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A few weeks ngo Hod. Mr. Laurier riBited Ontario and addressed a aumber of meetings. In answer to tbe challenge to name a singla half-brred who bad ever been deprived uf an acre uf land upi>n which bo had settled, or to which be bad a claim by virtue of settle- ment, he has cited two cases, the firrt being a dispute between Father Andre and n Mr. Uelly, and the second, the case of a Mr. Halter, who made an entiy for a quarter sec- tion of land iu the parish of Ht. Louis de Langevin. In support of the first, be said there was a letter of Father Andre's com- plaining that one Kelly ha4 jumped bis claim and had put up a frame buiidiug upon It. It happens that Mr. Kelly is at this moment residing tn Outario, and seeing the statement of Mr. Laurier be addressed a letter to the London Free Pre» as to the correct- ness of the statement, in which be has made affidavit, giving the FoiLowitro pABTiccLiBS or rai di^pdti : " Mr. Laurier, It seems, can find only one outrage to Justify tbe rebellion, but that one It also HppeatH Is ttucb a very betl case tbat ' no opulutlou in IlIO world would have stood lU' tow, Mr. Editor, I iiappeii to be the ' J. Kelly ' who Is mentioned, and I propose, with your perralsKlon, to let the country bio how utterly Mr. Laurier latls tojusiliy the robelllon by (lUotlDK my case as a ca^e of grleviiiice. 1« 1U79 1 weni from Harula to IJuck Lake, N.W.T., where my brother, Henry Kelly, bad been settled lor Kome years. Father Andre, of Duck Lake mission, held 2iu acres of land, on which the mission was built. Alongside the mission land lay 32U acres wlilcb bad for two jears bten held by a Kreneh-CaDadlan naratd Thibauit, a member of Father Audre's flock, who claimed ItJO acres &» home8teaf cattle and beifaii ploughluK, nnd put up the frame uf a bouse. i<'atlier Audie came auU tbreaienod tbat " 1 miiHt leave the land or bo would tlx me.*' But I could not kee tbat hU Iltle wan hh goo i as Thibault's, and 1 refused to go. Kallier Andie went to the agent at PrUice Albert, ttieu to Lieutenani-Uovurnor Laird, at Battleford : but both told bint he hud no case. Then he got up a petition among bis parish- loners to the dei>artniuut at Ottawa, but bis clHlm was n .t allowed there el her. In the meantime, i went on with my linnrovemenls until the beginning of May, v ben Mr. Owtn K. Hughes, munagt'r of Btobiirt. EdeiiAtJo.'Hhusl- nesN ftt Duek Lake, came to moand said be hud anoBVr for mo torn Father Andreor$luu for my claim. I refused to take It. Mr. Hughes tsiked the tnaitcr over with my l^rother, who advlKed ine to accept, as It inlg4it not bo pleas- ant lor mo to ccnilnuH ariuartcl wHli Fiitoer Andre, and there wus pleniy or land a^ good to be itot elf He by whieti nolMjdy clalrae.l. I tod Mr. Hughes I would sell. A dsy was ap- pointed, antl Father Andre came to tbeolTlce, palil Mi . HugheHlhHiUU, wbieh he huudedlo me, and uccepied a nMulpi which .Mr. Hughes drew out, unit which I signed, tranmerrlng my right and l tin lu the lot to Kiither Andre. Tnat Isa philn and true stulemeni of the whole ease, and your resdenican Judge how fur that 'oulruge ' lioes toJUHtlfy tho inurder oi the po- llcemi II. thi' ahooilugof pour HkeirGlllot, the Frog Lake murdern, and all t ho other ghuNily Ineldentxor the rebellion. Mr. Laurier holds the lIveM 1,1 loyal t anudluiiH ehnap If hn thlnkn uuo people wt re Justly o urderud because my land cost Father Andre fluo. The r^^ciuid was Till CAPS or Mil. SALTIR. Mr. Lanrlei's statement was that Halter had ublained an entry for* quurter section of land ■t H(. Louis do Langevin, which was already In the occupation of a half-breed, thus dis- possessing the balf-brnet' of his holding. The record in tho Ueparlmoiit of the Inteiior on this subject, as furnished by tbe deputy min- ister, is as follows :— " Neither tho registrar of i he denarlmcnt nor theohlef clerk of tuo Patent OIHee lufs lif>en able to nnd any'hlng to Inftictte that the lands at one time entered In the name ol Thomas Halter, or Illehaid Tliomss Halter, which Is the proper nauie, have ever bein clalmid In any way liy n 'inr-brci d, or anyone other than HHIIer hlniN*>ir HU enlrlttK were for the Hoiil.h- ensl quarter of section 12, lowriHhlii 4^, range 117, west of the second metidlan, ANt> tiikv HAVH SIKCa BBRN •AHCEI.LBD AT Ilia OWN HEQIIBST." i I that whatever may have been tho original qiurrol lu Ihls matter, the land ha* passeil out of Halter's possission long ago, and tbeto has been no further ili«p'ita about It. Theiie are the only two cases menllnneii by Mr Lauiler, and It will bo seen that thoy utterly fall to meet the challenge kiveu to name a balf-breed who bad been dispossessed of bis land by tbe action or inaction of the Government. Mr. Laurier, as an evidence of the want of good faith of tbe Qovernment, referred to tbe mission of the RIV. FATHER LIODO AMD MB. MALONIT to Ottawa. His statement is tbat those gen- tlemen came to Ottawa in the interesis of the half-breeds generally; tbat they were promised a re-Burvey of the lands of St. Loais de I^ange- vin, and that tbe promise, although given in writing, baa never been carried ont. The facts in this case are as follows :— In the first place, the mission of Father Ledoo and Mr. Maioney had no reference whatever to the claims of the half-breeds or to the surveys in the district of Prince Albert. They came as representing tbe inbabitrnts of St. Albert, Edmonton and Fort Kaskatcbewan, which are between 480 and 600 miles away from the south branch «f the Saskatchewan, where the reballion broke out. As xplained by tbe report of tbe Deputy Minister, the action of tbe Qovemment in ord iring Mr. Michael Deane, tho surveyor to whom had been given certain specific work in the Edmonton dis- trict, and vbn had commenced other surveys without authority, to discontinue these other surveys, led to the fear that the Government did not intend to proceed witli the surveys, and Father Leduc and Mr. Maluney were sent to Ottawa on the subject. Their me- morial, presented to the Qovemment on Mar h 10, 1883, addressed on behalf of <> the inhabitants of St. Albert, Northwest Terri- tories," asked for certain speciflc things, as follows ; — 1. That a river survey be allowed to them, with the two miles limit, as in Prince Albert, Northwest Territories and Manitoba. 2. Their claims having been occupied for many years, some of them before the transfer, they asked lor tbe recognition of their titles by tho Qovemment and for tbeir patents. 3. They asked on behalf of the settlements of St. Albert, Edmonton and Fort Saskat- chewan, that the river lot survey be extended irom Edmonton to Fort Saskatchewan, both colonies included, "as elsewhere on the Sas- katchewan at Prince Albert, the Assiniboine and lied Uivers." 4. They asked for a land olSce at Ed- monton, so that entries might be made and patents Issued on the completion of tbeir duties by the settlers. 5 Thev asked that persons who bad settled in advance of survey should be protected in tbeir rights as if they had settled after survey. 6. They asked fir representation in the Farliameut of Canada. 7. They aeked for the abolition of timber dues. 8. They asked for the appointment of a recislrar at Edmonton or its vicinity. 9. They aiked that the road between Ed- monton and St. .Mbert should bo confirmed by a pnblle highway. 10. They asked for scrip, as had been given to the half-breeds in Manitoba. It will thu^ bo seen that so far from Father Lerinc and Mr. Maioney asking for survev- at Prince Albert or in tne neighborhood of Prince Albert at St Louie de Langevin, tbeir prayer was COIiriNID INTIRILY TO TBI inUONTOH PIBTRIOT, and ba the survey, but u portion of bis return of sur- vey bus ulreudy been received, and 1m at the present time being exRiclned witn a view to connrmatlon by the Surveyor-General. Iain also to remind you thiit until tho survey has been completed and approved, the otiur steps In respect toUio claims of settlers at Kdinon- tou. Fort Haakutchewau aud Ht. Allx'rt cuiinot be proceeded with. It Is the Ini-ntlou of tho Minister, howe"")r, that no unnecessary time sboulil be lost, aud the rei)ulred action h».-( so far twen taken with as much promptitude as possible. " I have tbe honor to be, sir, " Your obedient servant, "John R. Ham., " Acting Secretary." As a matter of fact tho instructioiis bad been sent to Mr. Michael Deane to proceed with tbetie surveys as soon as biformaliou was received at Ottawa that the people of Edmon- ton were under a misapprehension conceiniug the action or the Oovernmrnt, and before tbe arrival in Ottawa of tbe flev. Father Leduc and Mr. Maioney ; and more specific instruc- tions were sent before tho letter in reply to their memorandum was handed to them. Here is a telegram from tho Hurv.yor-Oen- eral, Mr Deville, addressed to tho Minister of the Intarior at Ottawa, on this subject : "Ottawa, 81st Deoeiuber, isau. "To Bon. Thm. WhiU: "Instructions to Michael Denne for survey of Ht. Albert settlement are ai^th February, 188;l. Ho wus further Instructed on 9th April, lH8:t, to give this survey precedoucu over any other work. "E. Deville. "Surveyor-general." These surveys were promptly completed ; a land agent was appointed, Mr. Qauvreau, a French-Oanadlan, being named to tiiat position; a registrar was appoiated, Mr. Roy, also a French-Canadian, being named tl.o registrar, and tho claims of tbe people have all been satisfactorily settled. It is worth while to stato tbat tho people, on whose be- half Father Leduc and Mr. Maioney visitetl Ottawa, so far from complaining, or taking ptrt iu tbe rebellion, enlisted as volunteers in tbe service of the Government during the rebellion to maintaia ti « authority of tbe Crown. HALF-BREED CLAIMS SETTLED. A popular argument used by Mr. Laurier with the object of shoalng the number of half-breeds who were Interested in the distri- bution of scrip is the statement that tbe Gov- ernment settled with 3,000 of then. This statement is most mi> leading. The claims reeogiiizod covered the cases of obildrau, of deceased persons represent«