa with tin- 
 ] the CPU., the 
 sand other mat- 
 meeting on the 
 •roposetl and Mr. 
 hanks to Messrs. 
 torv manner in 
 
 la produeetl most 
 artbril to dismi.s^ 
 
 •ation oi' the end 
 I of appeal i'roui 
 I'Uioval ol' d<alht^ 
 o impose and ool- 
 r north oi" Rejjinu; 
 
 Limmarized as t'"' 
 ^•ision, Van Hoi ... 
 ." (2) Sir J. A. 
 it or "tyrannical 
 ity hy inserting h 
 
 from magistrate^ 
 bo the doubt tlmi 
 tliwest Municipa 
 ,.t only an eltcU^i 
 
 But the Nortli 
 \y, and as a douU 
 es corporate to if 
 Premier, in his Bill 
 removing any suci 
 'or the Regiiia aii^ 
 
 Lonn' Lake Rnilioad. and ('>) the repro.s(.'ntat''ni question 
 was postponed i'or the time heing. 
 
 The rapid strides made hy prosperous settlement and civ- 
 ilization during the past eighteen months had hi'en enor- 
 mous, not onlv in lleuina and its District, hut the Terri- 
 torieii. This is what the Ottaaa Cithca said on April 2Lst : 
 " Two year.- liavu not yet elap.sed <ince the Northwest was 
 the (treat L<tne Land, known to u.'i (jnly throu^h the graphic 
 pen of a Milton, or the dashing style of a Butler. It says 
 somethin<r for the (lovernment and Constitution of Canada 
 that the railway whistle had hardly started for the first 
 time the wild .silence of illindtahle plain.s. when a (piasi- 
 representative Assendjly was delil-erating in the capital of 
 the Noithwest and passing an Or<linance for the establish- 
 ment of Municipnl institutions. The country had ht'en 
 practically befoie this under military rule : the Indian, the 
 hunter, the smuggler, the trader — of sucl^ was the popula- 
 tion of the Nortliwest, and the duties of keeping out liquor. 
 of j)reserving order, of maintaining law, wei'e all dischargtid 
 by the Mounteil Police. 
 
 But with the sn)oke of the locomotive, and the ease; of the 
 puUman car, the poeti'}' of adventure, oi' of real or supposed 
 danger, i\.\t genuine charm of hardship, long rides through 
 blizzards, hard tack, bacon, pt'iiunican, and a fail* chance of 
 being frozen; all this (lisappeared like the <lream of a school 
 girl during her early days of fashionable ^'aiety. (Jivic 
 man stood on the praii-ie and roared his little cities and 
 built his farm houses, and the Hrst bur.st of excitement over 
 he began to ask himself how he was goNerned .''" 
 
 The C.P.R. Government loan (d" i^!>L>, 500,000 ^ranted this 
 mouth, proved a boon to the towns along the main line, the 
 amount spent upon Northwest raih'oau c(jnstruction l.teing 
 very considerable. 
 
 The tirst execution took place at the police barracks, on 
 the 3rd of April, the half-breed brothers, John and George 
 Stephenson, suti'ering tlie extreme penalty of the law for tlie 
 brutal murder of an old settler named McCarthy, near Troy 
 
:t2 
 
 niRTOHY OV UKOTNA. 
 
 "0 
 
 (»u>\v Qir/\.|>)M'1I(< Slntion) on tlx' :ir<l <>r .hun-, sll. Tlir cir 
 cuiiistMiHM s cotiiH-ctrd with (liis •^liii.dJ y miir<l<'r niT >till 
 lV(vsli ill tilt' minds oi' many <»!' onr citi/rns. 'I'lir most nosrl 
 IcMturi' WHS the <lis('(»\('i-y (»!" I lie Tncts Ity the )iII<'L!I'<| |»Iji,\ 
 iii;^ oi" ('in'<ls. Tlic munlcrcrs mudi- a full conl't'ssion of tlicii 
 crinii; Iji.'l'oiv (.'\tciition, and died |)cnitfnt. 
 
 On (Ik- "itli May, (ii' Tiiwn ( 'nnncil dfchutd Mr. llumM) 
 ••"•al \afiiMl, III' linvih" ;di mlrd liiiuM'lJ IVoiii lline rfMil'i! 
 mcrliiins. Mr I ). Mi»\\al was cN'rii'd lo tlic vacancy Ity -.w 
 claiiiat'.m. Simr tlini onr iircstiil Mayor lias kt'n( in IIm 
 IVoiil lank oi' onr ( 'ily I'atlit'rs. 
 
 Hrt'orr till' d<'|>arl iiif 111' llir |»iiinr('r misMioiinry , t lir llr\ 
 \\ . il. lit'witt , in .Inly , this uoitliy and /laloiis ot'iit-lciiini 
 rrccixi'd flic ifMrtl of lii-, IVIInw cili/.m; al. a pnljlir iiitit 
 in!4 ludii in lilt' frriohl, shed. Mi-; lliaior lii('iitt'naiit-C{o\ 
 ciiior hrwdiicy icid I, lie addi'i'ss, wliicli was sinned U 
 lliiriy scNcii of (lie \t-\ . prracliff's nrotlicr iiioiiccrs. II 
 was succeeded l.y llic j{c\. Mr. I'ooley on the •iOtli of .Inly 
 
 On the 2"»th of. Inly ari'ixed here His Lordshiji Adelhii 
 .lohn Ivohert Anson, hrolher of the Marl of Lichlield.ii 
 liishoj) (if As.siiiilioia. Me was presented with a. Keantifiill 
 eiiL-rossed addres.s, read hy the ( !lmr(^liwarden, Mi-. Willini 
 ('a\le\- IJaniilt»in. We i-ive a sUetch of iJishop Anson cIm 
 wliei'e. This e|tisc(»|»al diocese is now known as that i 
 Qu Appelle, the desinnn t ion ha\ini;- Keen he.stowed on tl 
 the iStii of Decenil.er (ISSk) 
 
 On the .'ird of August the Roman Catholic C/hnreli \vi 
 consecrated Ity his urace Archhishop I'aelic, in the presciu 
 of the elite of Retina. Tliei-e was a crowded assinnbly. I 
 the eveiiine" tliere was a saorcd concert ttiwards the liquiii 
 tion of the Chur"h ileitt, at which Mis Honor, ()(tverii' 
 Dewchiey, Mrs. l)ew(hiey, etc., weiv pres(;nt. A laree .sii: 
 was realized. Pi-exious to the I'rectioii of this (jhurcli ti 
 Roman -Jatholics hehl their services in McCusker's Hall ai 
 Bonneaus store. The pioneer R. ('. Missionaries we: 
 Fathers St. (xermain and Hueeonai-,!. Rere Larche tu' 
 charge in the Spring of '84, and the present clergyma 
 
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 nn 
 
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 wvil'V Mi't' -till 
 Tlic most novil 
 tc allf,u<'<l I'li'y 
 il'cssion oV tli< ii 
 
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 III lluvr |v;Mjl>ii 
 
 NMCilllfV l>\ 'I' 
 
 has kfjil in IIm 
 
 iioniirv, tlif 15''^ 
 illuus oriitlrliiiil 
 
 II |»ul)lic iiiffi 
 Liciiti'iinnt-CJov 
 
 , WilS sin'llCtl li\ 
 
 [•)• nioiK'crs. II 
 L. 'iOtli oV Jul}. 
 onlsliip Adflb'i 
 )!" lii('lili«'M,a 
 ■iLli a, iM'iiutilull 
 ,lrn, Mr. Willini 
 islioj) Alison i'Im 
 iiovvn as that i 
 hcstoNVt'tl on tl 
 
 ;)Hc Chnirli \vi 
 (', in the pn'sciK 
 KmI assembly. I 
 ,vanls the licjui^ 
 
 Honor, (loveriK 
 it. A ljti',i;'<-' ^>i' 
 ,f this C.-hurch ti 
 Cu.sker's Hall ai 
 Missionaries nv^' 
 Pere Larclu' tu^ 
 resent elergyma 
 
 « 
 
 Fiillirr Clniton. whom \v<- notjc- in the " Sk<>t('lvv';." ;MTivc<l 
 hi'r«' I'roiii .MonhfJil in May, iS.SIi. 
 
 Till- lirst annmil rxhihition wiis li.ld at llcLCin'i "" t-ht! 
 2n<l an'l .'h-fl oi" Octohi'r, IHS4. 'riit- nifnicy prizes wen- 
 ValiitMl at !<|.'0(» ami the rnti'ic- numlicrcd ()S(; The .show 
 groiMiil fill hoiv' iind cattle wa . Victoria Siju-iri:, wliile the 
 Coiiil room MMiJ a '.aeant tore roniii in Scartli . hiiiMiiU' 
 Wciv lit ili/i(l lor cxhiliit'. of i;rain r(»ol . ami \. c^pctaMc . 
 l)iiiiicr was HciAcil on the e\ciiin<^' of the 'iiHJ in what was 
 known as th" r.owlim- Alley Ihoad Street with .Mr-i- 
 Kell\ (now .\|i , I inij.. ) a . cati-re , .. The attemlence num- 
 bered ir.o. 
 
 The follnwinj^' notahle , paid II- a tlyin'.!,' n i^it on the eseii- 
 iiie 111' the :{rd N'liveiiilMT : The jjoii. .Messrs. ( 'arlinu, Post- 
 nuistfr ( Jeiieral Tope the Minister of A^ricnltni-e ; Alon/.o 
 W'riLdil. .\l.l'. for (Htawa ('<aiiity. Iiet.ter known a,s " the 
 KiiiL; of the (<atiii»'au;" several ('.IMI. iiianiiates and others, 
 h'ew sidewalks graced our stieets those days, e\'en alonj^ 
 the most important thoroiiehfai>'s. It was only on No\eiii 
 ber l.'Uh of this \ear that, the one leadiiie- fi-i^in liroad Street 
 to the (/.IMI. was completed. Several line hiiildinns went 
 Up on the suhiirhs, includiiiL; the l)eantifiil and coiiim(>di(jus 
 residence of .Mi-. .1. ( '. .Nelson, h.J^.S., on section 2(j, hy the- 
 WHscana. 
 
 On the 2(ltli of N(jv<'mlier, the Townsite 'I'rUHteeH set 
 apart twenty-th)"e<.' ar;res, to he used as a cemetery. The 
 latter is situated outside the eorpoi'ate limits on the Noith 
 side of tile town, and on the east side of the llc-gina ami 
 Long Lake RaiUvuy. 
 
 The I7tli of L)eceml»er was one of great rejoicing in (^^an- 
 ada. On that day in thy Grand (Jperu H(juse, Toronto, was 
 preseiite<l amongst others, the At.ldress of the citizens of 
 Regiiia to Sir John A. Macdoiiald, in Ix^ior of the fortietli 
 anniveisarv of that ifreat state.siuans (.ntry into ijuhlic life. 
 The Address, siuned by Mr. Benson and Mi-. William MeGirr. 
 was presented by Messrs. N. F. JJavin, W. White, ilajor 
 Bell and Mr. Foy. In acknowledging the a<idres8, Sir John 
 
 
84 
 
 HISTORY OF KEOINA. 
 
 Hjvid : " I am ])roii(l to rcfMnvc the )ul<lr»!ss from Ii«';^fiiiia, tin MiH 
 
 capital of the Nortljwcst. llcgiiia was attack«'(l, ami thosi bef' 
 
 who Uft«Ml witli mo were attacked for the selection of lle^rjiiu Voli 
 
 as the capital. Experience has sliowii it is the center of on. Que 
 
 of the most heautiful ti'acts in that hoaiitiful and fertil. Scot 
 
 countrv- Its future is assurod. It is in Mc> 
 
 THL RICHKSJ PoUTION OF THE NORTHWEST ^^" 
 
 from un uyiicuiturul point of Niew : is on the line of tli 
 C.P.k., and everyone can leach it from all parts of tlu 
 Dominion with railway speed. " 
 
 Few can denv that Sir liohn Muedonald is and has hi'ii 
 the true and sterliii!'; friend (jf the Northwest, and, lilce 
 great many others, with a great deal to give and the bi. 
 heart to hestow it, he may well say with Plautud : 
 
 It iictirhiiin fat, pro huiiefuctlH fiiiii iiiuli iiiettaein inetuH.*^ 
 
 ceiv( 
 a"C 
 callii 
 Til 
 the t 
 fight 
 Til 
 scrip 
 to ne* 
 laatte 
 succe,'^ 
 
 and 
 
 Abd 
 
 ii 
 
 CHAPTEK I.\. 
 
 Kiiily HiHit.ry of tlu! Year -Break iiig cmt of tliti Uel)oni(Ui--TI, 
 " HIazera " Orf^aiiiziMl Tlmir Uij»litt<t Scrip — Erection of a (lAol uu p.g_i 
 liiiiiatic AHyliiiii The He^ina and Long Lake Kuilroad Started _ , 
 Kiel Arrives a I'riatmer • Tlie Montreal (Jairiaun Artillery -The Ki . 
 Trial- NanieH of (\innHel ('onvicti«.M and Execution of PriBoner- ^ •'^^ 
 <'ouclii.si(»n (if Kelml Trials New .< .Mdins^H -Visit of Lord Lhh OBftr 
 
 downe Sir Charles Tu|»|)er -The lion. Tiioinas White Welcomed Youn 
 Tttwn Hall Krected -Literary and Musical Society Formed- -Siniiiiiii q^. 
 
 /,'' Hall, 
 
 " This vkau," says the LmiUr, " was u-shei-ed into existeiu , ' 
 
 in v "oi'ous weather, with a full moon shedding its silvei , 
 
 light over our boundle.ss prairies, clad in their .spotless niui .. 
 
 tie with a beauty we never saw equalled," „ ,, 
 
 The histo»'Y of January and February would make du. , ^ 
 
 , iiubeci 
 
 readino-. The town continued to orow .steadily and ut. 
 
 li6]*tV)1'l 
 
 busineas men were liopeful. On the 4th of March, ui „ , . 
 
 of fortv-two Notes and Drafts due at the Bank of Montm . 
 , - ^ tones 
 
 here, not one went to protest. , , 
 
 On tlie 'lbi\i of March, the " Bla/ers were ort{anii:c « . 
 ^Uow bitter it ia to reap a harvest o{ evil for good ttiat you liave done. 
 
 a 
 
HIHT tRY Ofc' REOINA. 
 
 as 
 
 roiu 
 
 K«M'-ina tl>' MiHtlletoii liad loft Toronto for tho sc«'n«i of strife two ilays 
 
 p1'«'(1 jukI thosi before, and with a coinmcndahlo patriotism, tlie Regina 
 
 1 • 'tion of U<'iriiiii Volunteer Corps placed themselves at the service of their 
 
 tl • center of i>i\< Queen anrl country, un<ler the ahle conmiand of Li(!ut.-Col. 
 
 iiful and fertil Scott ami Major Mowat. At the fir«t meetiu}^ held in 
 
 McNicol's Hall, 7.') volunteers si'Mied the roll. Instructions 
 
 HIHWEST 
 on the line of th 
 all parts of tlit 
 
 I .live and the bi. 
 PlautUd : 
 
 givin;^ the necessary authority to form the corps were re- 
 ceived from Sir A. P. Caron on the 28th, and on April 21st 
 a "Company Order" appeared from the Officer connnandinj;, 
 callin<:T the " Blazers" out for adicfi service. 
 
 The men drilled rej:fularly, an<l were prepared to defen<l 
 d IS and has mh ^j^^ town or go to the front. In fact many did ^^o where the 
 kwest.and. Ulcr figi^t ,,,i^,.,l hottest. 
 
 The fact that up to this the " Blazers " have been denied 
 scrip or any reward whatsoever, is such a gross injustice as 
 to need no comment. Mr. Davin, M.P., has taken up the 
 matter, and it is to be hoped the h(m. gentleman will be 
 successful in his endeavors to procure justice for an etiieient 
 and loyal corps of Canada's citizen soldiers. 
 tb»! Uel>olUt>ii--Th About thii' d<ate, tenders were asked for building the now 
 lectioii «'f a (Uol an gg^ .^^^^ lunatic asvlum. 
 Uuilruaa StaiUHl r^^^ rrrading of the Long Lake Railway commenced early 
 , AitilU-ry- TlieUh. « i ^u lo j r • ^^ • i tv i i i • 
 
 c \i.;^,. .> m May, and on the 2ird, Loui> David Kiel was taken pri.s- 
 ecution <>i 1 riBoiu'i ./ ' i 
 
 -Visit i)f Lord Lhh: oaiKT to th;; Northwest Mounted Poicc Barracks, by Captain 
 
 as Whito Welcoiiiod YoUng. 
 
 ty Fonnecl -Siuuinii On June 6th, a public meeting wji-s held in McNicols 
 
 HaU, for Ijringing out mcmljcrs of the Northwest Council, 
 ■red into existeiK,^^^ Regina wa^, visited by the Montreal Garri.son Artillery, 
 bclding its silvei^jj^ camped on the west bank of the Wascana near the 
 their spotless in j^aJiyQ^^d bridge, and immediately south of the dungeon keep 
 
 of the unfortunate man who had by a mixture of geniu.-., 
 y would i"ake aiij^^..j^y ,^^^ j^^j^^ attempted to grasp by a specie.s of 
 
 ,v steadily and ^^terrorism, what he claimed to be the rights of himself and 
 4th of March, ui^^.j^_^ ^.^^.^, ^^^^^j ^..^.j.^^^^. .^^ .^uch attemi.i, to plunge the Terri- 
 
 Bank of Mo"^'Vries into the throes of a contest whi.h should only rc'sult 
 
 n delu'-ing the Northwest with the the blood of thous.inds 
 
 were oigaii c^^ injiocent persons. On the Gth of July, Riel was charged 
 
 I tliat you httve done. 
 
*"■(»■ 
 
 J 
 
 36 
 
 HISTORY OF KEGINA. 
 
 with High Treason, before tlie Hon. Mr. Ju.stice Richardson, 
 and on the 20th, lic'ina became tlie tlieatre of one of the 
 most interesting events which liad ever taken place in 
 Canada. A rebel leader was being tried by a State trial, 
 and while the latter progres.sed, the civilized world looked 
 on with interest and impatiently discussed a result. The 
 little square ])uilding on the corner of Scai'th and Victoria 
 Streets was supplied with a telegraph office, and from its 
 wires were flashed to a thousand and one sources, each 
 hour's proceedings as it sped interestingly along. Chris- 
 topher Robin.son, Q.C., B. B. Osier, Q.C, G. W. Burbidge, 
 Q.C., D. L. Scott, Q.C., (of this town,) and T. Chaise Casgrain 
 represented the Crown, and the prisoner was defended by) 
 Mes.srs. Chas. li^itzpatrick, F. H. Lemieux, J. N. Greenshields 
 and T. C. Johnstone, (Regina.) Conviction ensued after a 
 most able defence and impartial trial. After several res- 
 pites, Riel was finally executed at the police barracks, on 
 the Kith of November. He died "calm, resio-ned, brave 
 passionless, and forgiving. The way he left the world be- 
 came him better than anything he did in it." 
 
 The other rebel trials, including those of Poundmakci', 
 Big Bear, the Sioux Chief Whiteca]), a number of half-breeds 
 and Indians, and that of Mr. Scott, l^rince Albert, dragged 
 their slow lengths along, and the last of the Mohicans (Mag- 
 nus Burton) was sentenced by Judge Richards(jn on the lOth 
 of September. 
 
 Many fine new buildings now began to rear their archi- 
 tectural forms, including those of Messi's. Fraser, Hryter 
 Reed, and the })resent residence of the Hon. Mr. Justice 
 Richardson. The total value of buildings erected amounted I 
 to !#o5,loO. 
 
 On the 2."h-d of Septeudier, Regina gave a right vice-regal 
 reception to Lord Lansdowne. On the 2Gth, His Excellency 
 left for the West, accompanied by Lieuten.uit-Covernoi' 
 Dewdncv. On the Nth October, we had a \ isit from Sir 
 Charles Tupper. On the 20th, Regina warmly welcomed 
 Canada's untiriuLC workci- in the field of onerous statesman- 
 
 sli 
 
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 in; 
 
 I. 
 
 To 
 Lit 
 H. 
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 : fu). 
 
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 trial 
 
 ited 
 
 'li able> 
 
 ■M '11 id 1 
 
 »' (lavs 
 ,1 " 
 
 v';i 
 
 pied( 
 
 Lady 
 
 Firo 
 
 ti"g 
 PJaii 
 
 Bras 
 
 "Co 
 
 Thr,^ 
 
 liecei 
 
 a Teil 
 
 Shoi;i| 
 guisl 
 ship )j| 
 
 Swij 
 
 ft Iifind 
 ties sli 
 
 Up I'Ofcj 
 
 behold 
 
 \ 
 
Vs; 
 
 aril son, 
 ; oi the 
 
 ic trial, 
 i looked 
 b. The 
 Victoria 
 from its 
 ;es, eacli 
 Chvis- 
 3ui-l)i<lge, 
 Casgrain 
 
 ended by^ 
 scnsliields 
 :\ after a 
 veral res- 
 rvaeks, (W 
 led, brave, 
 \v()rld be- 
 
 \indu\aker, 
 -liilf-breeds 
 vt, <lragged 
 icansCMag- 
 jn tbe lOtb 
 
 their arcbi- 
 Iser, Hr/ter 
 Mr. Jiistico 
 ,1 iunounted 
 
 it vice- regal 
 s Excellency 
 i^t-Clovernor 
 sit from Sir 
 \y welcon\e<l 
 IS statcsiuan- 
 
 :^ 
 
 HISTORY OF KEGINA. 
 
 37 
 
 slii}), the Hon. Thonia.s Wliite, Minister of tlie Interioi-. The 
 Hon. L;entleiiian wu.s feted in Haiiil)ly's Hall, and left, hav- 
 ing won golden opinions from everybody. 
 
 The 12th November was appointed General Thanksgiving 
 Day throuo'hout the Territories, and about the same date a 
 Town Hall was put up at a cost of .^2.500. On the 2("Sth a 
 Literary and Musical Society was formed, with Mr. James 
 H. Benson as President. 
 
 Regina's history for 18cS5, is most interesting and event- 
 ful. The rel)ellion brought us faces from the four corners 
 of the Dominion. A new railroad was started. At the Riel 
 trial pleaded the ablest of Canadian lawyers ; we were vis- 
 ited by Cana<la's Governor-General and several of CanaLla's 
 ablest statesmen, and the town grew considerably in size 
 and beauty. We counted with Ovid, the sunny and cloudy 
 days of the whole year, and found the sunshine to largely 
 
 predominate. 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 J SS6. 
 Lady Macdonald — Her Love for the Northwest — Trip to the Rockies 
 b'iro BrigfiJe Organized— Territorial 3oard of Education — First Sit- 
 ting — New Police Commissioner — The (Jiist Mill — "The CJore" 
 Planted — Preparitions to Receive Sir John A. Macdonald— -The 
 Brass Band Organized —Dominion Day — Magnificent Celebration — 
 "Colonel" Ingersoll becomes an Archbishop— Receiving the First 
 Through Train — A bonfire— Sir John Arrives — He Receives a Royal 
 Reception — The Hon. Thomas White Arrives — Still Another Batch 
 — Mrs. Yeomans - Crowfoot— Mr. Davin Nominated M. P. —Starting 
 a Territorial Hosi)ital. 
 
 Shoui.I) anybody ask Lady Macdonald why that distin- 
 guished })ersonage so dearly loved the Xoi'thwest, her lady- 
 hip might fittingly reply by asking 
 
 " Is it, in lieav'n a crime to love t(jo well '" 
 * Swinburne says then' is n<j such thing as a dumb poet ui' 
 a handless painter, and Lady Macdonalds intellectual facul- 
 ties should be out of the fashion of that uenius which li<dits 
 ilp both poetry and painting were her ladyship unable to 
 behold a solemnity in the unbrcjken panorama of distance 
 
38 
 
 HISTORY OF RKGINA. 
 
 prosentfjfl l»y a scrctiou of Noi'Uiwost praii'if;, or in tho,s<- 
 
 inoiHitaiii giants fai'tlM;!" wost wliose hoary peaks pierco the 
 pallirif^ clouds nnd ;^iv(! sucli a suhliinity to N^aiurc, n,s sliould 
 
 niak(! f!V(n tlic dullest mind po(!ticn,I. 
 
 We have had inn,ny visits tVoirj Lady Mncdonald. One 
 of these was in .Jjinuary, 'SO. I^arly this month her Imly- 
 ship arriv(i<l at R<',gina aeoom{)anied hy .Jiid;^e and Mrs, 
 Brooks, an rouiK to the Rockies. His Honor, Lientenant- 
 Uov(!rnor Jewdney and Mrs. I)»!\vdney joinfid the party, and 
 on tlie return to K(!^dna >i,hout the .Stli, lier ladyslii)) h(dd a 
 reception at (jlov(U-nment House;, which, net'dless to sny, whs 
 " well attend(;d." 
 
 'rh(! citizens' m(;etin;^ in the Tf)wn HjiJI, to f)r'oiMizc 
 a Hre hi-i^ad(!, t(jok place on tlu; 22nd, and the excellent tir< 
 protection now enjoyed l)y the '|\)wn shows the '^(>(>(\ accoiii- 
 plishefj Yty that meetin;4. 
 
 The, first sitting; of the Tei litorinJ Board of I'iducation 
 took plac(; on the I Ith of March, and this month nJso sfjw u 
 new police conunissioner (jUJirtered at the Ijarracks, in tin 
 person of Mr. Lawrence Herchmer. 
 
 The ;.(rist mill comnienci^d woi'kint:; on the 25th f>f April 
 ;i,nd on the 7th of May tin; Ijieutenant-Cjlovernor, Town 
 Council, and interested citizens, Tna<h; a hi;^ ai-hoi" day of it 
 by phinting The Coi'i; with ;i choice ii.nd suitjihle variety ot 
 trees. On the 2()th, a puhlic mei.'tin;^ was In-ld in tlv 
 Council Chanilj<;r, and elaborate preparations were made tc 
 r(;C(!ivc Sir John A. Miicdonald. 
 
 About the middle of June tin; Brass Band wa: ^tv^au'wl 
 
 the instruments coming- to h;ind on the 2r>th. The ollicf i 
 elect(xl were, tin; ll(jii. L. l)(;wdney, Hon. Bit.sident ; Mr 
 
 I>. W. Bole, President, Dr. Cotton, Vice- President, and I)r 
 
 Kcown, Sec.-Treasunn-. 
 
 Donunion d;iy was celebrated with ma!^niHc(!n(t(>. Tli 
 
 horse-rficin;,^ was line, and the. Town Hall ( loncfi't splendi' 
 
 TIku'c w;i,s a biJIijuvl tournMnicnt ;i.t the I'jiIiiht Nou?<c, ;in 
 
 the <Jarnival Kni;^dits j)ac<d tie; stre<;ts whilf, the h;)ii 
 
 played. ' (Julonel " In;^irsull up|»ropiiately l<d the proc( 
 
 sio'; drcLised as an Archbishop. A '^reat crowd rec<iived tl 
 
 tv\i 
 
 thr 
 
 lenl 
 ln;ii| 
 wVi 
 
 CUK 
 
 OttJ 
 ( 
 
 tlir 
 Wliij 
 
 W(;> 
 
 held 
 eftt.-i.i 
 tIjulJ 
 
;_ or in ihosf- 
 iks pic. re/'- tli<', 
 xiirc }i,M shoul'l 
 
 cdonaM. <>nc 
 
 I, til h'-y l"'ly- 
 
 (l.re ami Mrs. 
 !•_ Li(;uU'nant- 
 l th.i party, and 
 la<lyslii]» b«',l«l a 
 less to say, wns 
 
 ,11, to or<,^i.niz<' 
 he. cXCciU'Tlt. lire 
 [,!,(' ;^'oo(l accoin- 
 
 ■,1 (,\' K-lucation 
 lontli ii,lso stiw ft 
 barracks, in tin 
 
 . 2.HI1 oi April 
 ovcvnor, Town 
 
 arbor day of it 
 tal)lc variety oi 
 ;,,s luaa in tlv: 
 
 s were niadc. tc 
 
 IllS'loliV OF |{K(;i\A. 
 
 :V.i 
 
 >n 
 
 .11 
 
 !•( 
 
 I wa; .<r^nuii/«"l 
 Tlie otlini 
 I'rcsident . M^ 
 sident, an<l !>' 
 
 a'niitieencf. 
 
 Tlv 
 
 Conrrl-t sj.lendl' 
 Wl.llr, tiK' >'='" 
 
 Jy Ird the pr«)C( 
 rowd rcc»uved ll 
 
 fii^t t 1ii'oul;Ii li'.'iin witli ji lii;^ Rc>iiii;i clici'C, jind |»i<',sfiit,«M| 
 til"' i-i\<^\\\c ilii\cr wit!) ;i Ihi;;. Tlie JiiIiINm' trciiiinjitfd witli 
 a, rnoiisli'i' lioiilirf norl.ii ol" tin' track. 
 
 " TIk' ( 'lii< rf,fiiri " liiiiiscir arcixcd on tin • ITl-li, Ji.rwl reccixcd 
 a, i'(iy;d (•(■(•••|)f,i()ii. r<'rli;i|»s (In- i'\ciit, vvns tlic most, int.ercst- 
 in;^ in I li<' liistory 'il' the .Wdtliucst. Sir .loliti Macdonald 
 could \v<-ll chiini tlic Imnor l.o lir cidlt'd ii (iy*'i\i, ('iiumVuin. 
 lie \V!is (Ik- I''ji,|I.i|- oI' ( !(.idVd(i;il,i.in, (lie l»nilde)" (tf tlic 
 (IfUiJidi;:.!; I'.iriiie liji.ilwny, }iii<l tlic crciiAtir ul' the .Nortli vvt-st 
 as )i political entity. 'Ili'- |M<)|)lr ot" II, '^inji, lifliiActl in his 
 "wortli fuid srrviccs, and dcnionstrji.trd iJicir rci'Iin;^s dui'in^' 
 '"liis st,ay in tlx-ii- midst. On the L'Sth, the Hon. 'I'honias 
 A\'liite iuri\<'d, ;i,c('(»m|»;iiiied hy .Mrs. and the .Misses VVHdte. 
 Aitef reeeisin^ s<'ver;d 1 leputiiiions .ind |i;i,yinj4' \isits l,he 
 (lisLin^iiished \isit.ors, Ji,ee()m|t;inied hy n hii^Lje h(«|y oj' tJie 
 citi/ens, look ;i l,ii|i nor'th on l|,e lve|_'in;i ;ind lion;^ li;ike 
 lifiihojid. The coinitiy and ^eenery lia\crsed li\' this line 
 aJ'e well worthy ol' a( I m M;.' tion. 
 
 On the |,-,t. SeptiMnher ani\ed the lion. .M(d\en/.ie l)ov\e||, 
 Minister ol" ( 'ustDliis, anil the Misses Howell; tJie Hon. M |-. 
 Fosl.ei-, .M ini.;|,e|- (»r Marine; the Hon. M r. l{o\al, and others. 
 
 On the :^.")tli Se|tti'nd>er, u e wre honored hy t.li<' visits <»!' 
 two dist in'jui. lied iMisona^es. liel, ns ;_;i\e them a niche in 
 
 the TemjMe o|' |j jst.ory Mrs. VeoiiKMr^, the Ml-eat tenijieraiic.e 
 
 led urei' ;ind < 'row tool , < 'hitd' of t he jilack l"e('t,. .Mrs. Yeo 
 mans lectured in the l\no,\ ( 'hnrch on Snn<lay' evenitiH^, 
 w' ile ( 'row loot ordered the priiitiri" ot a hutidreil \isit,in"" 
 Curil.N. Sov \\\\' il iifii ijiidl mil, (excuse t,he c<)in) ol" his tri|) to 
 Ott,awa. 
 
 On the ."hd .Xovetnlier, a laiv and influential tneetili;; oV 
 tlie < 'otrservativc Associa,! ioti was heM in the Town Hall, at 
 wliich Mr. .Nicholas l"'|(»od |)a\'in was noininat,ed M.I*. Tor 
 Westjciii Assinihoia, a,n<l on the (it.h, a j)ulili<' ineetinij, v\ mi 
 held in the saine instit,ut,ion, to c(»nsider the reasihility of 
 eHtahlishin-j; a Ten-itorial Hospital at il.e^ina. Twas ineet 
 that, the Old V'ears apfjfoachiti'^- dissolution should he 
 
 |P§ 
 
40 
 
 lllS'lOin Ol" IlKCilNA. 
 
 iiuirkcil with l(»\c ;in<l iMiici'actioii t(» llic siiU'criii^' anil 
 
 atHiclcd. ( 'lijiiily's laiiij) luii'iis luinlitc.^t at lioiiic, and 
 
 " 'I'liu |>i luiiil (iiitios sliiito iilol'l like .stars; 
 The cliaiitif- thill Hniitlu! and heal and hloas 
 An- seal tend at the feet nf men like llovvers." 
 
 chaptkk XL 
 
 I JSS7. 
 
 Tlie (jleneral Ehjeti-nis -'I'he 'l\v<> (ileal I 'art ies Eastern ('anada and 
 the Teri'ittiries Wo CaiMiot Induluie in Sentiment — Mr. Bhike's 
 Sujtposed Pdlii'v Its Ellect on the Electors — Messrs. Davin and 
 Ross — The CJ El-'"^ions — The General Hospital— Meeting of the 
 Directors — Be i of Ttade Meeting; The Burns" Anniversary Cele- 
 brated — I'etiti s for le a[)pointmeiit of Lieut-XJovernor Devvdney 
 — Lady Macdonald'a Visit — Congratulatory .Vddress to the Queen — 
 Conclusion. 
 
 SiK .I.N(». A. xM.U'|)nN.\|,|)'s appeal io ilic colUltl'V "'Jll'lv this 
 yeai- ft»i' a tVcsli Ica.sc ol' powt'i-stai-tU'tl noliody in [» d'ticulai', 
 if we may ('xc*f[)t tliosc dfoncs aii<l KoodK'r.s wlio had con- 
 ceived a pretty fail- idea tliat pai-liaisicntafy v!'s.solutioii 
 meant for them relegation to |)ri\ate life. Ea.^tern Canada 
 had .scented the battle from afar, an<l the two orea,t political 
 parties were in good fighting trim at the call of the re\ eille. 
 The political genius of the Chieftain and the pri<le felt by 
 the country in his daiing and sagacious statesnianshi}). 
 placed tlie Reform l^irtx' at great disadvantage, but, nex'ei- 
 theless, Ml-. l>lak(- and his men made a splendid tight, all 
 thinos considere<l. 
 
 In Eastei-n (Janada, age has stamped jniblic institutii)ns 
 and public men with th<' seal or a conservatism which might 
 at any time corrupt the commonwealoh, unless watched iy 
 the eagle eye of a \igilant o))position. Iliundinciii est ernth 
 is as true of a public servant as of the fool whose sun sets 
 at noonday from the stealing of a dollar bill. The Reform 
 press of the ICastern provinces ha<l handled the Macdonald 
 Ministi-y without gloves, and Sir John impatiently awaited 
 tlie houi- to cloai- the C'onservative decks and give the enemy 
 battle. He was too cool and clear-heade<l a statesman to bt 
 
 P' 
 vi 
 
msToliV OF 1{K(;INA. 
 
 41 
 
 sullrriii}^' fUitl 
 i(»mc, ;in<l 
 
 
 itfiii CiUiiidii ami 
 liut — Mr. Blake's 
 easrs. Daviii and 
 ,1— Mooting of the 
 Anniversary Oele- 
 ;()vernnr Dewdney 
 las to the Queen— 
 
 imtry cai-ly this 
 (ly ill [»:iiticular. 
 •s who had <'o)i- 
 arv .'."ssolution 
 Ea-^tern Canatla 
 
 ^•l•eat political 
 
 1 of the rcM'ille. 
 hi' pn<lc felt by 
 
 statesmanship, 
 ii^e, but, ne\'ei- 
 )leiidi(l tight, all 
 
 blic institutions 
 ism which mioht 
 lU'ss watched It} 
 luniiniii est crrai'^ 
 )\ whose sun sets 
 1. The Reform 
 I the Maedoniild 
 atiently awaited 
 il give the cncniY 
 , statesman to be 
 
 ^(»}1<I<'(1 iiil't action Mill' iiioiiii'iil bi'bdf he was |iic|iar('d. 
 Tlie Ifsult of the rlcctioil Would |)ldVe whether tilt" I )()Ulin- 
 
 on lielie\-e(| tJic niilliou and one cliarges laid at the door of 
 niolern ( auadiau eoiisei-\ atisui. and wlietliei' those ]ii-o- 
 claiuung Toiy ini(|uity fioin tlie housetops r( ceixt'il their 
 e.\alte<l mission fi'om the great bulk ol' the peo])le oi' had 
 eonseei'ated tliemse|\-es to become their own liisliops. We 
 know the result of tlu^ elections, and while all ])atriotic 
 ('anadia,iis will I'ejoice in the triumj)h of a man wlio had 
 placed, tlie Itest years ol' his life and his best talents at the 
 service of liis country without fee or i-eward except the 
 })enny a day winch any ))i(iuier uiay connimnd on enteiing 
 the ('abinet vineyard — while ('auailians ma\' I'eioice in sucli 
 triumph, it cannot be deiueil tlie lleform Party ha<l had 
 some grax'e grounds for eonij)laint. and it is to be hoped tlic 
 rectification of seveial abus(>s bi-ought to light dui'ini; the 
 late contest, will largely coidiibute towards the healthy ])i'o- 
 ores,, of the country and the best iidcrests of the l)ominion. 
 Here in the Northwest the piisent (ioNcrnment romid 
 staunch support. This is not to lie wondeicil at. The 
 count'T is still in its infancy, and a tew suceessi\e seasons 
 of drought ha\'e s'lmewhat di.;heartene(l the M'ttlers and, 
 causeil them to look for sU[)poit ami encouragement to tliose 
 whom they lielieve to he their best fl-iends. The de\elop- 
 ment and go-aheadm ss of the Territoi-ies haxc long been 
 associateil with Sii' John Macdonald and the C?onser\ati\e 
 Party. < )n the othei- hand, Mr. l)lakes sup])()sed Northwest 
 policy — not only econo nic. but parsimonious — had been 
 viewed with alarm by the great bulk of the settlers, wli(< 
 had, in. many instances, lost their all in a great lone land, 
 and who regardi'd a poli(,'y othei'than considei-ate andliVx-ral 
 the death-blow to tlie country. There is very little ideal 
 sentiuient in the Northwest at the ]iresent time. Old 
 Counirymeii and Kastei-n Canadians came here years ugo 
 and invested every dollar oi" their ca])ital in a soil the finest 
 and richest on the face of the eaitli. Pp to this the lnbo,v 
 has been great and the rewaiil small, and little blame to the 
 
42 
 
 mSTO.lY OF KK(;iNA. 
 
 \ 
 
 N 
 
 '^^)rtli\vest pioneer, wlio sliodM ie;;anl a sliower of rain or a 
 fine wheal field with i;reatei' interest tliaii tiie t'anfaronaih' 
 of some jrtritanicul s]ioutei- wlio comes out West witli senti- 
 ment in 00(5 liand and emptiness in tlie other. 
 
 In Westei'ii Assinihoia, tlie aspirants to parliamentaiy 
 fanu; were Mr. Nieliolas Flood Davin, and Mr. .lames Ham- 
 ilton Ross. Mr. Davin was a man of transcendent ability, 
 an(] liad Ix-en witli tlie people almost from the l»ee-inning. 
 He was editor and ]>ro})rietor of a newspaper which had 
 fought and won many battles for Ri^eina ; he was known 
 ex-erywdiere as an orator, a wit, and a litteratvnr, and his 
 great inHuence at Ottawa had l)een recognised on more than 
 one occasion. It would l»e im])ossible for such a man to 
 exist without enemies, but despite envy and malice, the fact 
 remained that Davin and Ren'ina had l»ecome convertible 
 tei'ms, and the constituency wei'e inclineij to support a can- 
 didate who for foui' yeais ha<l stood in the lu'i'ach, and hehl 
 the ])ass for t]i(> ponple's riLdits and lihei'ties against all foes. 
 Moreover, Mr. Da in represented the party suj)])os(m1 to lie 
 more tViA'oi'able to tiie Northwest a very [)otent factor in- 
 deed in his claims foi- election. 
 
 Of Mr. Ross nobody could say an unkind woid. De was 
 a young man, a,V>le, genial, liouoral)le and populai", and made 
 a good Hglit. 'i'he election caine oil' on the loth of March, 
 1 ,14!) votes were ])(»lled out of I ,<S.S ') ; |)a\in receiving 72(), 
 and Ross 42.S. 
 
 Of course tlier«^ was the usual excitement in Regina dur- 
 ing tlie contest, but witli almost everyl)ody Mr. Davins 
 return was a foregone conclusion. We ha\e opened the 
 chapter with these remarks because bttle else than eh-cti(jn 
 news remains for us to talk about so far. 
 
 The civic elections i-esulted in the return of Mayor Mowat 
 to a .second term of otHce, \\'ith Messi-s. A. Martin, Jt W, 
 Smith., iX S. McCannell,and W. C Handlton, as C.'ouncillor.s. 
 A graceful com))liment was ])aid to Mr. Handlton by (dect- 
 ing him in his absence dui'ing a holiday trip to Ontario. 
 
 On the llth of Jaimarv thei'e was a meetijiu' of the 
 
HISTnl'.Y OK RFXilXA. 
 
 4n 
 
 •r of rain or n 
 e fanfaronade 
 ■st with scnti- 
 
 parliainentary 
 •. .lames Hani- 
 ndent ability, 
 tlie 1. en-inning, 
 per which iiad 
 10 was known 
 ■rat cur, and his 
 d on more.' than 
 sueli a man to 
 malice, the fact 
 me convertible 
 » snp]iort a can- 
 ii-eaeh, and hehl 
 aoainst all foes. 
 
 sU))]>os(;d to b(* 
 )otent factor in- 
 won 1. He, was 
 
 )ular, and made 
 oil I of iVlareh, 
 rceeivini;' 72*'), 
 
 in Liegina dur- 
 
 ily Mr. Davins 
 
 liivc opened the 
 
 se than election 
 
 )f Mayor Mowat 
 Martin, J^ V\ 
 ius Councillors. 
 
 uiiilton by elect- 
 
 ) to Ontario, 
 meeting of the 
 
 n 
 
 directois (if till' llc;;in;i (JiiirrMl llus|)itjd. .\biy<»r Mowat 
 was ;i|i|ioi)it;'(l ( 'liiiii-iiian. .Mr. A. Ij. F/.nuin Scerctniv. aiid 
 ^Ir. .Inh)i Srcord, 'I'lcMsinvr. Messr.->. Benscai inm Scott wo'c 
 apjtointcd a e<iimnittcc to arrange for tlir eollcctioii of sub- 
 scri])tions. A stnoiM a|)pral -'as directed to lie m idf to tin- 
 Tei'rititrirs for .snpport. tlif iiistitntion licin^ inaetieally 
 Tci'ritorial in olijcct. An annual mendiershiji fcf was ti.xeil 
 at f(Mn' dollars, ami the directors re.soKcd to ask the ( 'hui'ches 
 to devote the collections of the lii-.st Sunday in May eaeh 
 year to the ho.s])ital funds. 
 
 'I'he animal meeting of the Hoard of "^rra*!!- took ]ilace on 
 the lS{]i. The otiicer.s ai)pointe(l were, i'resident, I''. .1. 
 Hunter: \'icc-l*res., 1 ). W. Bole; St'c.-Ti'eas., I ). Mowat; 
 Ctmncil : .Messrs. Mc('aul, Lamont, Shepphai'd, Ha\iie, .1. II. 
 Sjnith, .\. .Martin, 'V. Iv Martin. .McXicol and Dawson. 
 
 On the 22nil of h'i'liruai'y was conuueiiioiated the I^Sth 
 annixersai'V of the poet Itoliert lUirns, liy a dinner at tlie 
 Windsor Hotel. Here occurred the lirst gathering of 
 Scotchmen and theii- descendants that e\ei' took place in 
 Regina. 
 
 Towards the latter [)art of March, the distribution of seed 
 grain granted by the govermnent on certain conditions to 
 settlers took ])lace imdei' the supeixision of Mr. Kdward 
 Gai'ss, Pi'esident of the .Agiicultural Society, and |)etitions 
 fior the re-appointuieUv: of His ]b)nor Jjieut.-GoveriK;!' Dewd- 
 ney poured into Ottawa from all parts of tlie coun- 
 try. A petition to this ctl'ect was forwarded to His Kxcel- 
 lency the (iovernoi'-( {e.neral, by the Mayor and Citizens of 
 Regina. T;ie Indian tribes also petitioned, net the least 
 significant of the documents being that uf ».,"rowfoot, and 
 seventeen other chiefs (;f the Hlackfoot nation, who ex- 
 pres.sed theii- hope Mr. Dewdney woul<l he allowed to leniain 
 in the Territories as their ' Cireut White C'hirf." 
 
 On March .sot h. the C(mncil of the Boai'd of Trade met 
 
 and a statenieiit of Imsiness done in S(i was sulmiitted. The 
 
 •total figured up SS! In ()()(). of this Si»4'.:i()() represented 
 
■MMta 
 
 
 44 
 
 msToKV OK l!K(!INA. 
 
 Idlildill'; ilii|il"(i\ riiMMits, h'-ivii)*;' SS().■^7<><* t«»l" lliffoml ilc 
 tr;i(|i' jiropcr. 
 
 Oil till' !lth (»r A|)i'il. lifitly M;ic(l()n!il(l ;ii'ii\t'il line t'roiii 
 I'Miifr (111 licr way ffi ■twni'ils. niid the l;ist inciclciit i]i tin- 
 cliroiiiclcs ol' llr'jiiia wliicli n'maiii^ i*<>i ii.s to notice is (lie 
 .s[)ccjjil iin'('tiii!L; <tl" tlic Town Coinu-il, held on tlir liM.liof 
 May, at wliicli Messrs. iluinilton, McCkiniell and Smith, 
 were a|)|)oiiitt3d a coninuttcr to prcpai'c a con;j,ratulatory 
 address to llcr Majesty (^)ui'en \'ict(M'ia, on the occasion of 
 tlie celcln-ation ol' lici- .luliilec* 
 
 'Phis closes the liistory proper of llei^ina. Simple and 
 uni)rt!tenti()us it is. llow could it he otherwist- { The 
 Northwest C'lpital is yet scarcely tivt; yeai's old a moment 
 in the anes of ^I'eat ca])ita1s: !>ut these, too, had tlieii' lie- 
 L;innines, perha])s fai' weakei- and less hopei'nl than the 
 little town founded a twentieth of a ceiitiiry avo on the 
 hosom of a ])i'ai!'ie s<\m, liy men little accustomed tothehai'd- 
 ships and disap])ointments of pioneei' life. We are told a 
 i;ieat <lestiny awaits the Noj'thwest. if this he so may we 
 not exjtect a hrieht futui'e for the Town of lieeina, ; and 
 wlien _i;ravestones ha\ i' ceased to tell of the men who 
 pitclied their tents on The (lore and laid the foinidations of 
 a <j,Teat city, o'enerations yet nnhorn will reuiendx'r with 
 pi'ide those sane'uine forefathei's who left tin; comforts and 
 luxui'ies ol' eastei'ii liouies to cai'Nc for theii' children a price- 
 less heritau'e, the LiiMndeui' ol' which those hfird\' and hope- 
 ful pioneers had not lived sutiicieiitly long to even faintly 
 reali.se. 
 
 At a publit; mectiiiK lu'ltHii Uic, Town Hall on tho IStli of Jiinc, Mr. .J. W . 
 Siiiilh, J."., ill the cli.iir, tlio 2Lst of .niii' was ant apar; for llic speoiul felebratjoii 
 of the '>i'oen'3 Jubilee on the luotior. of Mr. .1. W. J'ovvers. Thanks to the sterling 
 loyalty of UeKina, "Jubilee Day" \va« celebratert here vith the Ki'^'ntest enthu;i- 
 iabni and sueuess. 
 
 H 
 
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 anc 
 Pri, 
 a la 
 thii 
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 ulte 
 
 stoi 
 
 to)' 
 
p^i 
 
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 mSToin nl' l!r(;iNA. 
 
 4n 
 
 iicrcfmiil'' 
 
 line tVoin 
 lent in tlif 
 (ticf is lilt' 
 J,.- liMji oV 
 i,u<l Smith, 
 ^•mtulatory 
 occjisioii ot 
 
 Simple ami 
 
 -a ll\()UMMll 
 
 il tl\:in t,l\<' 
 
 jm't) t'li til'' 
 
 to tht'liai'd- 
 ^ jiiT toM ;i 
 ic s(» luiiy ^vi' 
 ilcoiiia ; and 
 e men who 
 mnthitions oV 
 icmhcv ^vith 
 'omi'ovts antl 
 (h'«'n a j)nt'0- 
 ly and hope- 
 even faintly 
 
 Juno, Mr. .1. W. 
 ,l)e'tual t-elebrivlkiii 
 ;iks to the slcrlin^ 
 10 Ki'oateal enthiui- 
 
 <:_-.-i-:.l!|i.s 
 
 r% ':■:■:■: ' ^^^^Sk^ 
 
 IIKll MA.IKSTV, (,)\'\]\':N VICTOJUA. 
 
 IJER Majesty, Alexandi'ina Victoria, (^)ueen oi' (Jreat Brit- 
 aiji and Irelan<l, and H]nn)ft'ss of India, was horn Ma\' 
 '24th, iSlf); succeeded Wilhani [\\, .lime 'iO, I.SM7: crowned 
 June 2^^, 1.S:3.S: married February 10, ls4(), t(j her cousin, 
 H.R.H. Priix'e Alhert of Saxe Cohouri;', mIio died Decemhci- 
 14, I (SGI. Tlie Qu(!en's surname is (hielph, one of her 
 ancestors, the Marquis of Este, wlio mai'ried a IJaxarifin 
 Pi'ince.ss, liavini;' taktMi tliat name, liri' Majesty's fa,iuil\' is 
 a lar^'e one. Slie has seven still lixini;' out of nine cliildren. 
 tliirty-one grand-child i-en, and seven gieat graml-childi'en. 
 
 Victoria rules tlie greatest^Kmpire rccoi-dcd in histoi-y. As 
 a Queen she stands altow soN-erci'.'iis in t!if niclie of an ex- 
 alted xil'iUc so hfCOllling the -jllieif n'l' a '.'I'e.lf I'nlrr. Th' 
 stoi'V ol' this, liel' .luiiijee \-eai'. will li\e I'oi' ceiiJ Ui'ies ill his- 
 
 tor\-, heariuij' iit^ldeii ^'stiiiion\' to tlie uiialloNi I atfection of 
 
46 
 
 FIlsToliV or IU;(iINA. 
 
 iiiillioiis nl' Urit.isli sulijccts iiii»n-.«'l y luyjil iml loving to tlic 
 purest, the )j()l»l('st, till' Itcst iil" woincii i-vri ciowncM on 
 "Tlic StfiiH' of Destiny.' 
 
 I )urinL;' (iMiei'ii \'ictori.i > iii^n ( ri'eat l)iitfnn luis addeil 
 7,2(i().0()() s(|U;iic iiiilc^ III Ihi' tii'iitory, :in(l iiedily treMed 
 the )>o|tiihiti()n of liti iiliject-. in tlic ( 'olonif , .-iml Imiiii 
 'I'lie Stiile revenues liMA e incivji .e.l from .S!):).()0(),()()(> t<» iS."{r».'>,- 
 OOO.OOO, Mid in the (lolonif. ,uid dependencitss from 
 
 *2r).()()(),(HH) to s2")r),()()(),0()() : 
 
 -()- 
 
 Noiri'llWKS'r MOUNTKI) I'OLKdv 
 
 Tins foi-ec was orn'aiiixed in IS7K the idea ol' its formation 
 oriuinatiniL;' eontemporaiieonsly witli the Wolseley expedi- 
 tion. At the time, Sir John A. Maedonald wis Minister of 
 .lustice, and the firvst (piestion which naturally presented it- 
 self to his ahle mind was whether the new force was to he 
 of a ci\il ())• a military cliaiMcter. ()iii' fi'ontier was not 
 cleai'ly defined just then and sei'ioiis t-omplications mii;ht 
 arise hy a military force mavdiinn' through Aniei-ican 'I'erri- 
 t(»l'V. It was theref(»re I'esoh cd tlie decide(| chai'actlT of the 
 force sliould he ci\ih not military Tlie particnlai- color of 
 tlie jacket next occupied attention. 'J'he Indian, it was well- 
 known, nad little lo\»' for tlie hlue-coateil soldiers of tlie 
 States, whereas the l:>i-itish red jacket was. in the iiiinil of 
 the red jnan, always associated with clemenc\', honesty, ami 
 liberality. So tlie scarlet coat was deciiled upon. 
 
 'J'he strength of the 74 force was :]{){). 'I'hat Sumnifr 
 they marched, fi-om Winnipeg' to Macleod and erected a 
 Fort there. In I.S7") the head<(uartei's of the force was eivct- 
 ed at Fort Walsh, in the (Jy))re,ss Hdls. In 1M.S2, the ho'lv 
 was increased to 500. and in I^.S") at the close of the I'elnl- 
 lion to a thousand men. about its present stivn^th. 
 
 The foi'ce is divided Into ten divisions of 100 N. i\ ()tl)ci'r'^ 
 and men. each commanded by a Sei'm-ant and three In- 
 spect ors. 
 
I 
 
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 Mill I 
 
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 littli) 
 
 ,000 t<>^:^''''. 
 
 ■ its I'nrnint.u'ii 
 ilsrli'V <'Nl"''li- 
 ;,is Minister ci 
 Y pri'st'iitfd It 
 
 «»rci' NV 
 
 as l«> I'f 
 
 itu'i- wa^ 
 
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 licatioiis ini-lit 
 iiH'ricaii Tt'i-ri- 
 •UaracU-r oV the 
 icnlar color *>i' 
 111, it. was well- 
 lit. rs oi" till' 
 
 sol' 
 
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 honestv. aii<l 
 
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 an<l eivc 
 
 ted 
 
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 rcct- 
 
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TIISToltV OF HF/JFNA. 
 
 47 
 
 Tlif |iii'^<iit tli\ isittiiiil li(')iilt|iiiirtf)s (1st Mjiv S?) hit 
 
 '^^^stutiniii'il A |)i\i>iuii. Mnpic ('ict-k: " l» tlo. Kt'niiui . 
 
 '?*'("M(.., llMtllrfwld ; 1) .l(.., Lrthl.ii.l^re: E .!<)., ('iil- 
 
 Ifgnrv : " K ' tl<». I'piiicf AIIh it ; • (i .lt»., Kort Snskutclirwmi. 
 
 > H ■' <|.t.Mjirl<'()i| . ■• K ■ .lu., Iliittlcfoi'd Thf <l('l»nt <livi- 
 
 aioiial li('ii<l<|Uiiift'iN lire lit Kcuinii, nnd tiiiiiiiii;; *>\' irciiiits 
 
 can ii<l nil. Knell <li\isi()ii is ulltiwi'd ihr lollowiiiM S.(\ 
 
 Otliccrs; St'i-noiiit-Miijor, (JT.-Mr. SrrociiiiL, N'rty. Sci'ini.'jmt, 
 
 Hospital Si.'i'^riint, st'vcn Sci'i^'cjints, jiinl six ( ■oj'ponils. 
 
 'I'lif rollovviiii;' is H list of the j)r('SiMit (M)iiiiiiissi«))U'<l ollic'cj's ; 
 'CoiiiiiiissioiK'i;, Lfiwiviice \V. lltTcliiucr, lvs(|.. Assistant 
 CoiiiMiissi(Hicr, liirtit-C 'ol. \V. M. Ilrrclinicr ; !i]i|M>iiitt'(l 1st 
 
 pi' August, lS7(I ; Mfssrs. .). ('ottoii, S. (Im^moii, Iv. II, |)raiit' 
 /(AdJiitMiit.) A. i;. IVtiv, K. \V. .laivis, iM. II. Wliitf Kniscr, 
 •'W.S. Morris, (i. A. Shm.I.ms, V\ Dmyn.T, .1. Allan, Z. T. 
 -'Wood I'. ('. II. Pi-iiiiioM', A. I{. CutlilMMt, Iv A. Siiydrr, U. 
 
 D. Likely, A. Ihi(»t, .1. I). Moodie, .1. \'. Heoin, (>. Stai-iics, 
 
 T. W. Oluillliel-s, W. (1. Matthews. ( '. C'oil.stailtllie, II. S. 
 ' Casey, V. WilliMiiis, \l. Miller, ({. A. Kennedy. II. V. I'.ald 
 ijeiii and 1*. Ayleii. 
 
 'V]u> t'ollovvin<i' nineteen u'entleiiieii were \er\' woi'tJiil\- 
 promoted iVoni tlu; ranks :— Messrs. .). II. Mcllice, I*. R. 
 Nenle, S. B. Steele, A. H. (iiiesl.acli, A. U. Maedonell, VV. I). 
 Antrolais, K Norman,.!. Howe. (1. H. MoHatt, W Piercey,.!. 
 A. Mc(iil.l.on. J. (). Wilson. T. Wattam. E. Bradley. S. ({. 
 Mills. V. Harper. M. Baker, W. II. Routle<lne, J. \V. Kolph 
 and II. liiddell. 
 
 COMMJSSIONEK IlKMCll.MliU 
 
 received a tlioi-ouiili militar\- e<luc)ition and training:'. He 
 held a commission in the 4()ili Ile^iment, serxinj^' in India 
 and elsewhei'e. On iH.'sioninL; liis connnissioii in the army. 
 he came to ('anada and was associated with the lutei'iiational 
 Boundary Commission, hein^' in charge of the commissariat 
 for that expedition. Mr. Hei'chmer suhsecpiently entered 
 the serN'iee of the Jndian Denartment and held tlu; nosition 
 
 V 
 
 V 
 
 of Inspector of Lidian Agencies on his retirement in the 
 
au 
 
 mam 
 
 nmmtm 
 
 48 
 
 HISTORY (»F REGTNA. 
 
 feljiriiio of INSC. 'Die ('(nnniissioiicr's (lc]i;ii'fiiit'ntfil ctlicicvR-y 
 is too \\»'ll UiKiwii to i('(|uii-(' coiiiiiH'iit ii this skctcli ( )ii 
 the 1st oi' April, ISMI, Mr. Kcivliiiicr as-iiiiicd ('oiiihimjh.I nf 
 the N)i'tli\vt'st M<»iiiiti'<l l^)li(•(' l^'oi'cc iijMiii the ictivciitcnt <it' 
 Liciit -( 'ol. Ii-\iii(' and oin has only to look at (he tlioroni'L 
 ctHcirncy ol' this tiin' hody ol" men, tlir many inijaoxcnifnt 
 in haiTJick l)uildinL;s, and otlier niattci's, to show tlic wisdoin 
 of tlie (jJovt'innieiit in its selection oI'Mr. Tleirln. •!• as Com 
 niissioner of Northwest Mounted Police. 
 
 MKl^T.-CnL. VV. M. lIKliCllMKR. 
 
 Assistant (."onnnissionei', is l»rothei' to the ( 'onnnissionci 
 He conniianded a conijiany of the 1st (Mitai'io llilles, in tli 
 fiUnons Hed l},i\('r hlxpeililioii of lS(iir-70 Hlld liOl'd \\ oj 
 seley, then ( 'ol. W'ol.seleV. At iJie close of the cxpedit idii 
 ('ol. i leichnie)' reinainc(l in Wimiipc'^- as s<'( (xid in connnaiii 
 of tJie rro\ isioind r.attalion. aiKi In id that. |!()sition till I s7i 
 when lir resi'^nc(! t(» take tJie :i|)pointnient ol' Snj>t. in tlh 
 N. W.M.I*. He sei\ c'd with distinction throu^li tin- \:\\< 
 reliellion in the Teiritoi'ies as second in connnand of Cui 
 Otter's lirioade, and was present at tlie hattle of Cut Knif 
 Hill. His conspicuous j^allantry on that occasion caused liiii 
 to he twice connnende(l in dis])atch(»s frcni the fi'ont. 
 
 Col. Herclnner is justly ])opidar with all ranks of tJi' 
 force, in which he takes an ahsoi'hinL;' interest, ahly secoiin 
 ing the Commissioner in his elibrts for the inipi"ovenient n: 
 tlie Corps. This officer makes Cal^ar}^ his headquart )r8. 
 
 It is prohuhle the police force will he further augments 
 liy 2()() men, and that stations will he estahlislied in all tli 
 smaller Northwest towns aloi'': the C.lMl east an<l wi'^ti 
 Regina. It is to be ]i<)]>ed this will he done, as recent m 
 foitunate ti'oubles ovei' hoi'se-stealinu- and ot-liei' case« luiv 
 placed the country in a vo'y unsettled condition. Tl 
 nnxed and scattei"ed elen\ents composing the Territoi'i 
 })opulati(jn nu-ike tlie ];ositions of the Noi'thwest Mounti 
 Police ()flice?"s nu st responsibh' and ai'(luous, and it is son 
 consolation to know the commanrliny (jfKcersand men oi ti 
 
 nati 
 
 Seci 
 mis.'- 
 
 trea 
 west 
 Pell 
 188; 
 
 M] 
 matu 
 duiti 
 popu 
 Cou] 
 R. 
 
 toth, 
 
 and 
 
 Isle. 
 
 bar, 
 
 '85. 
 
HISTDHY OK WE(JINA. 
 
 49 
 
 t \]\i' tliorouiili 
 iuiproNfiut'iit 
 
 . (\)ininissiuiu'i 
 ,••,() !litlt>s, ill tl;i 
 n.l l.nr.l Wni- 
 
 ' \hr (.\|)iMritinli 
 ,,M(I in coininnn^ 
 posilion til^ 1"^'' 
 , ol" Sii\>t. in til. 
 hroUii,'li thr lat- 
 coiniiiiind ot Ct>i 
 ,ttlc of C'Ut Knii 
 cjision cauK?,<i liin 
 tlu' i'ront. 
 
 Jill ranks of tli. 
 ■ivst, al.ly second 
 L' improvement n: 
 ^ hea«l(inai-tors. 
 nrther augments 
 ,al)lis]K'd in all tli 
 i. east aiul west I 
 1(me, as recent ui 
 1 (.tV,er ease«li!i^ 
 I condition. 'H 
 ig the Territevi: 
 ortbwest MoiuUi 
 urns, ana it is son 
 cers and men oi t: 
 
 Forcf li;i\c ill tlicm tlif )-f.juisitf inctiil t'nr tJM' sjiccdy sup- 
 p)'cs-i(iii III' Wiiiildii ridf ;uid lildudshcd 
 
 A ( lioii- Mini iiirii is ;i sii!;ill iiunilirr t'oi' ;i \ast territory 
 liojiliie^ :10,(I<I0 liidiiins .niil H ;d 1' - 1 ir( ■(■(!'; jiloni'. ;uid wr ;ire 
 sonii't iiiii's iiicliiiid to iu«l",'' linrsldy of t ln' jKiJlcf tnrce with- 
 out w;iit,iii'.;' to (Mnisidfr tMic disiidN ;inl;iv,<'s nndcr wliicli tliey 
 labor. To use flic woi-ds of Ai'istc^tle, "Tlie \irtne of justiee 
 con-^ists in moderation us i'ei;ulated l*y wi;>dom," and in nil- 
 ing tlie mixe«l clciiieiils of tlie NttrtllWest, n ])ropel' wisdom 
 will undotd'tedly sco];' a lMri;'er recor<l than I'eckiess bravery 
 
 or misguided zetd. 
 
 o 
 
 Noirru-w i:s'r covi'dix.MKN'r okkicks. 
 
 MKi ri:\.\NT-(;n\Ki;\(u; and ^;ta!''I'. 
 Lientcnaiit ( In\ ciiior. Ills jjotior Ivlo;,)' I )c\vdin'y, ( Mv 
 
 .Scr ■■ .Skclclics. " 
 
 A.MKDKi: !•'.. Knl;(ii:r is the LicutiSt uit -( Jo\<'nio)-'s Secl-e- 
 
 tary and (-lerk of the NortJiwesI, (Jonncil. Mi-, h'or^ct is a 
 nati\e of Mai'it'\il!e, I'.t^). Admitted to Ab)iiti'eal bar, bs71. 
 Secretai'v of that bar bs7.S-bS7;> ; Halfd»ret!(l Land Com- 
 missioner. Manitolia, ISI;"); resumed pi'actiee in i\b>n- 
 treal witli Hon. H. Mei-ciei-, bs7(» ; ap])ointed CMta-k North- 
 west C'Oiineil, Mth Oct., bS7(J, livini;' successively at Koi't 
 Pellv, Battleford am! Reuina. On Half-breed Oonnuission, 
 1885. Married Mdlle. Orolet, iVbmtreal, bS7G. 
 
 Mr. Foro'et is a g< ntlenuin of consideralde ability. His 
 mature<l judgment, courtesy, impartiality, and bu.siness assi- 
 duity, make him a valuable public otHcial. He is (hisci-xedly 
 popular wdth all and much esti-emed by our Noi'thwest 
 Council. 
 
 R. B. OuiiDox. .LP., at present (July 'S7) Acting-Secretary 
 to the LieutenantdJoxei'iior, is a gentleman of.high literaiT 
 and otHcial attainments. He is a natixe (jf the Emerald 
 Isle, is ilA. of Tiinity C(3llege, l/ubliu ; ealled to tlie ii'ish 
 bar, 1M()7; engaged in commercial life Jjondon (Eng.) till 
 '85. Airi\ed in Canada^ 1 )ec. \S5 ; engaged on Northwest 
 
mtaiti»t*tt^lm 
 
 ■< !. 
 
 50 
 
 HISTORY OF REGINA. 
 
 (TOvci'niiu'Tit start", Nov. cSfi. Is Advocato of the T<M'ritorics 
 and solo issncr of liilliard licenses. 
 
 Besides the possession of a sound, tliorougli education, in- 
 dispensable for the ]iro[)er disehavae of his departmental 
 duti(!s, j\Ii'. Uorilon's couitesV; readiness, and (experience 
 cannot fail to fui'ther enhance his worth Jts a v;i,luod (go- 
 vernment otJicial. 
 
 Ja.MES Kkown, Secretai'v to the Boai'd of Education, hails 
 Renfrewshire, Scotland, as his native heath. Comini>' to 
 Montreal in 1872 h(! (^n^aged in commercial pursuits. Ar- 
 rived in Retina, Novemhei- ".S2, in connection with the bu- 
 siness of J. J. CJam[)bell ik (lo. Became Mi-. Foi-yet's assist- 
 ant, Jan. '(So, and the followini;' month reeeixed ])reseiit 
 appointment, lias been oi'^anist of St. Pauls Church since 
 conniienccment of Kn<j;lish ( 'hui'ch services here Mr. Brown 
 is an excellent ollicial, and well' (|ualirte(l to lill tlie respoii 
 sible position of Secictary to the Northwest Board of 
 Education. 
 
 Louis OcTAVK BoruoET, Accountant, is a native of 
 (Quebec City, and first arrived in Manitoba, lt<7'^. Became 
 
 erirt': then <riven elm 
 
 •tly 
 
 3]Mity 
 
 'Dawson Road" from Winnipeg' to Lake 
 Entered Winnipei;' l\)st ( )irK'e, 1S75. and on 
 the (Jovei'innent buildings here in '<s:^, joine( 
 
 tl( 
 
 Lieut.-Governor. Mi-. Bouroct is a uentiei 
 business capabilities. ' 
 
 J. C. PoFE, son of a late hii^lily esteemed 
 ter, handles the l-*ermit work with the e 
 liand. His enero-y and assiduitv cannot f 
 furthei- well-mei-iti'<l promotion. 
 
 ai 
 
 'm 
 
 
 "'■""^ 
 
 
 
 
 fVgipf 
 
 I{( 
 
 *^Sffi 
 
 sei' 
 
 c 
 
 ney, 
 A 
 
 CI 
 
 Henuy Fisher, Lil»rarian, an-ive(l here f 
 '84 and enga5.ied extensixt'ly in farmini;' < 
 four miles NAV. of Hegina. Mr. Fisher's 1 
 Imildinn's are some jf the finest in Assiniboi 
 
 T\ 
 
 le remainder o 
 
 f th 
 
 ■ tart" 
 
 consis 
 
 t of 
 
 (Jlerk in ehari-e of Public Works, Cht;rle> 
 
M-ritorics 
 
 ation, iu- 
 utiueiitixl 
 
 aluoil ^J^>- 
 
 itioii, hails 
 
 suits. Av- 
 ith tiic bu- 
 ret's assist- 
 r^>^\ present 
 ;\iureli sine.' 
 Mr. Brow 11 
 I the res\)oii 
 ^t Board ei' 
 
 HISTORY OF UEGINA. ol 
 
 lIcLjiiuild Dome. John MacLachlnn is Office Boy and Mes- 
 senger, and Edward Tennant, Caretaker, 
 
 o 
 
 INDIAN DEPARTiMENT, REGINA. 
 
 a native of 
 ':]. Becauif 
 cliarge of tiv' 
 the WootU. 
 ^^> opening of 
 u- statV of thf 
 u of tirst-ratv 
 
 bahinet Mini-*- 
 le ,)f an ol«U'i 
 to gain hiui a 
 
 ,,„, Enghuvl ivi 
 i),M-ations ahovit 
 liuls and fam 
 
 honias Brown 
 Lethbridge. aiK. 
 
 Comnnssionei' of Indian Att'aiivs — The Hon. Edgai' Dewd- 
 ney. 
 
 Assistant Inchan Conmussioner— Hayter Reed, Esfjr. 
 Chief Clerk— William McGirr, Escp-. 
 
 it:frTh(;H(j ofliciiils arc noticed elscvvhoro. 
 
 Thomas Pa(;k W.vdsworth, Inspector of Indian Agencies, 
 is a native of W^vston, Ont., eilucated at Upper Cnna'la Col- 
 lege : engaged in niei'chant milling at lluHd)erford, County 
 of York, I.SG7 ; chosen hy Sir Jno. Mac<lonald to select sites 
 for the Instructors' farms in the Noi'th-West Territorii^s, 
 1(S79 ; ap[>ointi'<l Stipcrintcndent of Farms and Vnspeetor of 
 Indian Agencies, I.SMO. Mr. W'adswoi-tli is an excellent 
 Indian ( )tHcial lie lias seen the Indian adxanee from the 
 '."wiltl savage, wearing uidy l>i"eecli clout and blanket, to his 
 'Ipresent ciNih/.eil condition, and few know better than he 
 "jvliat a difficult task reclaiming the " wild sa\agi' " has been. 
 If inspector W'adsworth de-ires to become a famous author 
 We would ask him to [)(d)lish a woik entitled " Seven Ye?irs 
 qanong the Indians.' 
 
 Al-KXAN'DKK Mr( }||JI5(»N, Inspector of ludiii II Agencies, was 
 Born nefir Monti-eal ; engaged iii faiiuing })ursuits till 1846, 
 when lie moved to ^Montreal and eULiau'ed in the iirocerv 
 business. As a merchant lie became eminently successful 
 and [topular. Was Transport and Supply officer at Calgaiy 
 during recent rebellion. Appointed Inspector of Indian 
 Agencies and Ue.seives, May, l;s>S(j. Majoi' McGibbon hns 
 already done good work for the Department. He has un- 
 doubtedly, an eye to business, iiud will see that de[)artmental 
 
 irs on our reserves are liaut 
 
 lied 
 
 ni a [)r(;per manner 
 
 J. A. Macjiea (Education Depaitunait), is a native of 
 Scotland : came to ('anada in '7-l<, ami to the N W.T. in "77 ; 
 Sd^ool teacher at White Eish Lake in '7i) ; appointed Indian 
 
52 
 
 HISTOIJY or KE(ilNA. 
 
 At^ent, Jit (ViilffcoT) ill ".S.S, wliciT lie rfiiiMiiUMl till (Jic Urcik 
 iiiL*" out of tlic I'clicllioii of' S4-'). Mr. Mncrat' is a nciitlciiian 
 of coiisi'lerable ability, an! ]ias liail (juitc a, lar^t' cxporiciici 
 in tlu' Territories. 
 
 F. H. Pachot, (Accountant's Otlife) was ])()i'n at EIoim 
 County of Wellinc;toii, < hit. After sjjendin^' some time ii 
 tlie IJank of Hamilton, ()nfe.. lie joiiu'd tlie Indian C/onniii> 
 sioner's stalf at WinnipcL; in June, '(S2. (-aiiK! to Ke^diKi 
 July 'S*}. Mr. Pa^et is a typical oHicial worki'r, and deserv 
 (idly esteemed l)y the J)ej)artmental authorities. 
 
 The following e'entlemeii, in addition to the ahove, com 
 
 prise the Indian Commissioner's staff at li»!i;'ina : — R. C. E 
 
 Eden, C. \V. H. Sanders, H. L. Reynolds, J. W. Jowett,J 
 
 J. Campbell, A. W. L. CJompertz, A. K. Lake, li. A. Carrutl: 
 
 ers, 1). Pierce, J. P. Wright, A. P. Vankoughnet and Lew: 
 
 Herchmer. Office bo^• and messeiiu'er, \V. Peart; InteriM'eti: 
 
 Peter Hoini : do., Henry Pratt. Carer:d<er and stori-iiiai 
 
 James I'ONentry. 
 
 SlTRVEV;»|{'s (IKI'K'K. 
 
 John C. Nelson, Es(p-.. D.L.S., in charge of India l'' 
 partment Surv'eys. (Noticed elsewhere.) 
 
 A. W. Ponton, Architect and J)ominion Land Surxey 
 
 is a native of Belleville, Cnt. Received commission f' 
 
 P.L.S. (Out.) in bS7!>.and obtained D.L.S. in LS«2. Employ 
 
 by the Indian J)ei)artment at Reiriiia, LSS.S. As a drauLihtsiii;, ^. ., 
 
 •' 1 ... suita 
 
 Mr. IVaiton takes no second place. Hi; is one of the popul u,,*]- 
 
 youui; i)ai:heloi's of R((i>ina, and now may be said to be fair „, 
 
 a 
 o 
 
 s\ 
 
 ill 
 
 C<' 
 
 AJ 
 
 la I 
 
 of 
 
 of 
 
 J 
 
 aii( 
 
 Wa 
 
 TJii 
 
 a pi 
 
 has 
 
 chui 
 
 be 111 
 
 tiont 
 
 Ini 
 the II 
 Osboi 
 no ' 
 wei-e 
 
 wedded to the Great Nortliwest, 
 
 — () 
 
 RECINA CHIJRCHES, SCHOOLS. »^c. 
 
 and :| 
 (the 
 built 
 chased 
 
 The hk 
 
 TJi,[ 
 
 THE ROMAN CATHOLIO CHURCH. 
 In early [tioneer days the Roman Catholics lield servi' 
 in McC'usker's Hall, and Bonneau's Store (Broad Stm^Js e 
 The plans for the erection of the present churi'h weir '''-'^^. 
 proved of by His Ciace Archbishop Tache in April, Iv^ngla 
 
^Tmg 
 
 HISTOKV ol' llEfJINA. 
 
 |.,n) at V^l<'va 
 soin*' ti\nt> ii! 
 naia,H Connniv 
 
 u,u; t.) Hoiiin" 
 Uer, aiuiaesevv 
 
 :,ies. 
 the ahovo, com 
 
 J. W. Jowett,.' 
 ., 11. A. Oavrutl, 
 m'hnct and Lcnv 
 
 ^avfc; luU'vp^'^'^" 
 >r aixi stovciiun 
 
 r^n 
 
 Tlic 
 
 an<l iiiiiiir(li;itfl\ ai't<'i\vai(ls KiiildiiiL;' coiiimt'iictMl. 
 opt'iiiiiL;' sri'N'ict's took place aiiiiilst iiiueli pomp on SuiuUiy, 
 3nl August I'ollowiiiL;', tlif Arcliliisliop olficiutinii- Itct'orc an 
 imnuMisc coiiconrse of citi/A-ns and friends. A saciUMl con- 
 cert was lit'ld in the cvcnini;-, at wlncli their honors Mr. an<l 
 Mi's. Dcwdiity, and tlie '///' of Ivc^ina, weiv pr^.^nt. A 
 larj;f sum was i-ealized, which went towai'ds tlit^ litpiidation 
 of tlif ( 'Iiurcli debt. PeiV" Ijarclic took cliarn'r in tlie spi-in^- 
 of ''S4, and Pert' ( Jiviton ariivcd lici-c^ on May !^2nd, iHMi. 
 
 Fatlier Ch'aton i-^ <•■ native of St. Mai'tin, I^aval Co., F.Q., 
 and was e(hicated at St. Tlieresa Cohe^'e, Terrehone Co. 
 Was orchuned at tlie Grand Si-nnnary of Monti'cal in I(SH2. 
 This young clei'gyman is eminently fitted foi' tlu^ labors of 
 a pioneer nnssionaiy. Energetic, zealous and d'jvoted, ho 
 has already done good woi-k for the Roman C>atholic 
 cbui'ches of tlic wst. Father (h'aton's pastorate will shoi'tly 
 beniai'ked hy the estaldishment of ail important \IA\ educa- 
 tional institute on tlie Retina town site. 
 
 
 vc of Intlia' 
 
 I Land SurN-ey^ 
 connnission 
 
 f> 
 
 SI'. i'Ail's cmKcn (kimscoi-ai.). 
 
 In the spring of No the paii.sh of Regina Hrst reci'i\'ed 
 
 the ministi'ations of a resident clergyman, tlie Re\ . Alfred 
 
 Opborne. of \\ K. Islainl. assuminu' the cliarue. There was 
 
 no "church dining the Hrst few months, hut soon steps 
 
 11 1^S1S•2. Fnipio)' •^ere taki'H to laise iieces.sary fun<ls for the erection of a 
 
 \s a draughtsiuii g^itahle huiMing for Divine worshi]). A rectory was also 
 
 iiic of the popw Ijiiilt for the incumlient. The huilding which still remains 
 
 L> said to he tan g^ g^ temporary church is 50 x 24, with Norman tower, S x <S 
 
 and •>•! feet high, erected during the present incumheiit's 
 
 (the Re\'. II. ih Smith's) resid(!nce. The tower has heeii 
 
 built to atlmit of the swinging of a mellow-toned hell, pui-- 
 
 chased fivni tlie Troy hell foundry. New York, in hSiSo. 
 
 The hell-weighs 417 Ihs. and cost $Ur,. 
 
 Tlie Rev. 11. Havelock Smith was liorn at Dalhousie, N.R. 
 
 )OLS, &c. 
 
 mu'H. 
 
 holies held seWi' 
 
 \on< - ' t,.,.Hi8 education was l)egun at the grammar school of that 
 
 '^■•^ ^ V „ towli, and (r.mplete(| at St. Anguslinc's Collenv. (^juiterhury, 
 
 1 ,.....n xvpi ' ^ ^ 
 
 ,.ut elmrch wev 
 
 iiehe ml 
 
 ipril ' 
 
 yEnglaiKl. Was ordained deacon in St. .John's Cathedral, 
 
54 
 
 HISTORY OF HE(}1N V. 
 
 Wiimipry, ISiS.'J, and pi'ie.si l»y tlu' Jiisliup i^t' (j)u'Aj)pL'He on 
 21st December, 1.S.S4. 
 
 Mr. Smith lias had cluiriL^e ol' tlie parisli from J)ecend)ei-, 
 l<SH.'i, to tlie present time, a ])eriod exceeding' 8/, years. He 
 is a faitlifiil pastor, of zealous and retiring- Isabits, and many 
 of our citizens heartily regret his depai'tui'e to a new scene 
 of devoted labors. 
 
 THE I'HKSMYTKRIAN CHUUCH. 
 
 The Hrst l*resl)yterian C'liurcli was ei-eetcMJ in the Fall of 
 '82. It is now the residence of tlie pastor, llev. A. Ur(|uliart. 
 The rapid o-rowtii (»f Rei^ina soon rendered this "portable " 
 structure too small to hold tlie ci'owds of Presl)yterian wor- 
 shippers, and the larger area att'ordiid l)y McNicol's Hall 
 (now the uppei' poi'tion of the Lansdowne Hotel) was broui>t 
 into re(|uisition. Tlie Hrst Presl)yterian Clei\L;yman was tlic 
 Rev. .1. W. Mitchell, M.A., then the Rev. Mr. Anderson, ilio 
 present ))asior lirst visiting ReL;iiia durine the Suiiimei' of 
 .So," but returnin|L;' in tlu Sunniier of .S4 to make a perman- 
 ent stay. 
 
 I'lie Re\ . A. rri|uhai'( is a iiati\e of lii\ er^oi'don, Ross 
 shire, Scotland ; came to C/ountv of Oxford, Ont., in IS^S; 
 
 frjiduated at Knox C^oll 
 
 (.n-,. 
 
 Toi'onto, and ordained, Mu\', 
 
 l<S(S4. Mr. Ur(piliart found ids lirst coni;i'ei»ation at Reginu. 
 He is a ^'.-ntleiiicn of exemplary Cliii.stian \ii't.ues, and i> 
 e'xti'emely populai', not oidy witli his peo])le here, but wiLJi 
 all those with wlioiii the lle\ . nfiitlemaii becomes pleasur 
 ably acquainted. Mr. Urijuhart is a clever theological 
 scholar, and has more than once, since his arrival at Retina 
 wielded tlie pen with the altiiity of a master-hand. 
 
 THE M1:T^0J)1ST CHURrH. 
 
 While Reuina was \'et a cit\' of tisnts, the Methodist 
 Churcli raised its christianizing head and preached to oiii 
 earlier pioneers through the tirst minister, the Rev. W. J 
 Hewitt. This zcfdous clei'gyman's succitssor was tlie Rcn. J 
 Poole}', who remained in charge till tlie Summer of iNMi 
 Durinu' the Winter of '80 an invitation was extended to tlii 
 
 tlii 
 
 tU 
 
 re J 
 eaj 
 
m 
 
 HISTORY OF liEOINA. 
 
 yi-rtvs. He 
 a new scene 
 
 A. ITrijuhart. 
 s " portal »le " 
 )ytei-ian wov- 
 cNicoVs Hall 
 L'l) \vasl)i-onij;t 
 yiuan was the 
 Andeison. U>o 
 ,lu' Sviininer oi' 
 aki' a iHTUian- 
 
 jo^ordon, H<).s> 
 Out., Ill l''^'>^- 
 „-aaiiie<l, May, 
 ^tion at lle-iiia. 
 vii'tues, and b 
 1, ,•!•»', l»ut willi 
 rouies pU'asvu' 
 ver tlieologi«'al 
 ,ival at llegiiia. 
 hail* I. 
 
 the M.etluMli^'t 
 pL-eaehed to oui 
 
 the llev.W.J 
 1- was the lie V.J 
 u.uiuer of 1^^'' 
 
 extended to tlu 
 
 Rev. Geo. Daniel of Winniperr to become pa.stor. This was 
 accepted and sanctioned hy Conference, and the Rev. Mr. 
 Daniel preached his fii'st sermon here on the first Salihath 
 of July, I'SNd. In September the Church was moved from 
 tin old site to its present position on Scarth St., and after 
 underi^foing extensive repairs and seatinjj^ accommodation for 
 a third more people was re-opened in the month of October. 
 
 The Rev. Mr. Daniel has been in the ministry sixteen 
 years. He was one of the youngest ministers of the Meth- 
 dist Conference, having preached his first sermon after his 
 rfteei " ))irthday. Was educated at Cobourg ; spent three 
 yeaio in Sai-nia district, one year at Fingal and four in 
 Niagara district. Came to Winnipeg from London, Ont. In 
 lcS74, Mr. Daniel delivereil his first public lecture on " The 
 Methodists of the isth Centuiy." Since then the Rev. gen- 
 tleman has lectured with great success in the principal 
 cities of the Dominion, and the United States. His Church 
 is rapidly growing, being now scarcely large enough to ac- 
 commodate the present congregation. 
 
 Mr. Daniel is an untirino- worker in the illimitable fields 
 of Christian Salvation. Active of mind, fluent of speech, 
 and soundly educated, he is an honor to the Methodist 
 Church of Canada. The Rev. gentleman is very popular 
 here, and his interesting lectures are invariably delivered 
 before crowded audiences. 
 
 -o- 
 
 RE(MNA SCHOOLS. 
 
 PURLIC SCHOOL. 
 
 The first public school was taught by a Mr. Shaffner in the 
 the Methodist Church then situated near where Mr. Robert 
 Gordon's house now stands. Towards the teacher's salary 
 the Northwest Government contributed $25 a month, the 
 remainder being raised from local sources. 
 
 Mr. D. S. McCannell, an excellent man, and one of our 
 earliest pioneers, .succeeded Mr. Shaflner in April '84. He 
 
")(; 
 
 IIISTOIIY OF HEfilNA. 
 
 first taught in tl\o Metliodist Church, next in his own 
 building on South Railway Street, and then in Scarth St, 
 In October, '>S5 the school was moved to Bonneau's Hall, an<l 
 in March, '8G, the Town Hall was rented to the School 
 Trustees by the Municipal Council. Miss Kerr, Mr. McCan- 
 nel's assistant received her appointment in April, ')S6. The 
 present assistants are Miss Kerr and Mrs. Mackintosh. 
 
 •The daily average attendance is 115, out of 200 on rolls. 
 The children's ages vary from five to seventeen years. Mr. 
 McCannel is an able and successful teacher. He is mem- 
 ber of the Municipal Council. 
 
 PRIVATE hflHOOL. 
 
 An excellent private school is conducted on Eleventh 
 Avenge, under the control of an accomplished Irish lady, 
 Miss McReynolds. The course of study comprises English, 
 (full course,) French, Drawing, Music (instrumental and 
 vocal), etc. 
 
 Miss McReynolds, who arrived here from Belfast in Octo- 
 ber, 1885, is being worthily and deservedly patronised. She 
 
 is onanist of Knox Church. 
 
 -o- 
 
 PUBLIC OFFICES. 
 
 POST OFICE — (Scarth Street.) 
 Regina's primitive post-ofRce consisted of a packing-box, 
 and the postmaster was the obliging store or hotel-keeper 
 who allowed said box to lay inside his tent door for a few 
 days in turn. Everybody hustled round and got his mail as 
 best he could. It might be in the packing box or around 
 town somewhere. To Mr. E. B. Reed is due the honor of 
 changing this state of things. One fine morning on the 23rd 
 of September, 1882, he collected six fifty-cent pieces and 
 forwarded to Inspector Dewe, Ottawa, through the Rev. 
 Mr. Hewitt, the following ultimatum: — " Innnediate mail 
 service indis'peiisabk. Great outcry at evident injustice in 
 the non-appointment of an office here. Many letters lost to 
 
 
IIISTOUV OF HEfMNA. 
 
 owners constantly." The <licti()n is certainly not that of an 
 Addison or Macaulay, but nevertheless the teletiraiii did 
 L'ood work, Station A<,'ent Fowler was soon addressed by 
 Mr. Burgess as ''Assistant Postmaster." After si.K months Mr. 
 Fowler turned over his responsibilities to Mr. J. J. Canipbcll 
 and the big tent. Mr. Irvine arrived in Dec. 82. After two 
 weeks spent in Caniplxdl's tent he moved to South Railway 
 St., and the following April ('83) to Stobart's building on 
 Victoria St., conniionly known as " The Old Post Office." In 
 .January, '80, Mr. Irvine took possession of the splendid new 
 s(|uai'e brick sti'ucture on Scarth St. 
 
 The business ti-ansacted in the Regina post-office is con- 
 siderable, and the Postmaster-General's report of it will com- 
 pare favorably with that of an Ontario town of 0,000 in- 
 habitants. Ml*. Irvine, the postmaster, is an excellent official. 
 
 DOMINION LANDS OFFICE. 
 
 (Corner Bi'oad and Victoria Streets.) Tliis Office (for the 
 Qu'A[)pelle ])istrict) was opened at Moosomin l)y Mr. J. 
 McD. Ooi'don, Agent, and Mr. A. J. Fi-aser, Asst.-Agent, on 
 July 14, 1882, in a large tent brought from Ottawa for the 
 [(Ui'po.se, and on the Otli Dec. same year the office was moved 
 to (^u'Appello, (Troy) where it remained till the 27th of 
 Jan. 1883, when it was moved to Regina and opened by Mr. 
 Fi-aser on the 20th March 1883, (Mr. Gordon being in Ot- 
 tawa.) In May, 1884, Mr. Gordon was appointed agent for 
 the Calgary District, and Mr. VV. H. St<n'enson succeeded 
 him at Regina. 
 
 Since July '82, 9,488 land entries have V)een mad(! and 
 patents issued to 1,112. The annual Re.turn for '85-0 shows 
 a payment from all sources to the Dominion Government 
 of .^23,000.84. 
 
 Messrs. Stevenson and Fraser are able and courteous otH- 
 cials. The present clerks are, John Dobbin (Fermanagh, 
 Ireland,) and W. D. Scott, (Dundas, Co. Wentworth, Ont.) 
 
 REGISTRY OFFICE. 
 
 (Albert St.) This office was first opened for business in 
 
5,S 
 
 HISTORY OK RK(JINA. 
 
 Nov. '83, Dr. Jukes actiii;,^ in tin; dual capacity of ll(!;4istrar 
 and Surgeon to tlie N.W.M. Police. TIk; J)octoi-, tindinn; it 
 was too iiiucli for him to properly liaiidlc hoth oHicos, re- 
 .sioiicd the regi.strarship, the present Kegistrai", iMaJor Mont- 
 gomery, takini; charge on 1st July, 'H4. The number of 
 " Insti'umentH " registen^d from opening ')f ofliei! to lUst 
 Dec. '80 is 2,031. On 1st Jan. '.S7, the " Torrens System " 
 came into operation, and under it i)i)>^ " Instruments" have 
 been registered. Mr. Chas. Juiiics is one of our earliest 
 pioneers. He opened this oHice with l)\\ .Jukes, and was 
 subsequently sworn in Deputy-llegistrar, \h. A. T. Abbey 
 is clerk. The auKJunt of w^ork done in this oHice is consid- 
 erab!;, and of daily growth. The officials are oidiging, and 
 tliey thorouglily understand their business. 
 
 CUSTOMS OFFICE. 
 
 (Railway Station). 'J'his office opened Sept. 27th, ISS.S. 
 Mr. C. .J. Miles actin*.-' as sui)-collect yv from this date till 
 Nov. 1, '84, when Mr. Chas. Walsh took chai'ge and acted 
 till the nth of May, '85. Mr. Fred. Champness succeeded 
 Mr. Walsh and remained with us till the ;U)th Aug. '8(;, 
 when he left to open a Customs Office at Lethbi-idge. Mr. 
 R. J. Jones (a valuable and courteous official) i:h«' jnesent 
 officer, came here on 1st Septr., '80. 
 
 The total collections from Sept. 27, '83 to present date, 
 amount to more than S10,r)(, \ ((uite a lai-go 1igur> for a 
 prairie town oidy a few years old. 
 
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 BANKS. 
 
 BANK OF MONTREAL. 
 
 (Corner of Victoria and Loi-ne Streets.) Tins was the 
 first chartered Bank to open up in the Territories. The branch 
 was opened in 1882 with A. D. Braithwaite as Acting-Man- 
 ager. The present genial and popular manager, Mr. Francis 
 J. Hunter took charge after Mr. Braithwaite's one yeai- of 
 office. Mr. Huntei" had been in the Bank of Monti'eal, 
 
lll>Tn|{V (.!•' KKCINA. 
 
 Moiifton, N.l>., t'of a period ol' live yt'urs, ami was tlic lirsi 
 regularly a])p()iiit('(l MaiiaLici- of tliat l>ank (Montreal) in the 
 
 Nort] 
 
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 t Te]Tit</rii' 
 
 The lleniiia liranch of the Dank of Monti'enI is a lioui'ish- 
 iiiL!' institution : an i<h'a, of the liusiness done inav l>e i>ath- 
 ered iVoiii tlie fact that (he I'ank has ahoiit .SOO deposit 
 lednci- accounts. 
 
 The Accountant is M)-. I). .1. Torranc(^ (nepliew of Sir A. 
 T. (!alt) wlio arrived here in Septr. \S.') : T. II. 11. James. 
 l)eposit lie(lgei'-Keei)er, and Mr. .1. I). Irvine, .lunior ( Merk. 
 Mr. James lias I'ecently l)een removed to tlie W'iiuiiix'e' 
 l'>i'ancli. lie is succeeded hy M|-. Leonai'd ("i-ain'. 
 
 LAI"'l<'i:ilTY k S.MITil's (Pl-ivate) I'.ANK. 
 
 Tliis FJank Hrm had heen " Mephiu'u. Ii'wiii ».^' Smitli," 
 hankeis, of hjnerson, wlio opened out a l)rancli at He^ina in 
 January, '<S:}. Hepburn and Iiwin withdi-ew, and .Mi'. Sndth 
 cai'i'ie*! on the business himself for a wliile. In Feb. '!S'), lie 
 took Di-. Lailei'ty into partnersliip. 
 
 Mr. 11. LeJi'une, one of our earliest pioneers an<l a first- 
 class business man, nianaecs " Latfertv t!t Smith's" Hank 
 here. Thei-e are branches at Calg'ary, (F". (}. Smith): Kd- 
 iiioiiion, (P. (t. (Jray) and Moosoinin, (T. N. Chrifstie.) 'IMie 
 l');iid< is fju'oi'abK' known throughout the Nortlnvest. 
 
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 LOKESSlO.NAI. 
 
 i,!:(;ai.. 
 
 J). L. S<'()TT, Q.C.; W. (/. IdAMiI.'inN, Ailvocates, pi-actis- 
 wj: as " Scott & Hamilton " (corner of South llailwav and 
 Scarth Streets.) These ovntlemeii are noticed in tlie " Hioe-. 
 I'aphical Sketches," wlucli see. 
 
 Jonx Secoui), Advocate. — Born at Niagai-a, bs')() ; edu- 
 cated at Braiitford }\}'j;]i School ; first practised law at Til- 
 sonburg, Out. ; niove<. r,o Regina, l.S!S2; liecame Town Clerk 
 (Ml its incorporation and still holds this pfisition ; elected to 
 
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 IIISTOIIY OK UK(MNA. 
 
 • I 
 
 Northwest ('Oiiiicil, iHSa. Is u niciiiltcr ol' tlic I'rotc'staiit 
 Section, 'I'cnitoriiil hmml ol' I'Miiciitioii. 
 
 Mr. S*'('o)-(l is u soiuul lawyt'i- oi' sti'di^Mitl'orujird aii<l lion- 
 oniltlc principles, nml in the enjoyment of an extensive prac- 
 tice. H(( is one of the ahh'st men at the Noi'tliwest (council 
 Hoard, and is pojinlnr in tlie Kei;ina District. Ollice, Sonth 
 Railway Street 
 
 T. C .loilNSTONE, Advocate. — Is a native of Biam[)ton, 
 Ont. (liSol) ; a ifraduato of Toronto l^aw Scliool ; caUetl to 
 tiie Bar liS70 ; arrived in Re^nna, 1.S.S2; Counsel for " Con- 
 uors " in C^ue(>n vs. " Coiniors " case, and which wa?^ appeal- 
 ed to Privy Council of England ; defended Louis Riel and 
 other half-hreed prisonei's, I.SS,') ; is senior memhei' of the 
 firm of " Johnstone & Forbes," one of tin; leading lirms of 
 lawyers in the Northwest. 
 
 Mr. Johnstone is an able and successful lawyer, and has 
 made his mark in the Northwest. As counsid for the de- 
 fence in criminal cases he is almost invariably successful. 
 His practice is extensive and lucrative. OlHce, South Rail- 
 way Street. 
 
 F. F. Ff>i'HES, (Johnstone & Forbes,) is a nati\'e of Nova 
 Scotia. Called to the Bar of that Province, KS.S2, and to the 
 Manitoba Bar, 188r). First settled in Regina, KSiSf). Mr. 
 Forbes is a promising lawytsr. He is in chai-gt; of the Moos- 
 oniin office of Jolinstone & Foi'bes. 
 
 William Johnson, Advocate — Born in tlu; Co. of Halton, 
 Ont. Is an M.A. and B.A. of Queen's College, Kingston ; 
 called to the Bar, 1807 ; practised profession in Ont. till 
 1888, when he moved to Regina. Was Returning Officer at 
 election for incorporation of the Northwest capital. 
 
 Mr Johnson htxs proven himself to be a scholarly member 
 of the Bar. When admitted a member of the Law Society 
 he passed in the senior or graduate class, and his name stood 
 at the top of the list of pa.^smen graduates. He enjoys a 
 growing practice in Regina. Office, Broad Street. 
 
MrsToltV ol' KKOINA. 
 
 01 
 
 MKDICAL. 
 
 I)K. DoDI), M. 11. ('. S. L., Kiij^r.— (Sue " lii(.«.n,,|,liical 
 Skctclu-s.") 
 
 1)|{. li. B. C»,TT()N, Sur/^con, Accoiidicur, etc., is a initivo 
 ol" W'clliii^^toii ('Ounty, Out., and a ^ri-aduatc of Toronto Uni- 
 versity, lie airiviMl in Rc^nna in DcccuiImt 'H2, taking' nj) 
 Ills (|uart«'rs at tli(! " lloyal " an<l suhstMjUcntly with Mr. 
 St'conl on South Railway St. He moved to his present res- 
 idtince on Broad St. in July, '8.*i. 
 
 Dr. Cotton has been one of Retina's most popular as well 
 as -.Most ustd'ul citizens since the Northwest capital was a 
 town of tents. Skilful in his profession, genial, kind-liea "ted 
 and attentive, no wonder hi.s practice is extensive— hut not 
 more so, indeed, than the people (;f Regiiui and the R<'gina 
 J)istrict would wish. 
 
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 iiisToin' (»!' i{i;(aNA. 
 
 LiEL'T.-G()Vi:i{\()ii Dkwdxkv. 
 
 The Hon. Edt-'ui- Dewdncv. (IE., was Itoni in Dcvonsliiro, 
 En^-laiid, ^H'.]i). In early life lie xisited Hritisli ( -olnniltia, 
 where he connnenced the practice of his profession as (^ivil 
 Engineer, and as such was employed on the (\Miadian f-'aci- 
 Railway Survey. In ^hlrch. ISG4, he niairied ^Irs. Jane 
 Shaw, eldest daughter of Stratton Moir, Esip-., of Condon. 
 Ml'. Dewdney took an active part in pui'lic aMaii's, and sat 
 for Kootenay in the Local Asseinhly of British Cob.nnhia,, 
 18G8-9. When the Province was admitted to (/onfeilcration 
 he was returned to the (\)mmons at the u'eneral election of 
 IS72. For years he was a prominent I'ritish Columhia rep- 
 resentatise at Ottawa. He was re-eIect(Ml at tlie ux'iiei'al 
 elections of IS74, and ag;ii!i I >y acclamation in IsTm. When, 
 in lM7'>. he received the ap))ointment of Fiidian Commis- 
 sioner, he ri'signed his seat in tlu' House Two yeai"s latei', 
 Dec. 'i, 1881, Mr. Dewdney was appointed Lieut.-(Jo\ei"nor 
 of the Northwest Territories. 
 
 l^revious to Mr. Dewdney s ap])ointmeiit as Indian Com- 
 missioner, the Indians received no (Tovej-jniient assistance 
 whatever. After visiting tlie Crees at Fort Walsh in May 
 '79, His Honor looked up and assisted the destitute Indians 
 of Fort McLeod. From hei-e Mi". Dewdney travel<Ml to Ivl- 
 monton na Calgary, the latter then consisting only of a ])o1ice 
 station, a trading stoi'e run hy I. (J. Bakei", & Co., and a H.B. 
 C\)y's.post. "('algary," remai'ked the Indian Connuissioner to 
 Col. Fi'vine," is one day destined to hecome a lai'ge and 
 wealthy city." And the prediction is heing daily vei'ihed. 
 
 In the course t,f his extensive tour through the To'i'itories 
 His Honor did not fail to (ihserve much that needed reform 
 or total change. The })olicy of ]>aying annuities to lai'ge 
 masses of Indians as was then in \'ogue Mr. Dewdney saw 
 was an element of danu'ei' to tlu; Dominion, and he leeom- 
 mended a.; soon as possihlc and \\-hei'e practicahle, the 
 Indians he paid on their I'eserves, a reconnuendation which 
 has been carried out with the lu'st results. 
 
Ills] lire, 
 Iniubia, 
 
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 11 Paci- 
 ■^. Jane 
 Ceylon, 
 and Silt 
 luiiiltifi, 
 ('ration 
 c'tion ol' 
 l)ia ri'])- 
 o'c'iu'val 
 Wlin,, 
 loiniuis- 
 rs later, 
 owrnoi' 
 
 .11 Coin- 
 sistanco 
 in May 
 Indians 
 . to K.l- 
 a politH^ 
 la 11. H. 
 inner to 
 rsj,'!' and 
 ■riiied. 
 ritories 
 ret'orai 
 () lai'gc 
 ley saw 
 reeoni- 
 >le. the 
 I wliieli 
 
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 HISTORY OF IIKGINA. 
 
 Commissioner Herciimer. 
 
HISTORY OK UKGINA. 
 
 G8 
 
 In the Summer of '8.S, on tlie completion of tlie Indian 
 (Offices at Regina, tlie Indian Commissioner and his staff 
 moved to tlie Noi'thwest Capital. As Lieiit.-Gov., Mr, 
 Dewdney first visited the town in the Spi'ing of '<S;3. At 
 tlui i-aihvay station he was met by Mayor Scott and a depu- 
 tation of citizens, who warmly welcomed His Honor to "Plie 
 ()ueen City of the Prairies." 
 
 During Mr. Dewdney's terms as Lieut.-Governor and 
 In<lian C'onnnissioner, his important services to the Dominion 
 of Canada and particulai'ly to the Northwest Territories can 
 hardly he over-estimated. To a fine physi(|ue ai"e blended a 
 kindly mannei' and observant eye, which go so far towards 
 perfecting the typical ruler. As Lieut.-Govenior of the Ter- 
 ritoi'it!s, His Honor's name is associated with every thin<ji: 
 tendinuf to advance the best interests of the Northwest. The 
 more he is known, ♦^he better he is liked, and long after Mr, 
 and Mrs. Dewdney have left Government House, their kind- 
 liness, generosity and hospitality will remain in the gener- 
 ous hearts of a grateful and unprejudiced public. 
 
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 Lawrence Herchmer, Esqr., 
 (Connnissioner, N. W. M. Police.) 
 
 iT^ For Sketch, sec under "Northwest Mounted Police." 
 
G4 
 
 iiisrouY <»!■ inHilNA. 
 
nisToiiV or itK<;iNA. 
 
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 I), r.. Scott, Q.(1, 
 (Fii'st Mayor of Rcifinu.) 
 I). L. Scott, Ksijf., Q.(/., is a, iiM,tiv(; of Hni,iii])ton, Out., and 
 was (Mhieatcd ni the. Braiii|)t(ni Graiiiniiir .Scliool. He was 
 called to tlic hill of Ontjiiio in lS7f), find practiscid his pi'o- 
 fcssion at Oi-;in<^'(!vill(; until l'S(S2, wlicn h<' canio to tlie 
 Noi'thvvcst and located at Ko^ina. He jddy rcjprescnti.'d the 
 Ci-ovvn in tin; prosecution of I^ouis Riel for ti'eason-felony in 
 hSS"), and this vear Mr. Scott was vvoi'tliilv ]ionore<l with the 
 distinctiv(; Q.(J." In tlu; luunerous State 1'rials (besides 
 that of Riel) which arose out of the late rebellion, Mr. Scott 
 acted as (,'rown prosecutor, nnd was appointed CV. for As- 
 siniboia in I SH.'). Mr. J). L. Scott is a sound, steady, lionest 
 lawv^ei", with ballast as well as brains, and can do his dutv 
 at all times as Crown Pi-osecutor without becoming" unt^en- 
 tlenianly or vindicti\'e. The firm of Scott & Hamilton enjoy 
 extensive pi-actice. Address : Rei^iiia, Assiniboia, N.W.T. 
 
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HISTOllV OF JIEGINA. 
 
 67 
 
 D. Mow AT, ESQK., 
 
 (Present Mayor of Roginu.) 
 
 Mr. Mowat is an Ottawa man, and liad been engaged in 
 the manufacture of clothing in that city previous to coming- 
 out west in thti Spring of 1879. Mr. Mowat first located at 
 Shoal Lake, Man., opening a branch at Fort Qu'Appelle in 
 in '80, and in '82 opened out in Regina. Mr. M. was the first 
 merchant to open business on the newly-surveyed town-site. 
 His tent was pitched where Mr, MacCaul's lumber yard now 
 is. Goods were brought from Broadview with ponies and 
 carts. Finding the town growing eastwards, Mr. Mowat 
 moved to his present stand on Broad Street, and built a fine 
 store at a cost of $2,000. Himself and brother (A. Mowat) 
 are the firm of " Mowat Bros," The House is well estab- 
 lished, and " Mowat Bros." do a capital trade in Regina and 
 tlie surrounding districts. Mayor Mowat is a firm, honest, 
 U[)right business man, and whether at the counter or on the 
 civic chair, he plays his part witii courtesy, sound sense, and 
 credit. 
 
68 
 
 UlSTOllY OF HKfJINA. 
 
HISTOUV OK llKCilXA. 
 
 69 
 
 Nicholas Fm)o[) I)Avr.\, Ksgit., M.R 
 (Wt'stern Assiniboiu.) 
 
 Mr J)avin'.s ancj'stiy hold a jvspectalde plact; in the his- 
 tory of Irehmd's preniibr ('ount\', Tippcrary, where the 
 brilliant M.P. himself was horn forty-four years ago. Early 
 in life he showed a remarkable aptitude for literary pur- 
 suits, which lar<:jely developed themselves after a brillitr ^ 
 course of education at Queen's College, C-ork. Called to t e 
 English Bar by tho Hon. Sec. of the Middle Temple, H' ry 
 Term, 1(S68, but his dcided literarv tastes and journ •■sti " 
 tendencies caused him to abandon thi; huv for a lon;r p d 
 through the exciting storms of journalism. While aC' ntj "s 
 'var-correspondent of the Irish. Times during the t'laneo- 
 German war, he was wounded at the siege of Montenedy. 
 Sent by the Canadian Govt, in 1879 to Washington, IT.S., to 
 iiKjuire into the System of Management of Industi-ial 
 Schools ; Sec. to the Commission of '84 to incjuire into the 
 (Chinese Tnnnigration Question ; was a delegate to Ottawa 
 in 1884, to represent the recjuirements of the Northwest be- 
 fore Dominion Government. 
 
 Mr. Davin is a Liberal -Conservative, and fav(^i\s a broad 
 and generous policy for developing and peopling the North- 
 west. Hi.s five year,'- residence in the Territories has been 
 productive of the h&ppiest results, for, not only Regina, but 
 the entire Northwest. He holds a eontrollinir interest in the 
 (Regina) " Leader Printing Co'y." Was proprietor and 
 editor of the Rejxina Leader from March '.So to Mai'ch 'S7. 
 As a gentleman of high literary attainments, ability and 
 eloquence, Mr. Davin ranks with the foremost men in the 
 Western WoY\±—Ileriina, N.W.T., Albany Club, Toronto. 
 
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70 
 
 IIISTOIIV OF UECTVA. 
 
lUSTOltY OK IlEraXA. 
 
 71 
 
 Haytkii Reed, Esgu. 
 (Assistant Indian Coinmissioncr, Rtoina, N.W.T.) 
 
 Ml'. Roed is a Toronto gt'nticuuin. Prior to liis arrival in 
 Winnipeg in 71 with Captain, now Licut.-Col. Scott, Mr. 
 Reed was Brinade Major of the Sixth Brigade Division at 
 (^ol)onrg. On tlu^ disbanding of the Wolseley expeditioiuuy 
 forces, he nndei'took the important mission of inaugni'ating 
 the Land Guide System in Manitoba and the Territories. 
 Mr. Reed afterwar<ls accepted an offer to join the Indian 
 Departmental S( rvice, an<l entered on his new duties as 
 Indian Agent at Battleford, Carlton and Pitt. About th'; 
 beginning of '83 Mr. Reed was taken to the head office at 
 Winnipeg, and after Mr. Elliot Gait's resignation, tilled the 
 position of Asst. Indian Commissioner. Shortly aftc-rwards 
 this appointment was contirmed, Mr. Reed was appointed 
 M. N. W. Council in '82, and was acting Governor in '8.S. 
 
 Mr. Hayter Reed is, unquestionably, an excellent Indian 
 official. He has had a long experience, combined with a 
 rough and smoot i training in every branch of tlu^ service. 
 Irresponsiltle carpers will be found to howl at Indian officials 
 b(.'cause the latter will not allow either the Dominion or the 
 Dominion's wards to be robbed and trampled upon Mi\ 
 Reed has acted the part of holding the balance fair between 
 the white and red man, and he is sustained by the noblest of 
 all supports^ that he is doing his duty conscientiously and 
 well. 
 
HISTORY Ol' UE(iISA. 
 
 73 
 
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 William M<'()!iiui, b^si^u. 
 (('hk't' Clerk, Indian Dt'i.iirtmcnt, Regina, N.VV.T.) 
 
 Mr. MeUirr is a native of HuHsell Co., Ont. He was edu- 
 cated at the Metcalfe Oranmuir School, an<l ninrtieulated in 
 M'Cill University. Montreal. While here, Mr. iMc(jliri- res- 
 olved on enferinif a course of Arts, hut afterwards ahandon- 
 doned the idea for a commercial life. His apprenticeship 
 with Stephen, Tucker & Son, the then famous lumheriiienof 
 the Lower Ottawa River, proved eminently satisfactory, as 
 did also his connection with James McLaren & Co. Mr- 
 McOirr next occupied the responsi})le position of head hook- 
 keeper to Jas. Hope »fe Co., wholesale stati(jners, Ottawa, and i 
 then entered a more distinguished arena — the Law Depart- 
 ment of the House of Commons. In the Fall of '(SI, Mr. 
 McCiirr entered the .service of the Northwest Indian Depart- 
 ment under the present Indian Conniiissioner, Lieut. -Gov. 
 Dew(hie}'. He belongs to a family of able and successful 
 public .servants, liis brother, John McGirr, Esip'., is Clerk of 
 Statistics, in the Indian Dept., Ottawa. 
 
 Ml'. }>icG'u'r in, 2)ar c.ai'/lencr, a valuable public official of 
 large experience and proven capability, prjssessing an assid- 
 uity modeled from successful business habits ; of a tempera- 
 ment placid and courteous, and possessing to a high ilegree 
 an endurance and resolvedness in tlie discharge of his duties, 
 his services to the 7 idian Dept. can hardly be over-estimated. 
 With every detail ot Indian management and supervision lie 
 is thoroughly conversiint, and there can belittle doubt, that, 
 in the ordinary course of events, Mr. McGirr is destined to 
 fultil a higher office in that public sphere to which, it ma}' 
 be said with much truth, he is now almost a si/ic qua non. 
 
IIISTOltY OK lU'.OlNA, 
 
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 iiisroKv OK i{i;<;iNA. 7r» 
 
 .I(»iiN (". Nklson, Ks(^il, D.L.S. 
 (In cluu'/^c of liidinii I )<'|))Mi,iin'n}, Surveys, N.W.T.) 
 
 Mr. Nelson is n, Ndi'l.li ol" Irclnnd ninn, Iiis rmtivc lioitJi 
 lu-itiL; in l*'<'rnmn)iL,r!«. On his Mirivul id Ot,t,iiW)i- in |S(i2, Ik- 
 cnHMucd on II ♦inilxT limit, survey wit.li Mi-. Koirest,, IMj.S., 
 nnil I'oi" se\ciMl yeju's sul>se(|nenl.ly Iteoiine en{^oiL(e<l in li>ni 
 lierin;^ openilicMis mikI e\j)lonii(»ry surveys on Uie hejul 
 wfiters of l.lie (Xlnvvn ITiver. Mr. Nelson studied surveyinj^^ 
 under Lindsfiy Kussell, l^s(|r., I)d,e Sur\ eyor-(»<;ner}d. In Mie 
 Winter o!" '()7 mid 'H lie Itecnine n, student n.t tin; Montre/d 
 Inrjiritry School, luid ohtnined on lenvin^' that institution, u 
 lirst-ehiss eertilioite. In I.S74 Mr. Nelson re('e,ived M,n ap- 
 pointment on t.lie peace liiv'er Survey of the N. W. Terri- 
 tories under Ml-. Ivussell, and ill I.S7-S was sent to the McLeod 
 District, t;0 make t-opoernphicid surveys and estahlish the 
 lioundiiries of Indian lieserves in Treaty 7. On his return 
 to ( )tt..'i\v}i in IHSO, he iii}i,rrie<l Miss ( onroy, second daii<di- 
 tcr of Iv. Conroy, Ks(p-., Aylmer, I'.Q., after whicli he went 
 on an exploratory survc^y of the North Sjuskatchewjin for 
 the I )e|)art.iiient of the Interior. In l<SHI Mr. Nelson ac- 
 ceptA'd a |)osition in the Indian Dept.. mh Surv(!yor of Indian 
 lleserves, and in l(SS.*» wiis ])lac(!d hy Order in (!(juiicil in 
 c1i!S!'l;(' of Indian Reser\(^ Survisys with liead<pia,rtcis at 
 K('nina. 
 
 Attache(| t.o Mr. Nelson's handsome and sul)stantial resi- 
 dence on the north l)},nk of the VVascanji, is a Lrarden four 
 acres in extent in which expei'iiiients in the niisin^f oi' vari- 
 ous kinds of root/S and ven-etahles liave prov(!d very success- 
 ful, siiowine- th(! soil is capahle of producintf (|uantity as 
 well as (piality. 
 
 Mr. Nelson takes a, lii^li )tla,ce in th(! rank of al>le and 
 \ allied Indian officials. lie is a man of unwearied industrv 
 in the carcii'ul discharge of his important duties ; is [jo.s.sessed 
 of a vast amount of valuahle information on Northwest 
 matters, especially on Jndian atiairs, with wliicli he has had 
 an ex])erience of fourteen years, and has })een very success- 
 tul with those Indian cliiefs and tribes with whom liis pi-o- 
 t'ossional duties liave brought him into contjict. Mr. Nelson 
 
 is widely and ])<)j)ularly known tlirouj^diout the Ten-itoiies, 
 wliere liis ecnial (if apj)arently hruscjue manner) and Ids 
 sterling (|ualitit'S are luucli appreciated. 
 
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 msTOHY <)l" KKCJINA. 
 
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HISTOIIV OF lUXilNA. 
 
 77 
 
 !'. 
 
 Dr. Dodd, M.K.C.L.S., Lonwn, (Eng.) 
 T)i-. Dodd was born in Durham, ( Eng.) in IcS30. He was 
 educated at Durliani University and became M.D. in 1854. 
 In '49 he crossed from Buifalo to California througli Color- 
 a'io and tlie N. pass of the Rockies, and joined Gen. Walker 
 in Central America. Returnintr to Enuland he took his 
 degree in 1854. As surgeon to the 28rd Fu.siliers he went 
 thi'ough the Crimean war, returning to England in 1856. 
 Dr. Dodd enjoyed good practice in New York previous to 
 his arrival in tlie Northwest. He had been for years senior 
 surgeon to the First East York Artillery. Dr. Dodd holds 
 a liigh rank in his profession and deservedly enjoys an ex- 
 tensive practice. Address: Regina, N.W.T. 
 
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HISTORY OK UKOINA. 
 
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 William Cayley Hamilton, Esqu. 
 (Advocate, Keo-ina, N.W.T.) 
 Mr. Hamilton hails from Goderich, Ont. He was educat- 
 ed at the Goderich Grammar School, ami studied law under 
 Judge J. S. Sinclair, Hamilton, and Messrs. Mulock, "^'ilt & 
 Co., Toronto. Mr. Handlton was called to the Ontario Bar 
 in \S1, to the Manitoba Bar in '82, and enrolled an aiWocate 
 of the N.W. Territories in '80. He is one of our earliest 
 pioneers, being here since August '82 in the practice of his 
 p/ofession. Has been member of the Town Council during 
 '80-7. Mr. Hamilton is pai-tner of Mr. D. L. Scott, Q.C., 
 (Scott & Hamilton) and is highly respected by all enjoying 
 the pleasure of his genial ac(|uaintance. 
 
80 
 
 HISTORY OK 11K(UNA. 
 
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 HISTOHV OF HEOINA. 
 
 81 
 
 Joseph C. Irvine, Esqr. 
 (Postmaster, Regina, N. W. T.) 
 
 Mr. Irvine is a native of Lerwick, Scotland. He came to 
 Canada in 1858. Was Warden of Leeds and Grenville dur- 
 ing 1880. Had been member of the County i. raeil and 
 Reeve of tlie township of Edwardsburg, and subsequently 
 Reeve of Cardinal. 
 
 Mr. Irvine has won in the Northwest that valued esteem 
 which marked his career in the Eastern Provinces. As a 
 citizen, his name is connected witli everything tending to 
 promote the interests of Regina, and as an experienced pub- 
 lic official, he is sdiiH peiir et sans reprochr. 
 
The followin},' brief skotcli of liis Lordship tho ni.sho)) of Qu'Appelle 
 lias boon unavoidably omitted from thd mattiM uiuIit "Churches," tVrc. 
 
 I)1()(M<:SK OF QirAPlM^:LLK. 
 TIio Hon. A. .1. II. Anson. M.A.. I).(:.L„ 
 
 (Bishop 1)1" <^)u"A|)|)clh',) 
 
 is son of tlic late, mid Itrotlici- of tlic jiivscnt Farl of ijidi- 
 titdd. Educated at I'Uon and Christ ( Inireli ; ordained ])i'iost, 
 1865 ; labon^d from lS(i(i to iMSo at St. Leonard's, Bilston, 
 8t, Michael's, Handsworth. St'dLicley nnd Woohvicli. Became 
 conniiissary to tlie l-Jishop ol' IJupert's Land LS<s:}, and con- 
 scci'ated Bisliop of (^)u'Apprlle .huie !^4, 1S(S4, in Laiid)eth 
 Parish Church; ari'ivfd in Reoina July 20, 18(S4. At tirst 
 liis lordship made Rei^ina his head ([Uarters. I)ut very shortly 
 afterwards his house was hurnt down. Most of a valuahlo 
 library was saved, hut all the Bishop's <nittit, valuables- 
 papers, &c., \vi '• ■ destroyed. His loi'dship has made Qu'- 
 Appelle Station ids i-esidence. 
 
 The Episcopal Church in Canada has no more zealous 
 earnest, scholarly laborer in the missionarytield than the 
 present Bishop of QuAppelle. Within a few years his un- 
 tiriuij exertions have been crowned with i-i-eat success : and 
 should Providence so t)rdain, the close of the li)th centuiy 
 will have seen the !)0,000 s([uare miles, comprisising the dio- 
 cese of Qu'Appelle, bear abundant testimony to the inde- 
 fatigable energies, deep eai'nestness, and lordly muniticence 
 of Bishop Anson. Address: Qu'Appelle Station, Assiniboia, 
 X W.T. 
 
IIISTdliV OK IMIOINA. 
 
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 A chirrs niimiiK yon tiikitiK tmica. 
 Anil. I'll it li. he'll |irciit it. /iinn.i. 
 
 !IK(;ina is ;i \fi\- li.niil 
 
 'NcrN'lioiU' kii 
 
 s'liiirly l;inl ..lit prnil'if Inwi!. ;i,s 
 
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 the jwipcrs. This is what, thr sprcial (•ori'r.jioii.lcnt oi'th 
 
 liTcatt'st newspaper in t 
 
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 — suys of our iiol.h' streets, s(|uares, etc., " 'I'he eitv is hii.l 
 
 out oil a scale of iiia;''iiifi('Miice rixalii 
 
 1,1;' e\ I'u the ii-iial spi-cafl 
 
 iiifide liy frontier towns." Precisely so. And now let u 
 taUe a, walk throui^'li the cit\- and see tlu' streets and 
 f 
 
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 nends. 
 
 Here we are on WvnnA St.reet al, Steiiishoi-n's. What 
 >plendid display of jewelry, and so reasmialiie 
 
 Let, 
 
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 a iew |)uri'hases and mo\(' on. I' 
 house of the Mowat Bros. '[\\v\ d 
 
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 lerill'' laisiliess on 
 
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 svsteia. Just look at .Mi f]l; 
 
 o .111 iiiiiiiense ^•r(»cer\' and 
 le tjuick rei.uni an<l small profit 
 
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 What 
 
 .s])lendid a.ssoi-tiiK'ii^, of hooks, iiewspa])ei-s. pei-iodicals : ( 
 
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 and feast vour ey,.,s on choice litefat 
 
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 If 
 
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 some ki'lney cure or a ^ood ci-ar, or anxthin^ under tlie 
 
 sun nientioiied in the p!.armaeo[)(cia, let us walk into Daw- 
 .soii, l)ole ,V (\)'s. .\ line Hrm, not atVaid to a,d\'ertise. 
 Evej-yhody huys their medicines. This is W. M. William- 
 suns famous City Kiuit Store. Some Hritish Columhia 
 grapes, pl(!a.se :' Any surplus funds on liaiid you may in- 
 vi'st with l.atf'erty ^: Smith, JJankers, etc. Mr. Lti.Juue is 
 their a,L;'ent liere, and a tirst-rate one he is. The firm is solid 
 as the Bank of iMiglaiid. J)ont forget meiitioniui;- Mrs. 
 Simi)soirs millinery estaltlislmient to the Mrs. wlicn vou ^-et 
 home. The ]a,<lies must he ke|)t, in l,hr newest .stv'U'. vou 
 know. This is where y(>u (;aii <.;'ct a tlr.st-class Inm)!, valiso, 
 of trunk. Fa'c ry hod y patronise^ McCarfhy vV CV*. fx-t ns 
 
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 class liotcl, as m,I1 ti'jivolers know. Now let u.s walk 
 into Mr. Howsons " jlr^-iiwi St.al»lt!s." Ijook at those car- 
 riap-s Can tliey Ik,' surpas.sed for style, stren^'tli ami 
 beauty '. 1 sliouM think not. When you want a nrood rij^- 
 renieniher Howsons Lively Stahle. Now, we shall visit our 
 friend Mr. (leo. B. lliees urocc'iy estaltlishnient. S|)lendi<l 
 o'oods at Eastern [a-iees ! Mrs. Rice, please till this ten dol- 
 lar order. Le<- us j^o loinid hy Victoria Street. Just here 
 on the left is Mi". Secord's, and next door is Dr. Cotton's. 
 Mr. Secord is a scanid, holiest lawyer, and Dr. Cotton is a 
 first-class niendx^rof the medical ]n-ofession. Now wo are on 
 Rose Street, let us deliver this order to Mrs. J^urhank, Re- 
 gina's first-class milliner di'ess h mantle makc^r. This V)uilding 
 on the coi'iiei" of Broad and Victoria Sti'eets is our Dominion 
 Lands Office. Hei't; we ariMxt the Xm^A^r Office. The whole 
 world reads the Lvd'hr. It is a .splendid pnpei". That's the 
 editor, Mr. Jno. J. Y(;ung, at the window, and 1 ,see the able 
 and obliging foi'eman, Mr. P>ui"bank, is nuiking up one of 
 his artistic , jobs. 
 
 This sijuare bricl> building is the ('ourt-hou.se ^diere 
 Louis David Riel was tried and sentenced to <leath for lead- 
 inc' tlie late Saskatchewan rebellion, and th(^ fine bi'ick 
 .structure north on Scarth St., is the new po.st office, the 
 handsomest Avest of Winnipeg. 
 
 We sliall ca.sh these clie((ues at the Bank oi Montreal fur- 
 ther on. Mr. Hunter, the Manager, is one of our most pop- 
 ular citizens. Let us turji off on Albert St. and walk to tlie 
 reservoir. Here we are at Ed. White's temperanct,' brewery. 
 This ale is quite refreshing, Mr. White. Fill 'em up again ! 
 Tliat tine building i;a.st on the north (-(Ige of the lake is the 
 new gaol and lunatic a.sylum. There seems to Ije a dearth 
 of prisoners and lunatics in the Northwest, at present. 
 Splendid climate, etc 
 
 Home by AHiert Stre- 1. Here we are again nea,r the 
 corner of Albert and South 'Railway. The >^mall house to 
 vour ritdit is the reifistry oliice, and the handsome building 
 
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 aeross the ti'aek yt)U sec tbc pliUi'niL: mill'^ tiV I. \l llcillv. 
 where lirst-elass work is done ;it rcasonnlilc li^ui't-s. ami 
 noi'th-east on Devvdncy sticet you will noticf tin- ■spacious 
 pi'eniises of the llcj^ina Millinn' C'Oiii]taiiy iUw dii\f nortli- 
 wt'stvvanls tnkt's us j)ast tlif Nottliwt'st ( JoxcrniiK-nt muiI 
 Indian ( )lli(H's. Anotlu'i' mile and wc coiiir to tlir ^uherna- 
 toi'ial rt'sidcnec m-ar which i< the licantiful hoiin' nl' Mi', and 
 Mrs. Nelson, while rinht across the Wascana are the police 
 harrack.s, a fine siuht in thenist '^ cs, and well woi'th a two 
 mile drive. Eastward imain l»y the )'ailwa\' ti'ack. This is 
 .Seai'tli St., calleil after the ahle and |»opular mana^'er of the 
 Northwest Land ( )o. llei-e's the pictty little Methodist 
 Church, near oni* City Hall : further south is the i'l-eshyte- 
 I'ian, vvliile fui'thta" east you can see the tapei-inn' spiic of the 
 hamlsomely renovated Roman Catholic ( 'hiuch, on thecoin- 
 t»r of Cornwall Street ami Kie\fnth Avenue. This on your 
 left is Mr. Jackson's well-pati'onizeil hutrher-shop, in con- 
 iK'ction with which is a lix'ery, feed, antl sale stahle. On 
 )'t)ui' riglit is Mr. .1. K. .^larshalls carriage shoj), where e\- 
 
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 fruit and confectionery cannot he excelletl. Mr. Slimi hakes 
 heautiful bread ; Tinning antl Hoskin's dry gootls cannot he 
 surpa.ssed for beauty antl wear, and Mr. 'I\ 1']. Martin, anoth- 
 er of our rich hjichelors, keeps the big lumber-yard you see 
 
 to youi" left. Mr. Martin is a tUw ii 
 
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 and sells A 1 lum- 
 
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 Anothei" lumlu'i- merchant, is Mi-. J. A. MacCJaul, 
 
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 insurance 
 
 business is lal•l>■<d^■ ])atronize(l. Mr. .MacCaul 
 auent. and sells hard and soft coal. Mr. J. 
 
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 I). Sibbald does a big business in the tl(.)ur antl b.-ed liii 
 
 is also agricultural impleuifnt a^cnt. ainl t/a man to laiy 
 
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 lit)k'l is one of the finest west of Winni])eg. Ne.xt tloor is 
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 wear! Tliat window is cnoui'li t«) nttiact all the lu'llcs in 
 the Kc^ina J)istri(;t. 
 
 Now we SCO soinoMiin!4'. This is the wondortul hook-stoi'c 
 of P. Lainont. Hen you can sclcft frons authors ininioi'tal. 
 and invest in anyth.inu' I'roni a Itabv's rattle to a stencil 
 plate. We nuist walk through Mr. 11. jH. F(!i;i»iisson"s t'nrni- 
 tui'e «t()i"e. What a ;s)>leiidid iind varied stock he has ^ot, 
 and lincly cut down in jjrice I You cnii leave your I'urniture' 
 order here ^ Why, of course. Mi'. Hunt's tailoring estab- 
 lishment leniinds nie I must get a new suit of clothes. Mr. 
 Hunt M'ill make them too. He has no ecjual in his line of 
 work. That fine butcher .shop belongs to Mr. W. M. C'hild. 
 Mr. Chihl kills lirst class liepf, pork, mutton, etc., an<l is do- 
 ing a big trade. The Colonization Store is away up. It 
 always had a p-ood n<Miie, which is now bettei' than ever. 
 Let us get ten dollai's woi'th of oroceries, an<l save two-tiftv. 
 MacKay & Cruickshank dese]-\(> to be ]mtroniz<Ml. While 
 we are so neai- " l(i9l,'" let u.-» visit his workshop. There's a 
 landscape seen*' a Turner might en\y. 11(;ic aic painted 
 ".signs " foi- N'irden Bi-andon, Swift (Junent, etc. " ! G1>1 
 takes no second place at the bi'ush. That building on Ham- 
 ilton Street is Ml". McCuskers blacksmith :«!hop and .stoiv- 
 room.s. Mr. M( C'usker has a .splendid selection of wagons, 
 buckboaivls, ftc, on hand at I'easonable Hgures. He is also 
 agent toi- the famous Massey Manufactui-ing Coy. Give 
 him a call and save money. 
 
 Now We are at the liegina -A'/o//'^/ ( )tlice. 'J'he JourmU is 
 the only pi'onounced [liberal ])aper in the Territories. It 
 gives good local new«, and keen, crisp editorials. The editor 
 and proprietor, Mr. Atkinson, in a clever man, and under- 
 standa his business. H(;re we are at J. F. Mowat's, the be«t 
 house west of Copenhagen, in which to buy ladies' and 
 gents' boots, hats, cap.*^, mits, ties, shii'ts, etc. People lose 
 money every day by not caJline' to see Mr. J. F. Mowat. 
 Now, then, all you who want <><)od hardware — the very be.st 
 in the Territories— go to Mr. .J. W, Smith. Me will give you 
 better .stoves, tinware, paints, oils, glass, lamp gO!)ds,»&;c.,and at 
 
HISTORY OF HECUNA. 
 
 86 
 
 lower prices tluiri any man in town. Just s(>e for yourself. Lot 
 i'> wind iij) l»y liavinn a name of |)()ol ;it Smith J^ros. I'll 
 spot you five. These are s|)l('n«li<l tallies. Now for a frai^- 
 ivint Madre I- Hijo i'iL>ar — those sold 1»y Daxis ^^y: Sons. Mon- 
 treal — then hurrah for sup]ier at the Palmer ! Mol^ormick's 
 first-class hotel is known all (tvcr the continent. Hm I I see 
 some imiiii!4rants asking; nhout lands. N'ou art- (|uiti- rii.dit, 
 sir, 'tis liest to buv from the Noi'thwe.«!t Land (.'o'v. They 
 hold splendid a^'ricultural lands, and at very iviucniabh.' 
 prices, oenci-rtlly in clowel}' .settled disti'icts, and aloni^ the 
 line of the C.P.R. Speak to Mr. Marsh, up street. And you, 
 sir, want n'ood land inter.-^ectetl hy Boii'^v ( -reek, the Was- 
 cana or <j>u'Apj>ell(' Ivivers. Hav*' your ehoicf fi-oni the 
 ' Land Corporation of C/'anada" and make y(air home in tiie 
 heautifnl Loni;' Lake country. See Mr. (). \l. f*UiL;'sley at 
 once, ;ind then send for ycaii- friends and relations. As they 
 come from the old country to lieoiim rli/ W'innipet;-, caution 
 the ladies not to lea\'e Mjinitoha's ca|)itfi,l without that t;eni 
 of n'eiDs -A Wan/er Sewing' Machine. .I;is. J). ('onklin, 4o.'5 
 Main Street, will .-aipjily these articles thines of hu-nuty and 
 
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 (To aid the Lieutenant-CloveiMioi" in the Administration <^f 
 
 the Northwest Territories.) 
 
 NoTic— IJmlcr 38 Vic, C'dji. 4t(, Sec. 13, authority is yrivrn tlic Liinit.-(jov., ui)on 
 Iir(K)f tliut any distvicl i.r jiortior. of the Xoi-lhwcsl 'I'c I'ilui'i.'s, not cxioi'ding lui 
 nreii of 1,000 »(|uara luilfs, I'ljiiUiinis a iti)i)\i);klioii iil iiol loss tiiaii 1,000 iiiiiahir- 
 fuils of iidiill tige, exclusive of aliens or unenfraiiclii'sed liidiaus, to pr(jrl;iini 
 su(^li diMtrict or portion into au •'lerlotia! disti-ici ,nid uiit.il'k«l to el -ct » iiu-nih.'!' 
 of the Council. Peudin^jj leglwlalioii for a more coniplele ;<jHteni of Territorial 
 represtrntiition, the premier, during' iJie reeeni sey.sion m' tlie IJoiuinion Parlia- 
 ment, introdueed and pn^sed a bill to proline; the lifr of the (."ouncil as at i)res- 
 ent constituted for another .venr. 'I'Jie f-cliuwini: names are ali)habelic:any 
 arruuKod :— 
 
 Bedford, Spenoeh Aiujylk, (I)ist. of Moosoinin) is a na- 
 native of Briv,hton. I'^nijiand. First returned to N.W.C, 
 ]') Sept., '>>'). Mr. Iiedford is an excellent man in every 
 «enise of the tei'ni. Bovi.K, N'lseorNT. (J)i,t. of Maeleod,) 
 
 
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 HISTORY OF REOINA. 
 
 ft 
 
 oldest son of Lord Shannon, ongn^ctl in cattle; ranching ; 
 returned to N.W.d. 1.") Sept., S.k Tlicn' is nothing nonson- 
 sically ai'istocratic al»out Lord Boylo. He can talk sound 
 conunon sense, and mind liis own business and that of his 
 constituents, too. Bhkt.and, Paschal, (a nominated mem- 
 ber) is a French Half-ltrecfj. Appointed 1»y the Cvown, 1877. 
 Cayley, H. S., (Dist. of CalgaiT,) is a son of the Hon. Wil- 
 liam Cayley, Toront(j, and gratluate*] at Toronto University, 
 LSSl. Returned to N.W.C, 14 July, '8(1 Mi-. Cayley is a 
 clever membei- of Council. CliAWFoiiD, Roi'.ert, (Dist. of 
 of Qu'Appelle) is a iiativ«' of Port Glasgow, Scotland ; 
 entered H. Il sei-vice, 18o-t: paymaster, conniii.ssariat and 
 transport .service, LS.S') : ictuiiied to N.W.Cl 14 Oct., '8(1, to 
 till vacan(ty caused by resignation of the sitting mendjer, 
 Mr. Jackson. Mr. Cj-awford i.-s an able and popular repres- 
 entative. CuN'MNfJiiA-M. SAiMIEL, (l)istiict of St. Albert,) is 
 an Irish Half-breed (and a good one) born at Lake St. 
 Ann's, Saskatchewan distiict ; engage<l in farming. Elected 
 to the N.W.C. 1') Sept., 1885 Mr. Cunningham is a thor- 
 (Highly re])i"esentative man amongst the northern Half- 
 breed population. Hitjues, Owen Edward, (Dist. of Lome) 
 is Sheritt'of Saskatchewan and a lepi'esentative man of that 
 District. VV'as educated in France, 0(;i'manv, and Enoland, 
 and married to a daughter of Sheritl' Inkster at Winnipeg, 
 188L Retui'ne<l to N.W.C, 15 Sept., '85. luviNE, Lieut.- 
 Col. AiTcHEsoN CosEORD. bom at Quebec, 1887; serve<l in 
 Red River Expe(]ition, under Lord Wolseley, 1870 ; became 
 Commissioner Noi'th-West Mounted Police, 1880 ; resigned, 
 I88(j. Appointed member of Council by Crown, 1882. Col. 
 Irvine has done good service for the Dominion, and is n»uch 
 respected by a wide cii'cle of Canatlitui friends. Jelly, 
 David Finlay, (Dist. of Regina) a native of Co. Middlesex, 
 Ont.: was public school teachei' Hve years. Settled in the 
 Northwest, 18S2. First i-eturned to N.W.C, 1885. Mr. Jelly 
 1.-, one of the most attentive meudters at the Council. He is 
 a painstaking and popular representative. Lauder, Dr. 
 John D., (Dist. of Calgary) is a native of Ireland. Came to 
 
HISTt)RY OF UE(HNA. 
 
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 Northwewt as a iiicniher of N.W.P. force : retirefl after some 
 years, and is now a practising- physician. Returned to 
 N.W.C., July 14, '86. Dr. Lauder is in the enjoyment of an 
 extensive practice. He is assiduous in his attention to N.W. 
 Council husincss. Maushallsay, Chah., (Dist. of Broadview,) 
 a native of Somersetshire, (Eng.) Spent several years in 
 the English Civil Service. Arrived in Whitew<Jod, Assa., 
 LS!S8. Is a memlier of the Protestant Section, Territorial 
 Board of Education. Elected to N.W. Council, Sept , l»85. 
 Mr. Marshallsay has been one of the hardest workers in the 
 Council. He is chiefly interested in educational matters. 
 The School Act of 1H85 is principally of his compilation. 
 Reed, Hayter, appointed l»y Crown, April, 1882. (Src 
 " Biographicnl Sketches. ") Ross, James Hamilton, (Dist. 
 of Moose Jav/) horn in London, Ont., iSoG. Ran (unsuccess- 
 fully) for Western Assinihoia at general election of '87 
 against N. F. Davin ; has been M.N.W.C. since 188:}. Mr. 
 Rosfs is a gentleman of gi-eat ability and })opularity. Moose 
 Jaw could not send a better man to Regina fis a representa- 
 tive. Secord, John, (Dist. of Regina,) returned to N.W. 
 Council, lo Sept.; '85 (For brief Sketch of Mr. Secord, scr 
 under " Legal Profession."' SUTHERLAXJ), W., (Qu'Appelle 
 Dist.,) returned June, 1887, mr W. D. Perley, elected M.P. 
 for Eastcin Assiniboia. TrKRiKr, John Cillanders, (Di.st. 
 of Moose Mountain) was born at Little Metis, P.Q. 1885. Is 
 a merchant and notary public : first returned to N.W. Coun- 
 cil, June, 1884, and re-elected July, 188(i. Mr. Turriff" is an 
 able and fearless debater, and an influential member of the 
 N.W. Council. Moose Mountain shcjuld feel proud of such a 
 plucky rei)resentative. WiLsoN, Herjjer'J' CliAUr.Es, M.D., 
 (Dist. of Edmonton,) is a native of Picton, Ont.; enjoys an 
 extensive practice at Edmonton, where he is worthily popu- 
 lar. Returned to N.W. Council, 1.') Septr., 1885. Dr. Wil- 
 .son is an excellent Councillor, and i.s .sure to be always wel- 
 comed at Regina. 
 
 THE NORTHWEST J H DOES 
 are no longer members of the N.W\ Council. By the N.W.T. 
 
89 
 
 HISTOllY OK HK(iINA. 
 
 Act, "no Jii<lf/(' of tlio Supiviiu' ('ourt shall hold any other 
 office of onioluiiieiit under the (Jovenniieiit of Canada, &c. " 
 But under sec. 7 of the same Act, the (Jovernor-in-(JounciI 
 may appoint any persons not exceeding- .;// in uumhertoaid 
 the Lieut.-(j|overnor in administerinj'' the laws of tlie Terri- 
 tories, and tlie Judges of the Supreme Court are so eligil)le, 
 hut iri/hoiit ciiioliLiin'iil. Three of those .sm' persons are al- 
 ready ap])oint(Ml, oj- rather their oiigiiial ippointments are 
 contii'med by the premier's Act of last session, viz : Messrs. 
 Hayter Heed, P. Breland and Col. Irvine. TIuhh; others can 
 only be appointed, and these will probably b(^ 
 
 The Hon. Mr. Justice Richardson, born in l^ngland, 
 1(S2(); arrived in Canada 1881; called to the Bar 1 847: 
 (_)fficer of Militia liSG4-187r), when he retired with rank of 
 Lieut.-Colonel. Appointed Stipendiary Magistrate and legal 
 adviser to the Lievit.Cov. of N.W. Teiritoi-ies, 1870, and 
 .Judge of the Su[)reme ( ■oui't of the .Judicial District of 
 Western Assiniboia, bS.S7. Presided at Riel ti'ial, Aug., I.S.So. 
 Mr. .Justice Richards(jn is a .iudge of great ability, honorable 
 to all and in partial in the diseharu;e of the duties. He is 
 very much respected in the Territories. 
 
 The Hon. Mr. .Justice MacLeod, born is:i6. Served 
 as Brigade-Major of Militia with Red River expedition. 
 (1870) and was mentioned in despatches of Sir Garnet (now 
 Lord) Wolseley. Created C.M.G. for his services. Ap- 
 pointed Stipendiary Magistrate, l!SSO, Judge of the Supreme 
 Court for Southern Alberta, LSN7 ; and M. N. VV. Council, 
 liS(S(). Judge MacLeod is a man of sound legal judgment 
 and fearless independence. He is one of the four ablest 
 mendjers of the N.W.Cl 
 
 The Hon. Mr. Justice Rouleau, boi-n at Isle Verte, 
 Country of Temiscouata, P.Q., 1840 ; Inspector of R. C. 
 Schools for tlic counties of Ottawa and Pontiac some years ; 
 called to the bar, I.S()4 ; appointed Stipendiary Magistrate, 
 N.W.T., 1883, and Judge of the Supreme Court of Northern 
 Alberta, 1887. Is member of the R. (■. Territorial Board of 
 Education. Judge Rouleau is a gentleman of considerable 
 
HIST(J11Y OV REGINA. 
 
 90 
 
 public experience and al)ilit}'. His residence is ut Calgary, 
 where he has become \ ^ry popular. 
 
 The Hon. Mr. Ji'stke Wetmoue is Ju<lge of the Supremo 
 Court for tlie Judicial District of Eastern Assiniboia, and 
 the Hon. Mr. Justice Maguire for the Judicial Distric of 
 Saskatchewan. 
 
 REGINA MUNICIPAL COUNCIL. 
 
 ELECTED 4th .JAN., 1887. 
 
 Mayor, Daniel Mowat, re-elected by acclamation. Coun- 
 cilloi-s — Messrs. Andrew Martin, J. W. Smith, D. S. McCan- 
 nel and W. C. Hamilton. John Secord, Town Clerk. Meet 
 for the transaction of civic business in Council Chandxu', 
 Town Hall, first an<l third Mondays of each month. 
 
 The town was incorporated in LS84. Mayor for LS84-0 — 
 
 D. L. Scott, Q.C. 
 
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 REGINA FIRE BRIGADE. 
 
 (Organized, June, 1886.) 
 Chief, D. W. Smith ; 1st Lieut., Jno. McCannel ; 2nd do., 
 Donald McDougall ; 1st Engineer, Thomas Reilly ; 2nd do., 
 J. R. Marshall ; Capt., No. 1 Reel Company, Jas. Bell ; Do., 
 No. 2 Co'y., N. McCannel ; Branchmen, A. Stevens, A. Mc- 
 Donald, Chas. Slinn, J. W. Shillington. Treasurer, R. B. 
 Fergusson ; Sec'y., P. Lamont. Forty members on roll. 
 Meetings held monthly. The Brigade is the most efficient 
 
 in the Territories. 
 
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 DOMINION CABINET MINISTERS, 1887. 
 
 President of the Queen's Privy Council, Superintendent-Gen- 
 eral of Indian Affairs, and Prime Minister — The Righi' Hon. 
 Sir John A. Macdonald, G.C.B. 
 
 Minister of Public Works — Hon. Sir Hector L. Langevin, 
 K.C.M.G., C.B. 
 
91 
 
 IIISTOUY OK ItKOFNA. 
 
 MliiiHter of Jiaihrai/s itnd Cmiah — HoN. .JoHN IIknuv 
 PoPK. 
 
 Minislrr of Ciisfonis — >I()X. Mackkn'/ik Bowkll. 
 Minisiir of Afi/i/i(i — Hon. Siu A. P. (-A Ron. 
 rostiiKtHtcr-Gniicral — Hon. A. W. McI.kfj.ax. 
 Minisfrr of Af/ririUfiirr, — HoN. JoilX (■AUF-l\(i. 
 Mi.ni.H/jr of Inlfiw/ Rrr en ue^^Yl os. .loHN' ('osTKJAX. 
 Without Portjdlio — Hon. Fijaxk Smith. 
 Sixrctary of State — Hon. .1. A. C/HAI'LKAI', li.L.I)., Q.C. 
 Minister of the IiUcrior — Hox. TlloMAS WliiTK. 
 Minister of Jitsfie.e — Hox. J. S, I). Tiiompsox, i}X\ 
 Minister of Marine and Fisherien — HoN. (Jko. K. Fostkr. 
 
 Note.— The snhiry of each Minister in lixi'd bj stiilutc ;;t $7,0()0, tlic Minister 
 holding? tlie recoKtiiHed position of I'rinie Minister to rec^i'ive an iiilditional 
 ?1,000. Th(!re are "H .Senators (appointed by tlie Oown) with a sessional aiiow- 
 uncc of 81,000 and niilcupfc. Tiiore are 21;') members in the House of ('(minions, 
 with a sessional allowance of ?1, 000 anri niileaye. Accordinj? to the tlicory of 
 the English constitution, the He- e of Comii^ons represents the whole popiilu- 
 tion. The Speaker takes the chair at li p.m. daily. Twenty mi'ri.bers, includinK 
 the Speaker (souHtitufo a (luorum. 
 
 O- 
 
 THE GREAT NORTHWIlS'l'. 
 
 " Here the free spirit of mankind at length 
 Throws its last fetters otl", and who shall place 
 A limit to th(! giant's unchained strength. 
 Or club his swiftness in the forward race ?" 
 
 Regina, the " Queen City " ot' tlie Plains, and capital of 
 the Canadian Northwest, is situated on the Waseana River, 
 and the line of the Canadian PaciHc Riihvay. :]')6 miles west 
 of Winnipeg. It is in the centn; of one of tiui largest lilcjeks 
 of wheat-growing land in the country, of a rich, dark, clay 
 soil, and from its position in tlie heart oi the great jjrairie 
 region is destined to become the chief distributing point for 
 that vast territory. Regina is the seat of go\eriiiiient for 
 the Territories, an<l contains the residence of the Lieutenant- 
 Governor, the head-quarters of the Northwest Mounted 
 Police, the In' Man and othiM- departmental offices, etc. Other 
 public buildings comprise the Dominion Lands Office, Post 
 Office, Registry and ('ustoms Offices, etc. There are four 
 
IIISTOUY OF IlEfJINA. 
 
 92 
 
 i:nuv 
 
 ti:h. 
 
 Minister 
 Iditiomil 
 111 allow- 
 immons, 
 lu'ory tif 
 i poi'iilu- 
 nt'ludinK 
 
 ital of 
 lliver, 
 
 es west 
 
 l)l()cks 
 
 k, clay 
 
 ])raii'io 
 
 oint for 
 
 ent for 
 
 tt'nant- 
 
 lounted 
 
 Other 
 
 CO, Post. 
 
 re four 
 
 liaiidsoiiR' Clnn-c'lies, viz : Roman ('atliolic, ('luircli of Enj;'- 
 land, Metliodist and Pre.sl)yt('rian, two banks, public and 
 private schools, roller an<l planini; mills, etc. Hero are also 
 the otHces of the Northwest Land Co. and the Land Corpor- 
 ation of CViiada. The medical and h-^al professions are ably 
 i-eprescnted, antl the citi/ens of Retina ai'e infei'ior to none 
 in the Dominion for society, civilization and leaininy;. 
 Ivulv, in ".S2 the town consisted of three lari^c canvas tents 
 in the o[)en prairie beyond all railway connnunicaLion and 
 ail settlement, lait the advent of the steam-engine brought 
 about a wontb'ous cliange — wide sti'eets, public buildings, 
 .splendid sho[)s and stores, tine churches, schools, offices, etc. 
 A brancli railway runs north to Loni>- Lake — a mamiificent 
 sheet of water O;") mib's long and from one to four wide, 
 abounding in fish — tlience northwesterly towards Battle- 
 foi'd, and in a northerly direction to Prince Albert, making 
 Regina the Junction point of tliese fertile regions of the 
 Noi'th. Through the noble lini^ of the Canadian Pacific we 
 can look on one hand to the great Western Ocean, and on 
 the otht.'r to the Motlier Country. Tlie Manitoba and South 
 Wi'stern, opening up the Souris coal tiehls, will extend to a 
 point almost due south of llegina, from wliencc a branch 
 will run to connect with tln' Ijong Lake Railway. The 
 Hudson Bay Railroad, witl; n line running from Grand 
 Rapids to San Francisco, and passing tln-ough Regina will 
 o]H'n our conununication with Europe and enhance tlie value 
 of Northwest products, and the gi'eat ranching interests of 
 Southern Assiniboia and Alberta. No town on the continent 
 has a bi-ighter future before it tlum the Northwest capital. 
 Now, as to the Canadian Northwest itself, we may join in 
 savinu' with Senator Schult/'s connnittee that nowhere has 
 Nature showered blessings with a more bountiful hand. 
 About 600,000 s([uare miles of arable and pastural land 
 seem prepared by the hand of God for the homes of civiliz- 
 ed men. No rock or stump pi-events the immediate cultiva- 
 tion of the soil, while b(,'neath the surface are vast stores of 
 fuel from former forests, side by siile with extensive depo.s- 
 
D.'J 
 
 HISTOKY n|." ItlXilNA. 
 
 
 its of iron ore A rcoion, wliicli, situ it(Ml us it is on tlic 
 liitrlicst talfif lun.l of tlic Nortli Aiiicrican contijiciit, cnjovs 
 t!((uality of im'Uii tcnipcrdturc, and frccilom from many 
 forms of ('])i(i('mic an«l malarial disease, and immunity fi'om 
 cyclones, which have lic^come from tln-ir fr«M|uency, the ter- 
 ror of tlic inhaliitants of less elevated re;^ions south of our 
 l)()rder; navi<^^able rivers traverse its leni^^th, and a;;reat and 
 growinf:^ system of railways cai'ries its|)roduce to tin; shores 
 of the Atlantic and PaciHc. It is a land of interest and 
 profit to the tourist, tlu' angler and the liuntcr, (Jreat 
 water ways drain it to the Pacific, to the Atlantic, to Hud- 
 son's Bay and tlie Ai'ctlc seas, in its hosom is found coal, 
 gold, silver, iron, coppei', salt, sul[)hui', petroleum and 
 asplialtum, and most of the granites, mai'hles, clays, lime and 
 sandstones which are of the constructive use, while on and 
 near its surface, and)er and some of tlie preci(jus stones have 
 been found. In fact, the great northwest region is a kiny;- 
 dom in extent, resources and undeveloped wealth, and fitted 
 for the prosperous an I happy liomes of many millions of 
 men of all races who will acknowledge the sway of the 
 British Crown. 
 
 As we go to press crop reports from all parts of the Terri- 
 tories are of the most flattering kind ; 
 
 " Hope, enoliaiiting smiles, and waves her Kolden hair;" 
 
 Northwest prospects look hopeful, the silver lining to the 
 cloud appears, and the foundation of a great western nation 
 is being solidly laid by the sturdy pioneers of a once Great 
 Lone Land. 
 
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ADVERTISEMEKTS. 
 
 Dawson, Bole & Co, 
 
 *^^ — 
 
 PATENT MEDICINES, SUNDRIES, 
 
 climaxIidIey cdre, 
 
 THE OKEAT 
 
 Morth=We^t M^tnedp! 
 
 FOR ALL KI.VD8 OK 
 
 
 I,J5.ME Ba«K, IVUMBiiaO, &c. 
 
 READ TUE rOLLOWIKO : 
 
 Dear sms,— TIk! drought this summer evaporated the water of our plains, and 
 the rc3t KoL so much Butumttid with alkali thiit pooph! of our colony, who wero 
 obli(;cd to drink it, antTercrt with pain in the kidneys and liver. They tried diffcr> 
 ent remedies without auccess. I found In tlic three last ca8e8 thai oamo to my 
 knowlcd«c that your " Clim.\x Kidney Ccris' was crowoud with full auccesa. 
 I have olao taken it myself a.nd have felt rolicvcd. 
 
 [Signed] Dr. Meyer, 
 
 Kolandic, near Whitewood, N.W.T. 
 
 **'**' **" Banff, May 4tk, 1887. 
 
 Messi'i?. Pawaon, Bole, & Co. 
 
 GcNTLEMEK— For several yearc I havo been troubled with pain in the kidnoTP. 
 After st-eopiiift or sitting for a time I lllway.^ had considcrablo pain and difficulty 
 in straichtenltiK niysilf. After taking one bottl6 of your Climax Kidney Cure, I 
 felt myself much rcliovc d, and th-) necwnd secnia to have ebrnplftcly cured jno, un 
 I havefeltno I'iturpot' th(com')l«int. I have, Lnoreforu, mu'h Dloacroro ia »■ 
 comroendintf Clinmx £Lidi>uy Cmtj to .iu:>' troubled io thn tame way. 
 
 Yyui-8, 
 
 R. a a o'Dovoomrt. 
 
 Clrmax Kidney Omnfor dale ewiry place m fhi TerriUifies. 
 
A!DVERTIS:^MEXTS. 
 
 J., m^ BMITH9 
 
 Hardware Merchant 
 
 -^■(i^- 
 
 Dealer In Stoves, Tinware, Faints, Oils, Qlass, Lamp Qoods.k. 
 
 SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVKN TO 
 
 MOT ■A:tH F U IJW ACIi: WBBK, 
 
 plumbing, tinsmithing, 
 ge:n'eral job ^work. 
 
 SOUTH RAILWAY STREET, 
 
 R E Q I N A. 
 
 €ITW FMWIT BTOjMM, 
 
 \\ 
 
 GHOIGE FRUITS OF ALL KINDS 
 
 ON HAND IN Si;i5LSON. 
 
 CHERRIES, PEACHES, PEARS, GRAPES AND 
 
 STRAWBERRIES 
 
 "WROli/L BRITISH OOLTJ3N<IBI-Au. 
 
 Oranges, lyemons, Bananas, Pine Apples, d:c., 
 
 FROM THE SOUTH. 
 
 A CHOICE AasonTMKNT OF 
 
 Confectionery, Biscuits, Candied Peels, Jams, Jellies, 
 
 Preserves, Etc., 
 
 JUST ARRIVED FROM THE EAST. 
 
 W. M. WILLIAMSON, 
 
 BROAD STREET, REQINA. 
 
ADVERIISEMEXTS. 
 
 8 
 
 LAND I COMPANY 
 
 XjII^ITEID. 
 
 NOTICE TO FARMERS & OTHERS. 
 
 The landa reserved for ^icluction by this Company have 
 all been carefully inspccti^d and are good Agricultural 
 Lands. For sale, without cultivation or settlement restric- 
 tions. Price ListK can be seen at the offices of the various 
 agents. The Company's shares, which are now at a con- 
 siderable discount, are accepted AT PAR in payment of landf*. 
 
 A great part of the land is in Clo.sely Settled Districts 
 AWD Near the Main Line of the Canadian Pacific Railway. 
 
 The Company offer Lots for Sale .it all Stations along the 
 
 main line of the Canadian Paciric Railway, from 
 
 Brandon west to British Columbia. 
 
 ■>',■ 
 
 MEOMra, Mi^mm, mmwm, 
 
 And all who intend making their homes in the progressive 
 Trade Centres of the North-West, should consider the 
 advantages of the railway towns and cities, with 
 their conveniences of communication and pros- 
 pects of rapid growth and development. 
 
 ■:o:- 
 
 W. 
 
 B. SCARTH, 
 
 Mana^fmg Direcioi\ 
 
 624 Main Street, 
 
 wufNlPBO, lujr. 
 
ADVERTISEMENTS. 
 
 C. J. MCCUSKER, 
 
 GENERAL 
 
 BLACKSMITH 
 
 ^3Sri3 
 
 HORSE-SHOER. 
 
 .MAM FACT LRER UV AM> DEALER IN 
 
 «o» ♦a* 
 
 JUMP SEAT HUNG ON TIMKEN SPRINGS, 
 
 BUFFALO ROAD WAGON, 
 ROYAL BUGGY (the Western States Favorite), 
 
 THE ROAD QUEEN GEAR, ONE-HORSE LIGHT CHURCH WAGON, 
 
 Four-Passenger ( 'anopy-Top Surrey, 
 HORSE-SHOE SPRING BUGGY, ETC. 
 
 Agent for the Massey Mfg. Coy's. famoUvS 
 
 HARVESTI NG MAC HINERY. 
 
 "^j^ Vehidets of ever if description made to order. 
 
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 CARRIAGE, siCN m ORNA^(l^^^^ PAINTER. 
 FLAG AND BANNER PAINTING A SPECIALTY. 
 
ADVERTISE>tENTS. 
 
 JOSEPH JACKSON, 
 
 Ponlterer, Butcher, k 
 
 BMMJLKM IJr ItlVE 3T&€M, 
 
 Livery, Feed k Sale Stable in connection. 
 
 STOCKS BOUGHT AND SOLD 
 
 oisr ooiviiMissiOTsr. 
 
 Colonization Storo. 
 
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 ■■'^■: 
 
 .TY. 
 
 GENERAL MERCHANTS, 
 
 South Railway St., Regina 
 
ADVERTISEMEIfTS. 
 
 ^i, 
 
 LUMBER! 
 
 SHINGLES. MOULDING, 
 
 AND ALL KINDS OF 
 
 BUILDING MATERIALS. 
 
 T. E. MARTIN. 
 
 South Railway St, Reg in a. 
 
 C&f^' 
 
 I 
 
 & 
 
 yjTr-- 
 
 y^-^'V— 
 
 ^nr-.-^^'f 
 
 BOOTS AND SHOES 
 
 >:^-j:^ 
 
 ■ % i^-^J^ ^ ^J >> S= 
 
 -i-^ii 
 
 A first -claas stock of Mitu, Gloves, Movcusim, Fell and Rubber Goods, for tvf^nj 
 aeaaon. on hand. Our Trunks and Valises eannot bt excelled. 
 
 By our experience in business we can secure the beat goods in the Market, and 
 
 our facilities for purchasing in large quantities direct from the Manufacturers 
 
 enables us to sell at the lowest possible prices. 
 
 E. McCarthy & Co., 
 
 BROAD STREET, REGIMA. 
 
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ADVERTISEMENTS. 
 
 THi5 
 
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 #* 
 
 BREWERY 
 
 
 TAKES THE LEAD 
 
 
 jj^tX «^ >'' < ' T l f < W ^< 
 
 #)eJiU<:-4 
 
 ■^jJ)l>!'%-«;ii>l'''-(BO'''''3. 
 
 ■^f'*^'^^/; 
 
 iisHj^ia"; 
 
 f'f IT' flllBI 
 
 T^Cyij' THEiFVRE AJ\'D WHOLESOME 
 .MANUFACTURE OF 
 
 ^TEMPERANCE t DRINKS^ 
 
 No chemicals used to doctor oui' A 1 Beer. We 
 turn out the i;enuine tirst-class Vrticlf. 
 
 &MBMm§ WOMlPTtsT mTWE^DEB TQ^ 
 
 E. WHITE & CO., 
 
8 
 
 •dp^- 
 
 ▲DVERTISEHENTS. 
 
 MADRE E HIJO 
 
 S' 
 
 ')€ 
 
 90th BATTALION, 
 
 cun^d §)€lm 
 
 AND 
 
 •^-^M O D E R N -»^*^- 
 
 Four First Prize Medals in competition with 
 
 the World ! 
 
 I<^®^C 
 
 S. DAVIS & SONS, 
 
 MONTREAL & TORONTO, 
 
ADVSRTISXBfEIfTS. 
 
 9 
 
 W. M. CHILD, 
 
 WhnlEsele and Retail 
 
 lUTCHEB, 
 
 'OULT 
 
 Jvi/ 
 
 
 Jfis^ ^i^ijf §mfe §eHhr, 
 
 ALL KINDS OF 
 
 ALWAYS ON HANI). 
 
 ^ «,> e^,' €fr «3 yj cft) ^r y^ ». m <^i ¥> ¥j ».» •/.' ¥i y.- v^ w €f^ «& w •;/.' ¥? y. 
 
 DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF 
 
 IjI"^ 
 
 TOOIC. 
 
 South Railway St., Regina. 
 
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 AT>VTrWTtfiK^RTr« 
 
 rr<rr*^ ^^^^'•^ "^]r 
 
 f ii 
 
 C5 
 
 Wl[,^BHOI^ 
 
 .1^ 
 
 —IT C TE L - — 
 
 F/RST-GLASS HOUSE 
 
 IN IxM'XUNA. 
 
 ^o Ac. 15 1)^ ^ ^« . 
 
 T'Xvv- I'l^iir.a'XvX't^o 
 
 LANSDOWNE HOTEL 
 
 ^ 
 
 y 
 
 1.-%- 
 
 >7 ■•/</•'</ A'; "v^-f '"(JS.N . :( I'll ', si>4t'ts. 
 
 .^1 
 
 1 ho .inly Hiv.i-H- mum xMth Ho^V''"'* '^'■> Kavlh tM«>>i<'ts. Klo<'iiii' MxIIn 
 
 Tf lepk#i( ii c9UffttiBi Hitk ikf Police & (ioYerRni«Bt 0(Hc«s. 
 
 srvriAL akrvngkmknts maok ro 
 CCMMHIHCIAL MEN AND DAY POARDERS 
 
 sZ3-^A--^^ *^ .^^ -.. U::jZD -t-IEx.IOIEj3. 
 
 f, MBA"0lf&, P^QPMIMTQ^. 
 
AUVUnTinKMItlfTR. 
 
 11 
 
 C5 
 
 .^I 
 
 ERS 
 
 W. r». McaoilMIUK, Proprlnior. 
 THF ONLY riR8T-CLAB8 HOUSE IN REQINA. 
 
 tlv«ry, Telephone and Sample Rooms In 
 
 Connection. 
 
 ORNIR SOUTH RAILWAY K RROAO STREETS, REGINA. N.W.T. 
 
 SMITH BROTHERS, 
 
 J5 « M W « 
 
 f4a' 
 
 .'(■' 
 
 /W/f/ 
 
 'Q'.jJ) 
 
 SUUTIl IJAILWAY STHEF/l', 
 
 ALWAYS IN HTfH'K, 
 
 C)n f (' I (I,! lis ii re sricclcd frnni the fust hrntKi 
 
 in Ike AUvrkcl. 
 
 t^. mm^un mum m mi umn .^jn 
 
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 AH l,Jl]H * HiAmS^, 
 
 — - B^A^iCEJR 
 
 t.lANt'Y t'AKKS ol' Mil kirid't. iiK^iiKlliiK WoddlnK tiri't Hrid#;'n Cakes made to 
 ^ <)rdi<r. t'lioioi! Viciinuanci Oraliiitii Hif.nd, Hi liOiivow for a dollar. To Hotels 
 and UuurdiiiK Houses, 18 Louvcu lor a dollar. 
 
 Free Delivery to all parts of the <iity- - 
 
 SOUTH RAILWAY STREET, RECINA R3CINA 
 
IS 
 
 ADVERTISEMENTS. 
 
 J, A, MacCAUL, 
 
 Lumber And Goal Merchant. 
 
 Dealer in Laiiiber, Lath, Sliiiigltis, Mu Doors. 
 Buildiiiji Paper, etc., etc., and 
 
 HARD AND SOFT COAL 
 
 I - - ■■.—... .j^...-.^^ 
 
 I^ENERAl IKSi^IAiXGE AUKt. 
 
 lAmhMIMMHMm 
 
 SOUTH RAILWAY ST., 
 
 C3-E3SrTXjE!DyCE!DSr' S 
 
 Fa FM i s M i M g Ma u s e . 
 
 •'''^^^.^ 'i'rdtii' 'i:^^z-~ 
 Thr only .stor»' in Rcoimi where gentloufn can ^et tittetl 
 
 throughout. 
 
 4/.i> y.' 'jj m jfy ifj ^> m ¥i> ¥i 
 
 Mmt & SHOE BEPARTMENT 
 
 I fas not only ocntl '.'men's ict't wear, ijut 
 
 ALL LINES FOR LADIES 
 
 And Children. I linve J. ^ T. Bell's tine boots and shoes for 
 ladie.s and children. Ladies, ijive them a trial, and vou w'll 
 never wear any otlier maker's boots. 
 
 W J. F. MOIKTAT, -^ 
 
 SOUTH RAILWAY STREET REGINA. 
 
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 loes f or 
 
 ADVERTI8EMBNT8. 
 
 18 
 
 i( 
 
 A Dollar Saveil_is_a Dollar Made." 
 
 Those who Biiv their 
 
 SASH, DOORS, BLINDS 
 
 MOULDINGS, BRACKETS, -;. 
 
 (Jomi' and fri/ it iind he conn iicerl . 
 
 I. t R- t RZSIIaliV, 
 
 NORTH RAILWAY STREET, REGINA. 
 
 OBBisnaBaBBHvma 
 
 TIMING & HOSKINS, 
 
 "^an\^^ 
 
 CLOTHING. 
 
 Hats and Gaps, Boots, 
 GROCERIES & CROCKERY, 
 
 •pj-^^i 
 
 REGZN"^. 
 
14 
 
 ADVERTISEMENTS. 
 
 THE REGINA JOURNAL, 
 
 AN E:iaHT-PAai; wi;i;Ki^Y. 
 
 The Only Pronounced Liberal Paper in 
 the North-West Territories. 
 
 Local News Fresh and Spicy. 
 Editorials Keen and Crisp. 
 
 North' West News a Specialty. 
 Poetry, Stories, Etc., 
 
 \mwm FRics, I1.S0 h k, II mmi 
 
 WRITE FOR A SAMPLE COPY. 
 
 C. J. ATKINSON. 
 
 EDITOR & PROPRIETOR, 
 
ADVERTISEMENTS. 
 
 115 
 
 I 
 
 CHAS. H. BLACK 
 
 'mE PIOiTEEI^ 
 
 OF REGINA. 
 
 Mif Stooh, consisUmJ of Offiae ami Genercbl 
 
 StATKlYEIiY, BOOKS, FAMCY GOODS atit/ 
 
 WALL PAPERS, is lari^e, well- assorted, (tnd 
 
 the newest in all lines. 
 
 THE FINEST GOODS XT THE LOWEST PRICES. 
 Ncwapapei'L; and Periodicals always on hand, or procured 
 
 at the shortest notice. 
 
 t-caxxr>- 
 
 -^^^^A-- B M ^f £ M ^ M 
 
 ————— « 
 
 ^W. HUNT.^ 
 
 W&m% Kepnt, iJ.t 
 
 SoDi Eiillway 
 
 Oriters Fnispily Hilenileil 
 
 To. A M Fit Ciiarantseil. 
 
 J. R. MARSHALL, 
 
 Carriage ^ Maker. 
 
 SCARTH STREET, 
 
 REGINA 
 
16 
 
 ADVERTISEMENTS. 
 
 -I ■:, 
 
 FREE FARMS 
 
 FOR THE MILLION 
 
 IN THK IIKAUTIHTL PROVINCE OF 
 AND THE PKOVISIONAF, DISTBICTS OF THE 
 
 CANADIAN NORTH-WEST 
 
 have 1.10,000,000 acres of thr host Wlieat Lnml in ihr world 
 find 50,000,000 hch's of fchr liost ( Jrazing Lunrl. 
 
 open to all parts* uf tlut l.'ontinent. The Canada PaciHe is 
 now completed from Ocean to Ocean. 
 
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 Red River Valley, Saskatchewan Vallej', and Groat Cana- 
 dian Prairies, tin largest Wlieat Growing Area of the Con- 
 tinent of North America. Richest and Deepest soil, ready 
 for the plough. Heavy wheat (weighing 65 lbs. to the 
 bu.shel,) Heavy Crops, and Ready Markets. Average pro- 
 dnct of fair farming, 80 bushels to the acre. 
 
 The Largest Coal Fields in the World, and within easy 
 reach, are in the Canadian North-West, in connection with 
 Iron, Gold, Silver and other valuable minerals. 
 
 One hundred and sixty acres given free to every settler in 
 Manitoba and the North -West. 
 
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 [^i^Full detailed information, in pamphlets, and maps, 
 furnished, (gratis and post free) on ?q.'pliciaiou to the 
 
 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 
 
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 Montreal, Winnipeg, and other leading cities. 
 
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 ta- FULL LINES OF GENERAL STATIONERY, AT EASTERN PRICES. €^^ 
 
 SOUTH RAILWAY STREET. 
 
 J. A. MacCAUL 
 
 M. N. McNICOL 
 
 J. R. RIELLY. 
 
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 OFFICE - SOUTH RAILWAY STREET, REGINA. 
 
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 PH/ETONS, 
 Buckboards, Bu§^g^es, 
 
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 IN STYLE, MAKE & BEAUTY. 
 
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 Large, complete and varied stock of 
 LOWEST POSSIBLE FIGURES. 
 
 SAVE MONET BY MG US A CALL. 
 
 SOUTH RAILA\^AY ST., 
 
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 A Full Line of A 1 Provisions always on hand. 
 
 Canned Groods, Dried Fi^riits, 
 COAL OILi 
 
 And everything required by the householder, at the 
 
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 GEO. B. RICE, Broad Street, BEGIN A. 
 
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 Broad Street, Regina. 
 
 (Jur aim is always to keep 
 
 in Stock that can be bought in Home and 
 Foreign Markets, and 
 
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 Crockery, China& Glass 
 
 Departments are complete with all Novelties, both 
 
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 ADVEJITISKMENTS. 
 
 JOHN D. SIIJIJALD. 
 
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 JOHN D. SIBBALD & CO., 
 
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 Agents for Ontario Pum,/) and Windmill (Uri/. 
 
 A FUJ.IL STOCK iW. HAFB,, 
 
 South Railway St., Regina. 
 
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 THE LAND GORrORATION 
 
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 riii.s Conipariy has for Sale 
 30,000 ACRES OF CAREFULLY-SELECTED 
 
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 LOCATED NEAR REGINA. 
 
 Many of the Sections are intersected by Boggy and Spring- 
 Creeks, and the Wascana and Qu'Appelle Rivers, which 
 ren<hM' them most desirable for Mixed Farming. 
 
 Also ahoid lG(f,OiiO Acresof veri/ choice Railtnay Lands in 
 
 BEAUTIFUL LONG LAKE COUNTRY. 
 
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 All the above Lands will be sold in small or large (juan- 
 tities, at veiy Low Pi'ices, and on terms extending ovei- a 
 ptii-iod of years. 
 
 A Railway is now being constructed from Regina to Long- 
 Lake, which place is rapidly fill in.g up with a most desirable 
 class of settlers. 
 
 For information as to prices, &c., apply to the Head Office, 
 Dash wood House, 9 New Broad Street, London, England; 
 
 Or to the Office of the Company, Regina, N.W.T. 
 
 G. R. PUGSLEY, 
 
 Land Cominissio7ier for the Company, 
 
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 For CMce Fruits of all kinds. 
 
 A CHOICE ASSORTMENT JUST ARRIVED FROM SAN FRANCISCO. 
 
 ONTARIO CONFECTIONERY. 
 
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 COR. SOUTH RAILWAY & LORNE STREETS. 
 
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 SEWING MACHINE TO BUY. 
 
 LIGHT RUNNING. NOISELESS. DURABLE. CONVENIENT. 
 
 It possesses absolutely new and siu-ciial features which arc not found on any 
 other Machine. No trouble exptrienciil in SL-winp the heaviest goods, and it 
 eclipses all others in the finer grades. The Attachments are the very best in the 
 
 market. tS' Ask your PhyHician vvliethcv the Lightest Running and Quietest 
 
 Sewing Machine is not the one you whould use above ail others. 
 
 For Terms and Price Li.sts write to tlie Head Office loi- 
 Manitoba and the North-West Teiiitories, 
 
 4^Jl/i Main Stirei, Winnipfy, 
 
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 Dominion Lands Regulations 
 
 TTNDER the Dominion Lands Regulations all surveyed even- 
 '^ numbered sections, excepting 8 and 26, in Manitoba and 
 the North -West Territories, which have not been home- 
 steaded, reserved to provide wood lots for settlers, or othei*- 
 wise dis]iosed of or reserved, are to Ik; held exclusively for 
 homesteads and pre-emptions. 
 
 Hoiiieste&t.ds. 
 
 Hoiuesteada may be obtained upon payment of an Office Fee of Ten 
 Dollars, subject to the following; conditions as to the residence and cul- 
 tivation :- 
 
 In the "Mile Belt Resorve," that is the even-humbered sections 
 lying within one mile of the Main Line or Branches of the Canadian 
 Pacific Railway, and which are not se*^ apart for town sites or reserves 
 made in connection with town sites, railway stations, mounted police 
 posts, mininfi and other pj ecial purposes, the homesteader shall bej^iu 
 actual residence upon his homestead within six months from the date of 
 entry, and shall reside upon and make the land his home for at least 
 six months out of every twelve months for three years from the date of 
 entry; and shall within the first year after the date of his homestead 
 entry, break and prepare for croji ten acres of his homestead quarter- 
 section; and shall within tlie second year crop the said ten acres, and 
 break and prepare for crop fifteen acres additional, making twenty five 
 acres; and within the third year after the date of his homestead entry 
 he shall crop the said twenty-five acres, and break and prepare for crop 
 fifteen acres additional; so that within three years of the date of his 
 homestead entrj' he shall have not less than twenty- five acres cropped, 
 and fifteen acrefci additional broken and prepared for crop. 
 
 Land, other than that included in Mile Belt, Town Sice Reserves 
 and Coal and Mineral Districts, may be homesteaded in either of the 
 three following methods : — 
 
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 1. Tho hoinostondcr shall bc^Kln actual nssidcnco on his homostcad and cultiva- 
 tion of a reasonable portion thereof within six months from date of entry, unlcsi 
 entrv aiiall liave been made on or after tho Ist day of September, in which case 
 rnsidouce need not commenco until tho lat day of June following, and continue 
 to live upon and cultivate th»! land for at least six months out of every twolvo 
 months for three years from date of homestead entry. 
 
 2. Tho homesteader shall bcRin actual residence within a radius of two miles of 
 his homestead, and continue to make his liome within such radius for at least six 
 months out of every twelve montlis for tlie three years next succeeding the date 
 of homestead entry; and shall wit bin the first year from date of entrv bi-eak and 
 prepare for crop ten acres of his homestead quarter-section ; and shall within the 
 second year crop the said ten acre-*, and break and prepare for crop fifteen acres 
 additional, making twenty -five acres ; and within th(! third year after the date of 
 his homestead entry he shall crop the said twenty-live acres, and break and pre- 
 pare for crop fifteen acres additional; so thit within three years of the date of 
 his homestead entry he shall have not less than twenty-five aiTcs cropped; and 
 shall have erected on tho land a habitable house, in which he shall have lived dur- 
 ing the three months next preceding his application for homestead patent. 
 
 3. The homesteader shall commence the cultivation of his homestead within six 
 months after the date of entry, or if the entry was obtained atter the 1st day of 
 September in any year, then before the Ist day of June following; shall 
 within the first year break and prepare for <rop not less than five acres of 
 his homestead ; shall within the seLond year crop the said five acres, and break 
 and prei)are for crop not L-ss than ten acres in addition, making not less than fif- 
 teen acres in all; shall have erected a habitable house on the liomestead bct'ore 
 the expiration of tho second year; and on or before the cijmmciicenieiit of the 
 third year shall have begun to rtiside in the said house; and shall have continued 
 to reside therein and cultivate his homestead for not less than three years next 
 prior the date of his application for patent. 
 
 At the time of making cntrj% the homesteader must dc'!lar(i to the L vnd Ag'Mit 
 under which of tho foregoing provisions he elects to hold his land; and on apply- 
 ing for patent must prove that he has made permanent improvements on his land, 
 to the aggregate value of not less than one dollar and fifty cents per acre, (equal 
 to about six shillings sterling.) 
 
 In the event of a homesteader desiring to secure his patent within a shorter 
 period than the three years provided by law, he will be permitted to purchase hia 
 nomestead on f urnislimg proof that he has resided on the land for at least twelve 
 months subsequent to date of homestead entry. 
 
 PRE-EMPTIONS. 
 
 Any homesteader may at the same time as he m; ;es his homestead entry, but 
 not at a later date, should there be available land a lining the homestead, enter 
 an additional quarter-section as a pre-emption on payment of an office fee of ten 
 dollars. 
 
 The pre-emption right entitles tho homesteader to purchase the land so pre- 
 empted, on becoming entitled to his homestead patent; but should the home- 
 steader fail to fulfil the homestead conditions, or to pay for such p-e-emption 
 within six months af te. he becomes entitled to claim a patent for his homestead, 
 he forfeits all claim to his pre-emption. 
 
 The priee of pre-emptions, not included in Town S ite Reserves, is two dollars 
 and flrty cents per acre. Where land is north of the northerly limit of the land 
 grant along the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and is not within 
 twenty-four miles of any branch of that Railway, or twelve miles of any other 
 railway, pre-emptions may be obtained for two dollars per acre. 
 
 INFORMATION. 
 
 Full information respecting the land, timber, coal and mineral Liws, and copies 
 of the Regulations, may be obtained upon application to the Secretary of the De- 
 partment of the Interior, Ottawa, Ontario; the Commissioner of Dominion Lands, 
 Winnipeg, Manitoba; or to any of the Dominion Lands Agents in Manitoba or 
 the North- West Territories. 
 
 A. M. BURGESS, 
 
 Deputy of the Miniater of the Interior. 
 
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