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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mAthode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 /^£^ To His Bxcelleiicy the Governor General of Canada, in Conncil assembled : The Potitii)!) of II\ruiet Fkaspir, of St. Andrews, in the County of Storinont, Spinster, IIirMULY SheWETH : ■ 'I'liul Your I'olitioncr IS tlu! only surviving diniijIitLM- ol tlio lale Simon Kriisor who liiod at St. Andrew."! in tlu' your 18ti2. That ill tlic year 1702 tln' late Simon Krasor ontoivd the sorvico of Tho Norlli-Wt'st Km- Tiiidinj; ('oin|iiiiij' and was soon al'liM- sent to I,al, his partnei's dejiuted your I'elitiinier's fiilher to uniierlako the task of e.xplorin;^ tha' rejjion, of establishing; tradiiif{po«ts in that then unknown Territory and of occupyini; the country as Hritish Traders. .Mr. Eraser's diary shows that lie left Korl William on his loiij,' and perilous adventure in K\\ ;;usl isii,'), passiiif; tbroiifili the Lake of the Woods, Lake Winnipeir up the Siutkutuhowun past V,\\n\- berlaml House then uji Krifxlisb IJiver as far iis Isle laOroi.x Up ButValo Lake then o.-or Portage La Cache into the Athabasca River and l^ake to Kort .Mbabasca up the Peace Uivor to the foot rif the Mountains to a place which he naiiiod the Kocky Mountain Portujte, where ho lotl two dorks Mr. James Mcl)ounall and .Mr. .Xrchibald McGillivray, .'ind twelve men in charj^e. lie then con- tinued his ro' 'e with si.x men to Lake McLeod, .^o named by him, whore he left three of bis men to form ac(|uaintam'e with the Indians. In the jear 18()(i baviiif; returned to the Portaire for ailditional men, Mr. Fraser ])onotrated westward to the Kraser Uiver. which receives its name from him, as its discoverer. Ho explore I Ibc Stewart River callinj; it after .loliii Stewart, a cle'k who was with him, and at the distance of 120 miles from its mouth be established a trading; posi, leavinjf Stewart and two men in chai-fje, callini; the place " New Caloilonia." Contimiinj? his exploration westward bo ostablishod another Post at Fra. her s Lake. The despatches be «> nt to Fort Athaliasca piv' increased interest to his undertaking unie Columbia River, and were extendin^r the authority- of the Ropublie through that region. And John Jacob Astor was also enlarging bis operations northward. In tho Summer of 18(17 Mr. Fraser built another trading house on the Frwor River in alniut IjUlituile 5.1. In May IHOH \w started from Stewart Lake with four oano«« and sixioeii men trnvoi'Mirifr llio Knisur Rivor to tho ocoun. The IinliiiiiH of the Intoi'ior Imil novel' boforo kouii tlio "Piilo t'licoN," luiii it reciuiroii irriiut pruiJonco ami skill tu avoid ii coiiflicl and ovuntnally tn win tlioir friendship. The North-West Kiir Ooinpiiny havinj,' thus added what is now British Columbia to their sovoreif^nty it remai nod under their control till the fusion of'that Coin))aiiy with the Hudson Bay (Company in 1H21, and thirty-seven years after it heratm; a Crown Colony. After the retirement of your I'etition(M''s father from the ('ornpany he was olfered the honor of Knighthood in recof;nition of his services, His circumstances did not, however, warrant the acceptanie of a title, and he died oxtromoly poor leaving Ids faniily unprovided for. Your Petitioner and two brothers are now the sole survivors Remembering the advantatjes jiained by the tjeiixhliorini; Republic in all our diplomatic controversies, touching the IxmiKlary line between the two countries from tlie State of Maine line in the Kn»t to the San Juan boundary in tlu^ west, can it be claimed that had British Trailers not occupied the country West of the Rocky Mountains in advance of the Americans, we should lo-diiy have the Pacific Ocean for our Western boundary, and should possess within our Confedera- tion the tine Province of British Columbia ? Caniula has never been ungrateful to those sons who have secured advantages for their country, and your Petitioner therefore hopes that some recognition of her father's services may even now lie shown by making provision for the support of his only surviving daughter. And your Petitioner will as in duty bound ever pray. HARRIET FRASER. Ottawa, June 1887. :m--- 193071