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THE CORRUPTION OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
 
 -IN- 
 NORTH-WEST TERRITORY MATTERS. 
 
 To Alft'pd R. C. Sehofin, L. L. II. F. R S., Director of the Geological Survey of 
 Canada. 
 
 Dear Sm : — I hnve received a copy of your report on the operations of the "Geological and Natural History Sur- 
 vey" of Cantula, embodied in the Annual Report of the Department of the Interior, (1) very recently submitted to 
 Pcrliainent. 
 
 The extraordinary information therein conveyed enables mo to continue with precision the work of unmasking 
 Fraud wliidli 1 h(>{,'an, aa narrated elsewhere, two years ago. {2) 
 
 Your HtatPiiK'nt (3) nwpecting Dr. Boll's failure to penetrate the va.st unknown region quite close to his alleged 
 central point of the Agricultural Ijindu ami tlio Wheat Area of the North-West, (4) on the edge of the country de- 
 scribed l)v you in Den. 1882, ai "wholly unexplored," and by Dr. Boll in 1880 and 1881, as part of the greatest 
 Wheat Fi>>ld in the world, (.5) proves, with other available evidence, that Dr. Bell's and Professor Macoun'a joint re- 
 jin-scntjitioiH of very much of the country north of the Saskatchewan, prior to that failure, were gross and well-kuowa 
 misrepresentations. (6) 
 
 The boldiieas of your avowal in the presence of so many powerful pecuniary and political interests hostile to 
 honest scientific delineation and descri])tion of tlie Canadian North- West To?ritories as to soil, resources and climate, 
 is not nieri'ly encouraging but pre-eminently suggestive, and the day will come when Canada will thank you for it, 
 while wondering at your t-ardiness. 
 
 Among Ou' grographical frauds and scientific misdemeanors of Dr. Bell, the Assistant Director of the Survey, 
 in the intore.'its of political speculators and jjroniotors, I may repeat those long since pointed out. (7) 
 
 1st. — His false Map of "Hud-son \Uy and part of the T>on\inion of Canada" imposed upon the Royal Geographical 
 Society, of Ix)ndon, and published in their Proceedings for Oct., 1881, for nefarious purposes. 
 
 2nil. — Ili« misleading stitemonts respecting the Wheat Area, and his assumed centre (longitude 112", latitude 
 fifi") of the Agricultural T/^^d^^ of the North- West Territories, as published in the Reports of iho Geological Survey of 
 Canada for I879-M() (page 34c), and in the .lournal of the Royal Geographical Society of London, for Oct., 1881, 
 (page 583), and in the Tranwctions of the Geographicix' Society of Quebec, in 1880. (page 38) (8) See Dr. Dawson's 
 and Mr. Fleming's Ma])s in this relation. 
 
 3rd. — His misleading paper and map published in the proceedings of the Geographical Society of Quebec, in 
 April, 1880. In this \v\\in the most outrageous statements are made by your Aasisttint Director respecting the cli- 
 mate of York ' tory and part of Hudson's Bay, in the face of the records of "International Meteorology" and Domi- 
 nion Meteorul id Reports. (9) 
 
 4th. — His miHstati'ineiitK und niisipiotations respecting the cultivation of Wheat in the North- West. 
 
 Bth. — His ttllcged recent repetition of some of thejc scientific outrages in evidence before the Immigration and 
 Colonization Committi>e of the P.irliament of Canada, previously furnished with information. 
 
 The bribi's of unscrupulous uuui can alone have forced tlie inventions instjucod in the footrnotes. The Geolo- 
 giod .Survey of <'inada asserts tlicso lies tlirough its .\saist<\nt Director, in order to enable financial sharpers to raise 
 money for Railways througli the land they misrepresent and "boom," and for other, but similar purposes. 
 
 To eniimer\te tlie misileineanoi°s and scientific tricks of Professor Macoun, the Botanist and Natural History Col- 
 lector to the iSurvey, would require many folios. They are of such a character as can not escape the notice of any 
 well-reait scientific man giving due attention to the subject, particularly as displayed in his recent work, entitled 
 "Maniioba and the Great North-West." Those which relate to climate involve the selection and application of in- 
 com|)atible I'lenieiits, and the drawing of broad generalizations from them. T\\a /aUiJicatioii and altering of recorded 
 data anil submitting I'oucliisions therefrom. The description of enormous tracts of country he never saw. The ignor- 
 ing of ackiiowIeilge<l, and the adoption of disproved dat«,ou which to base his conclusions. The misquotations of le- 
 sponsible iiiitliors niul the adaptation of those mis<|uottitions to prove his falacious and misleading representations. 
 With numerous minor frauds of very ilisreputablc character. 
 
 • >f course t'ln aeceptaune and propagation of those palpable fmuds is equivalent to connivance, because they are 
 used to obtain money under f.dsn pn'tenses. or to induce Immigration. Tlie Geological Survey of Canada, does not 
 Manction and promote these scientific and praolical delusions for Truth's sake, or in the interests of science, or with 
 the object of dispensing reliable knowledge. It is for fraudulent purposes the thing is done. 
 
 .„ P*rlII. Oanloxlml and Nstoral Hlilory Surrc*. 
 
 Itt and tV. aitftrviNFi rt*iipo«tlT«l)' to Mr. txiWAof tli« Dopartmeut of Agrloaltura, dfttad M INb,, 
 
 (\) Annual Kaport of tht l><>par«mi>iit of ilia IntaHor for Iha jraar l8Si. 
 
 fKJ Siv Dooumaiili raiimrratfd In No II, lit and IV. ai1drei«ri| rf« 
 ISM; thoChalrnian of tlip roiiiniUini- on Immlvrallon arii|<:(iloiil>s«loii, Ki'b rt IISI, and li Mil Kioi-llanoy the QOTfiraor Oaneral, dalad Ftk. I 
 1*^:1; al' bf'ln'/ piihtlaltptl In a pamphli't antllli'd. "Manitoba and ih« North- Went Kraudw. rurreapond*>nQe with the Dapartmant of Agrlaullyra, ft«., 
 Se , *r. Tvi»pt"-tlM|i lit,* lni|H>iitMrt*4 oi I'rof^^wir .Itihn Uiicoun and olhfru; by Henry Voule Hind, H. A." 
 
 (it Mei- Annual Hriiiirl of chn Kept of the Inlerlor for ISSJ. I'arl II— page 4. 
 
 (^t MeM Oeoloftoal Hurvpy of Citnada — lRTU-SU— pui|« 34c 
 
 (i) Sra I'loopedlniK of the Koyal OMiitraphbtal Itocleiy fjr Oclobar, ISSI. pait« MS; alro pat* IS of ■ "LMturt" dallfarad oelbr* Iha OMtrapbllsl 
 Hocletv u( gui-heo on the -aaA K\n\\, inAO. and piiljllnhed In the iranaartlonR of ine Soolatv ; aUo tieoloflcal .Surrey Report or.ed In Dot* (ih 
 
 (») Nei. Mr Hnndfiird Kl^inlna'a (lOl.lal Map* of that part of th" eountry puhlUhed In hie Keport' for IN7II and ISSO; alio. Dr. (i. It. Dawtoa*a 
 lari»e Map of t'art of llrllUh Oilumtiln and llio North- Weet Territory. Sheet III— (ivoloKloal Surrey of Canada— Keport for I87»-(I0— the year prUr to 
 
 (T) Stf I>i>,Miinenie <'iteil In leiiura II, III and IV I* w^uuiapauylaf purophlrt on "Manitoba and North. Waat rraudi"— OorraapoBdadM wttb Ik* 
 Department o( Affrlcullure, Jbo , kc. 
 
 (H) * llfnc therp onn p<'arc«ly be nald to he a northern limit to the wheat growlDS region In thia dIrvelloB, but rather as aaatara llMlt.'* 
 f 9> '\'\w prt pariiffraph rititjied in f riK'n Knwllah papfrH U tl>e fitllowlng ;— o;4q( o,f|y (« there leea mow In the country on tha watt aitSe of R«d- 
 •011 'e Hay, near \ ork liiotary and Kort Ihurrldri, (or eiainpU', then In Ihi' rr|loni to the »omii, mu tA, .via oiij/r.,,. ,v it Ir-s uKrttje " ThIe il>ladlaf 
 - SSd tnleleadlng pnragraph wa* written by the Alelfttant DIreetor of t^e tieoloilcal Surrey itf Canada when tllfl Dominion MatarotollMU Raborti SM 
 
 -l*7S, aaunat laaaa I6*.7 : UTt, UNIt 
 
 ilogy' 
 
 perature 
 
 mean of IST7. TS and *ili, 17" 3 ; •bowing one of i he eoldeat ellmalee In the world oeoapled by eWllliad men 
 
 ;ory t 
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The spurious scientific uml offleiftl eiminntioni uf Bell nml Miicoun, who are still ulHc<!rH of tlio Ueologic »1 Survey 
 of Canndn, iiavp Ixvmi spn>ail tliwu^'hoiit Knj,'Iiin(l to :\n (moinioiw nxtcnl in Kiiiiffriitioii I'atiiplili'ts to alhii» and <l(f- 
 eoy, or aro otlimwiso iliirus.'d. 1 olwnrvi. that you refer to Maooun'ti "Manitolia ami lli« (iicat Nortli-\Vi'Kt" in your 
 recent report to tlio Miiiinter of the Interior. Sir Alexander (ialt has known alxjut thoni for nearly two yoain, and 
 has used them largely. Ho has used tliem a.i a swindler uses his false; information. 
 
 I believe that no one will regret more than yourself, that the famed l-'j^mcy of Sir William Lognn,— the Oeo- 
 logieal Survey of C'anailn.— of ..-hich you are now tlie responsible h«ad, should have Ix-coine venally sulwrviont to 
 the interests of unserupulous men. throii'.'h the fiiitlilessui'ss of the otiieers under your charge. I am certain that all 
 true Canadians will be pained that a (Jreat and IJoy.il Society in Kngland should have had its records sullied l)y 
 the fraudulent misrepresentations of your A.s.si.stant hirector,— it is to 1«; feared, under corruplin;^ iulluenoe,— for vile 
 purposes. 
 
 Although the financial injustice to investors in North-West speculative enterprises, based upon the mislBaeling 
 statements of these officers of the ( lovernnieut ( ieolugical Survey of (^anada, is no sjn'cial concern of mine, yet the un- 
 feeling injuries which are pressed ujion uniustructvd, unprepared ami jioor Kuropean Immigi-ants, who may be in- 
 veigled by the literature based upon the siune missUdement^, as circulated by the Department uf Agriculture, is of 
 personal interest and moment to every man, and can not be overlooked by those in authority, without fatal injury to 
 Canada, and distress or ruin to many individuals. 
 
 I am sorry to say that the },'ood repute of the Geological Survey is temporarily wrecked by tho niisi-epresontations 
 adverted to. Canadian intei-ests of a certain class, in all the Province-t, as susUined by Knglish cjipital, apart from 
 those belonging to the North-West, will suilVr from and be jeopardized by the official license and encouraged scien- 
 tific fraud 1 have outlined, unless speedily and publicly an-csted in its course. 
 
 Tho organ of the Ciovernment, Tlie Tm-nntu Mail, under date April 4th, rci>ort8 that J)r. I5ell recently testified 
 before the "ColonirMion and ImmigiUion Committee" that : — 
 
 "In regard to the climate, the district to the south and south-west of James I^iy (in Huilson's Itay) lay in thu 
 "same latitude as Cornwall, Devonshire, and the south of England, ami t)ierr were im peculiaritieK of t-ititntioii irliirh 
 "ought to 7ii'i/iH the i-limate. niore seri'ir than in thene distrii-tM." 
 
 Can you, as Director of tho Survey, sit (juietly by and rend these reported wicked travesties of your Assistant 
 Director, Dr. Hell, knowing the object for which they are promulgated and their amazing falseness I 
 
 It may do for politicians to 
 
 "Up a Vnnlnii, and suppose ber chaite," 
 But it will not do for you, a responsible "DmKiToR" and R li. S. V'ou must ho truthful and human. 
 
 Tho Immigration and Colonization Committee are rejiorted to have "thanked" Dr. Hell for the repetition of some 
 of his frauds. (10) Thanked him for what I Supplying fuel for the Wreckkhn FruK I 
 
 Still, you will agree with me. all pecuniary consequences liecome insignificant when compared willi tho human 
 sulfering which nipst be created in increasing ratio, as long as poor and uninstructed immigrants are permitted to l)e 
 inveigled by tho uurepressed impostures specified, which are broadly scattered under high authority. 
 
 Every one has a right to ask why these faithless sen-anta of the CJeological Survey should l>e permitted to con- 
 tinue their work, enjoy the fruits of jmst malfeasance, and be sust^iined in tho very face of unanswerable dis- 
 proof of tho various statements they have officially made for dishonourable iiurjjoses. You will see from a perusal 
 of the details I have .sent to you. and have further elaliorated for tho information of tho ("Committee on Immigration 
 and Colonization, when called for, timl it is (juite impossible to state in what other parliculam aiii/ o/ the iii/irriiiatioii 
 conveyed by these two "Explorers" is worthy of belief. 
 
 Is it under coiiipidsion that men thus "hug their chains," or do they gain by it< 
 
 THE DEI'I'TV (IK THE MINLSTEl! OF THE INTEKlOIt. 
 
 I much i-egi-et to be compelled to add that the authoritative st.itements of certain other Canadian official.s, directly 
 connected with tho officers of the (ieological Survey, concerning physical features of the North-West Territories are, 
 year by year, Itecoming more misleading and (.unupt. It appeaiw that tho impn'ssioi prevails that offieiiil announce- 
 ments can eiilahh'Kh physical and geograjihical "facts," in opposition to evidence and the exercise of common-sense. 
 Those official announcements are used for the support of money making schemes and speculativeenterprises generally. 
 They are the promoters and the touters stand-by. 
 
 The most melancholy illustration of this pernicious progress is to be found in the last report from the Depart- 
 ment OP THF. Interior, which embodies your own preliminary contribution. The (^hief Inspector of Surveys in the 
 North-West, Mr. E. Deville, and Mr. Lindsay b'ussell, tho De]iut\ of the Minister of the Interior, pari of whose 
 annual duty is to review anil comment on your work, furnish examples of this progressive depravity. 
 
 On pages 8 and 9 of the recent Kejiort of the Chirk Inrpwtoh of Surveys (11) you may read the following para 
 graphs, which I mark (1) and (2). 
 
 "(1) — The Tract of land extending from Moose ,Jaw Creek to How liiver was, at one time, shown on th* mapi as 
 "the northern extension of the American Deseit. Now that the country has been exanunod, it is easy to see the 
 "cause of such notions. The main travelled trail from Winnipeg to the Hocky Mountains, after it has left .Moose 
 "Jaw Creek, enters tho Missouri Coteau, which is very rough and broken, and, after crossing Swift Current Creek, 
 "follows a range of Sand Hills bi'oken by alkali Hats and marshes and exteniling about one hundred miles in a west- 
 "erly direction. It is an uninviting country, and wo need not wonder that early explorere descrils-d it as a desert. 
 "But this is only a local feature, and a tew miles '/n the north side of the sand hills good land is to Iws found." 
 
 "(2) — As an instance of a similar mistake, I may point out the section traversed by the Canadian Pacific Hallway 
 "tnm the western boundary of Manitolm to Moose Jaw Creek. This was known at one time as tho "Barron Plains 
 "of tho Souris," still during the last year, this part of the country has received nn enormous influx of Seltlera who 
 "wieni to he all well pleased with their new homes." 
 
 Now, you know, ns well as Mr. Deville, tho 'Chief Inspector of Survoya,' and every other person familiar with 
 the country, or with ina)>H of tho country, that the (Janadian Pacific Railway after leaving tho western l)oundary of 
 Manitoba (Ixing. 101. .30) only touches the lieaUinitem of two or three small tributaries to the Souris, rising not far 
 from the Assiniboir.o, and throughout every other portion of it» length, within tho limita named, it travanet the 
 nalleii of the Qu'apelU. Further, that the so-called "Barren Plains of the Souris" lie to the south, south-west and 
 west of Moose Mountain, and tho (^anailian Pacific Railway never approaches this vast arid and "kroht" cracked plain 
 
 riOJ Hw Moatml ITidirai, ApHI Mil. ' 
 
 rli; 8m Rfport of Um Drpirtmrat of Ikt Intcrloi Iter IM2. I'krl I. 
 
nearer thun from 3< to 40 iiiiles, (12) and tlio "Itarron PLiins of Ilia Souvis" have not received many settlers, if any. 
 
 With nwpiict lu thi! first piiidj^mph (luotwl, I must remind Mr. Dnvillo thi\t the new route of the Canada I'aeifio 
 Pftilway fiuiu Motw! .(iiw to Mi'dioine Hat, iw hIiowii on Mr. I.iiidiay Iiii.ssoU's recent brge map, takes the lino to the 
 .Soutli of the {jreat Sand Millet ami ni'ar tlio loot of the Cyproas Hills. (13) Mr. Dovillu'H gooil land niiwt therefore lie 
 wholly to till? iioitk of tin- cxli'imivi! Sund Hill mn(;es hi- di'scrihes Htrutehing for about 100 miles westorly, part of 
 which are «how)i on tlio map rrteri'd to. 'f hi.i "uninviting country" covers an enormouH area. 
 
 l!ul what do<'* .Mr. King, the '•luHpector of .Surveys," my ahout the country to the north and the summer's work 
 there. 
 
 The "Inspector of Surveys" writ<w as follows to the "Chief luaiwctorof Survej'a : — (page 16) — "The total amount 
 "of mileagM completed by the block and outline surveyors during last summer (1882) was nut as gmit us had Ijeen 
 "anticipated, owing to various cause.s, the jirincipal of which were — the gieiit delay in Winnipeg in the spring ; the 
 "great n\iniber of crossings which had to be made on the SaKkatchowan, How and Jted Doer liivirs ; and tin: uu- 
 "/<ivi>urab!e eounlri/, ntur.h of it ahiiont dfstitute of water, ( 14_, and much of it liaving been burned over last summer 
 "by the prairie fires which prevailed along the railway line." 
 
 This is the "(iood I-and" to the north, of the "Chief Inspector of Surveys." There is no other of any consider- 
 able extent for many h weary mile. This fact even the filtered reiKirts of the Surveyoi-s disclose, and they show the 
 aridity of an immense area of country ; the absence of sufficient rain in summer, and it« dowless character. Head the 
 foot-notes. (14) What those l(o])ort'! disclosed before they passed through Mr. Lindsay Russell's filtering hands you 
 may imagine. And now I will show you how the Surveyor (Joneral lights his Wrov-kers Kirea. 
 
 THE SUMMING UP OF THE EVIDENCE.— THE WKECKERS FIRES. 
 
 This is the summing up by the Deputy of the Minister of the Interior, and Surveyor General, Lindsay IluBsell. 
 He says : — 
 
 "Th<'s« surveys have oKtHblisheil, lieyond doubt, that froii. the western boundary of Manitoba to the Moose Jaw 
 Creek, heretofore calloil "The iiarren Plains of the Souris," there is to be found some of the finest agricultural land 
 in the world — indeed the bulk of the settlement of last summer was in this very legion ; — while from the Moose Jaw 
 <;r«Hk to the Itow Hivor, shown on our earlier maps as the northern extension of the Great American Desert, itisnow 
 definitely estjiblished that but a compantivoly small proportion ot the land is unfit for cultivation." (Official liejx/rt 
 of the Depart iiient nf the Interior /or 1882, jia;/c x.) 
 
 These astounding and wholly unwairantablo conclusions, from the Inspoi'tor's Roports, at which the Deputy of 
 the Minister of tlin Interior has arrived by a pioi'.e.ss of very objcictionable evolution, would be too contemptible and 
 transparent to notice, wt>re tliey not certain to be svized ujion by venal promotors and toutere. (1.5) 
 
 They might be tlirown on one side, like any other ••cloth," did tlioie nut stand expectant behind Mr. Lindsay Rus- 
 sell's "official" htalemeutH, millions of capital hanging upon a"(ii)oi) liKPoni" of the country, with eager speculators and 
 politicians watching with Imted breath the rosult of the "official" pandei-s' outburst ; while hundreds of thousands of 
 unconscious "Immigiants" are waiting to be decoyed by the glozing touguo of the "agent," with "official" report in 
 hand. I trust that certain emigration sclioims spokon of, do not n-l^r to this part of the country. 
 
 Heif! is a niinaturc of the whole niatti>r. Inspector of .SuiV!>v.s, King, on page 1(5 of the Report of the Depart- 
 ment of the Interior, do.scribcs the "uuf.ivuurablo country, much of it .lestitute of water," and the details furnished 
 by the survcyom confirm this view, (^liief Inspector of .Surveys, Deville, on page 8, merely says, after describing 
 sanily wastt•^• i.f very conHideiable extent, "a few miles on the north side of the Sand Hills good land is to be found." 
 Ho does not .-ay how much good land, or notice the character o! the couutiy to the South of the C. P. R. 
 
 From these advei-so ele/iieiits the Deputy of the Minister of the Interior, liussell, evolves the minige on page x, 
 that "it is now detinitely established that but a comparatively small proportion of the land is unfit for cultivation." 
 
 Again :— Chief Inspector of .Surveys, Dm-illo, announces an abuirdiiy he ha.-i invented that the Canadian Pacific 
 Railway, passing from the valley of the A.<isiniboine directly into the v.dley of the (ju'apolle, traverses the "Bahhkn 
 Pl,ai.nh(ii' the Soiui.s,"a name elaborated for a purpose and apjilied loan area no one ever thought of associating with 
 the(". P. K. remote from it. 
 
 The l)e|iuty of the Minister of the Interior, Russell, improves the occasion .and sjiys that on the area "heretofore 
 calleil the 'I'ri'.rieii Phiiiis of the Souris,' there is to bo found some of the finest agricultural land in the world — indeed 
 the bulk of the seltloment of last .siinimer was in this very region." 
 
 In this manner, by a disgraceful trick of tr;insmutation, ilie "Deputy of the Minister of tho Interior" and "Sur- 
 veyor (tener-al," "booms" the '•liirren Plains of the Souris" and the ilreary, dewloNS waste tlirough which the Cana- 
 <lian Pacific Railway p:u«es after leaving longit.ide 107". for many hundred mik^, until it approaches tho humid re- 
 gion of the liocky Mountains. They are shocking fmuds in a rejsponsilile public olficer, which no court or jury would 
 for an instant sustiin. They are Wreckers Fir.'s, officially lit and fed. 
 
 But is it not a most shameful and degrading proceeding for officials invested with descriptive authority 
 winch may h'ad to thn expenditure of millions of money, to place such fictitious advantages within tho reach of pro- 
 motors, toiitors and emigrant agents. These gentry have only to say "Here is the official descriptive statement, what 
 do you want more I" — and how can emigiiints or investors dispute this official declaration of tho Deputy of the Minis- 
 tor of the Interior, until they find out by sad experience that the "Iiarren Plains of the Souris" are forty orfif'ty miles 
 or more, south of the Valley of the t^u'appelle which the C. P. \i. traverses, and that thoy aro lai'gely clay-oracked and 
 arid wastes. Will not the revelations of tho "Report of the De])arliiient of the Interior for 1882" open people's eyes now, 
 and point to the dangers of living in a fool's ])aradise, or sitting unmoved, by the Wreckei-s Fire. 
 
 Tho proper termination to all this roguery of Hell, Maeoun and Russell is easily seen. Tho consequences of 
 further prote«'.tion will be to Canada incalculable harm ; to human suffering, appalling ; and to a few individuals, a fleet- 
 ing triumph with (piestionable results. 
 
 The Minister of tho Interior doubtless relies upon you for the verao.',", integrity and competency of your assistants. 
 He will attend to his "Deputy" himself Therefore, let me ask you to .join with me in sending copies of this and 
 the following letter to all the leading scientific and public Ixiilies in Europe and Amoricsi, and to leading bankers, as 
 well as to the public pre.ss. Let us do this in the interests of ScikncE. and to arrest the further progress of imposi- 
 tion on thousands of our fellow creatures, and a vast ex|)«nditure ofca|)it')l iu "wild-cat" enterprises, floated under the 
 inHuente and glamour of frauiliilent "scientific" ami concocted "offleial" report«. 
 
 Vorv trulv vouwi, 
 
 HENRY VdlLK HIND, 
 
 Windsor, Nova Scotia, April 13fh. 1883. 
 
 Formerly In oharge of the Auinlbolne and Suk 
 Bxplorlns Bspedition. 
 
 (\2) 1 nrvfr fHW llic wnrtlA '■Burrm rfui'nt of tile Sourl6** on Mny CanatlUn Mulhoninl mnn. I hsvaNrn the wnrde "Great Hlfttn of the B«erlt.*' 
 Th«'e ruin* are "arliV* tnA .iKiurcd |>ermaiii'nily with drouaht In many plaoei. The Hiinm Bvll aayf are the reiult of "drying," If aaoun of "ntosT.** 
 rl.l> See Mr. I.lndaay HuMell'l offlclnl ma-), dated 31it Deo., 11)82. 
 
 Hi) ^The Itrpoita nf till* 8urvf)nr» /followInK Mr. Ktnif'e Report; ahould Is* read oHreftilly and with a men. The fmpcrtn.tt feitnrrr of tberouB' 
 .. .._^. . .._. .... ,oU in to ihr nrltlity of the climate, a met veil known beforf. from the abieuce of hraoltfl, the pretence of 
 
 But the SuiTe)nni notice the very inmll amount <tf dew which fell; alio the eiceertinitly amall rainfall, be* 
 
 tr? they dleoh^i' relate Dot fa inurh'tothe eoll ae to Ihe nrldity of the climate, a ttict 
 •■Ikall. iailne jtondH and arid vcaetatioit. ""» ••— .;...— -....- "...t~. n." «-•« .-.-ii ... 
 
 ahlea the parrhed land and general nhirnre of wpod —Mr. OKlWIe rerorded only 9 hO Inchraof rain IVoin ISth July to 30th Seplember— not half anouffh 
 ■(rlcitjtural purpo'ei. On the nth Sept. the therniomi't.'r (ell to '«•.». 
 
 T whtrh appllea rapeelntlr to that part of the oountrr 
 
 There U very htllo new.' lie |[lv<i> the total rainfall from July 7tU to liepU Mtk ■• 
 
 to the «a«t of Bow River ia tb* 
 
 1 
 
 for iirlcitllural purpo^r*. On ih** 18lh Ht-pt. thv th<*rntom«t.<r"l4>)t to W.fl. 
 
 Ilr. T. DrutoiiKiiitl nitvp, ' Anothd drawhiirli to th? countrr whlrh ■pplln rapcrlMtlT to thnt part of the oonntr 
 winf of ratn or mnintvrr qf any kinti" Mr. Prunimnnt] paji. "Tlirr« I* vt-ry Itltto <iiiw.' lie irlv«ii the totiil ralufal 
 ■nountiiiir tn '^.M iDchei. (paur 4A) Tit* iiiei)l(oni> ''■ihowcry'' w<')iilii>r, but thp quantity of rato vo amitl an "not worth lakioff Into aooounl. 
 
 could sartcufturtiitK do ii ml rr mrh rirrunmtnnrfii t Mr I.i'wU Boltun, ■|>«Mkii>H * ' ' "' ' - -. . 
 
 i. "Vrry '• - . k . .. 
 
 •■y*i. 
 
 'irrunmtnnrfii t Mr l.i'wii Boltun, ■l>«i 
 pfltlom you woiitd And thr urHta damp with <low In Sfpl and Uoi 
 
 r n more eattei ly part of the count^; near th« line cf the C. T. E. 
 
 Til* ifMMuii why tbt* t>H)tr ot th« Oovrrnor Urneral wai altarc'd^ln 1081, and dirertrd lowardt the great humid art whieh akiru llw Mid plajit of 
 the Ron th llranrh, !■ nciw prarilcaDv prorlatnuut. 
 
 (\i) 8e<ww iii«|>or(lieO. r. It. ttuuteby Mr. LlndiiayKuMrll, Bumyor Qfnenl. dated Februry aoth« IBMa 
 
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 TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR J. A. MACDOMALD. 
 MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR. CANADA. 
 
 K. C B. 
 
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 Rioirr HoNouRAiii.R Sm ; — I hnvn tlit- honour to semi to you a copy of a lott<'r I Irivi- midp'wil to Dr. .Solwyn, 
 F. R. S., I^ireetor of tlie ("moloKiciil Survey of Onimdii, under the MiniHt«ir of tlie Interior. 
 
 I !)• 2t to cull your attention to tlio cliaPn'ed I imve Imich inont ruliicliintly coinpulled to renev, (1) r(ti|H'ctin^ tho 
 continued miilfeiwance of two of the most inii>ort:>nt ofliw«i-s of the (JeuloKic:il .Survey, in the iirosecution of oHiuiHl 
 work concerninfj tin Xortli-West Territories, and the nianufiicture of f.iise liepoits. 
 
 Also to tht< very injurious ch.irncter of the inii>03tur<!« they have thus pnictisiMl upon tho pul)lio, fo-fothnr with 
 the disftstrous iind inhuman results these huvo already produced and are certain to continue to [iroiluoe in incnuuin;; 
 ratio through unchecked unci wdflsh niiaapplicatiou. (2) 
 
 In unison with the scientific deprsivities pointed out, I have i-efjretfully noticed very misleading' stateniunt* re- 
 lating to the same and kimlred subjects made and disseniiuateil hy your Deputy, .Mr. l.indwiy KuasoU, the .Surveyor 
 General, through whoso official supervision the rfl|)orts on the North-West Territories apiwar to be filtered. 
 
 The official stntoments and filtrates of the Deputy of the Minister of the Interior are of a very pernicious character, 
 adapted to prcinote illusory adveuturos under false pret«n8<M {KMsewiing official weight, and fitted to becoloe a |)otont 
 cause of Buffe'-'Ug .^nong uninstructed immigrants deceived by them or their application, Isoiidefi being dangerous to 
 honest inveetois. 
 
 As a consequence of the malfeasance of the named officers of the (Geological Survey and disregard of warnings, 
 the good repute of that important public service is jeopardized, its influence having been purchiuwuT and sold for cor- 
 rupt purposes, which all scientific bo<lies an<l educated jMirsons will clearly perceive and understand. 
 
 These Societies and educated persons are able to satisfy their memb<'rs and thoinsulves that in the loading in- 
 stances I have given, or am prepared to give, if the Assistant Director of the Geological Survey, Dr. liell, or the Na- 
 tnralist. Professor Macouu, had made iisr- of available scientific data as these ought Iq h- employed, iiisluad of using 
 or creating erroneous and fictitious dati, the conclusions they have prop.igated relating to curtain all-important physi- 
 cal features of the North-West, would have been reversed, or very materially and adversely modified, and much finan- 
 cial scheming of deplorable character, certain to be attended with distress luid inhumanity, thereby avoidwi. 
 
 The utter disregard by .Sir A. T. Gait of what I have pointed out to him in this relation, proves your High Com- 
 missioner at London, to bn one of th" most pernicious and dishonest servants of modern times. (3) He appmiis with 
 his friends to reap jiecuniary benefits from his connivance. Hut he knows that the Cieological Survey of ('sniula, 
 supervised by your l>ej>artment of Government, lies behind him iw a scn^en and shelter. 
 
 As a consofiuence of Sir Alexander Gait's nefarious work as outlined by me, the successor of the High Oommis- 
 irioner in London, whoever that may be, will be justly looked upon with gathering suspicion in the present couclitiou 
 of affairs, and his boldest representations spumed or vilely used, as belonging to one with doubtful objects to pi-o- 
 motfl by iniquitous moans. This neetissary consequence must ensue and pievail with increasing force, as long as the 
 present condition of North-West represr'ntative matter is permitted to continue, or the Wi-ecker's fin> is lit. 
 
 Among the notices of my recent pamphlet entitled "Manitoba and the Nortu-West Fiiauhs," which have ap- 
 peared in the columns of the public press, tliere is one pre-eminently suggestive, considering its origin. It is con- 
 tained in the .\fontre.il financial paper Ijearing the name, 
 
 "Tlir. SlIAREHOLDKH AND InMURANX'K GaZETTE," 
 
 said to be an inftuential medium in a certain well defi led ilirnctiou. The notice is as subjoined : — 
 
 "Hbnbt Toulk Hind, M. A., semis u» a pamijlilet entitleil yfnnitohii nnil thr ,Vni-lh- It'eKl. Friiiiftt. 'We Imve not read 
 It and don't mean to, but if the framls lie treats of are woise •'F'rkuds" lliaii himself tlisii we f«>r that .Miultoha and the 
 North -West are In a hopeleuly had way. T'-e (jreatest hunihus* of the day sro seiierally cniire<l<-d to hi ii)»e inter charla- 
 tans the self Hyled "weather prophets," special curses of .Unnlreal and Ollawa. Windsor. N. S.. howevei liH/pri-seiii alMste 
 of "yowl" Hhid. appesrs too, to lie hadiv aHlieieil. — {TIte Hliiirehnlder unil InMirniirt OiwUe, Mnnl'-'nl, A/iiil t\. 1HS:1. i 
 
 Your long exjH'rience of public life enables you to measure the usefulness of the sycophant aiffl the power of 
 the protected financial bully. 
 
 But you also know that when the cringing sharper is met with Baivamo'g resitonse to Siirixx;K, 
 
 "This i> no answer, tlion unfeeling man," 
 He can only savagely retort as the wolf, 
 
 "Why he hath maite the en-e bleat for the Isnih." 
 
 Investors will thank me for pointing out that the editor of •■T/i/i tih'trfholdm" raves aljout a document disclosing 
 Fratid, which he professes that he has "not head ;" a procedure doubly announcing the i-nminent danger to which 
 their millions are exi)o»e<L All men n>cognize this inexousable methoil of dealing with linlighteningstatementH which 
 . can not be controverted, as the last re.sourco of paralized and sinkitig schemers. 
 
 I observe that in the next column of his financial pa|>er. this conscious ami pliant editor devotes a paiMgtHph lo 
 an opposition statosiiian whom he dosignittos as, "That very self-suHicient antl conspicuously sh.\llow personage. Sir 
 RicharJ Cartwright." 
 
 With your educated sense of justice no man knows better than yourself that to teach the eager public investing 
 lessons after the fashion of that financial conscript at Montreal, is like winning brief climatic triumph with the per- 
 versions of Macoun and Hell, or a fictitious Garden of Kilen tlirough the vile transmutations uf Lindsay Kus.sell. 
 
 Your finer sense of human right treiches ynu too, that the uninstruotwl lalwuring poor have as just a claim to 
 shelter and warmth, to seedtime and harvest, to ntinfall and dew, as the gamblers who trifle with the wealth which 
 perverted knowledge brings, or is won by the glow of the wreckers fire. 
 
 You will be pleased to bear in mind that on the Kth March, 18H,1, I renewed my applicttion for an opportunity 
 to be publicly and freely examined concuining those disgraceful deceptions of which the named officers in your de- 
 partment of Government appear to tv< the protected and [letted originators. 
 
 I am awar«%hat hi mattere of State it is essential to proceed with groat forbeamnce ; hut in the present ttiso, for- 
 bearance appears fo have gone inhumanly far, and to have already occasioned liistress and sull'oring of unusual ty|M», 
 with a prospect of a large and threatening increase. Therefore, I claim your present ivlicenco aixl inaction as aii oil- 
 mission of my allegations, which no diplomacy or denial in o|ien court oould im|Mir, and from which all esou|Mi is im- 
 possible, except by tlic exorcise of arbitrary avoidance, or pitijess neglect of a matter which mltnits of no honest delav 
 when it is brought directly under your notice, as is now done by me. 
 
 I respectfully ask that those public steps be immediately taken which will put out the Witi-^jKiCRsKinR.sanil tend 
 to arrest the selfish misuse by otnors of the various deceptions, originating in your Department, 1 have Imnt com- 
 pelled again to press upon your notice 
 
 I do not doubt that yoti will reoogni»! this just course as tlie only itossible one, — apart front instant and open in- 
 quiry to obtain proofs of further frand — which is worthy of your |X)sitiou and name, or of the country you serve. 
 
 I have the honor to be, your olx'dient servant, 
 
 HENRY YGI'LK HIND. 
 Formarly in nharce of thr Asslalboln* and Saskatohewan 
 Bxplortng Kxpedltlon. 
 Windaor, Novo Sootia, Apn^ I6tli, 1«83. 
 
 (t) Ail«iiiiciii ws> fir't drawn tiy nic to ilie (ran praetler of III* kind of mslfrwiinc* hrrrin iiotlord >■ oarlr •• May, \'*\, snd Xov., IMI. In iirtnl- 
 rd lMier> anil In duilnct and >i>«ciaa wrau, but wltbout any apparent n-aull It. arroUiif Iha conlluuanc* and hirthtr r>-|Kiitluii ur IIm (raudt saniMl, 
 or thetr a«e f'lr i1l»)ioHi*«t purtioafa. 
 
 (J) 8m I»hi 'IlrATH ASD Mi'TII.ATlllS Rol.l" In ".tf,i«i/ot.i imti !fi>rth- Writ FnxHtU." 
 
 I3i I Ijrgattrntion to the Tiirlo!i!5"!!!n<i!!ii(»l|nn" I li«»» itati.tnllitxl m Sir Alri. Oalt anil Ilia rrpir ttipv rllnlird. Tn llie "OiilonUt"' Hind- 
 bnoli," with IlK ftil«e map. f«l«- prli!i->, falw <l»>rrlpllon« of land ard deceitful aiionrm.sn kttrr. Tlia "Ci)loii1«l«* llandlmoli'* ll tlw tnott uliookllla 
 4«««i>llon of till* day, cooalderlng lu auttiuritaliTu orlsln aod thi* inetliod of ill. .lUtrlliutlon aniontf fmlcmllnit ria'ava ttirniigli tbf olerrv It la an aMiT 
 laaa di'Krsre lo Sir A.T. (Jail, and It li««mlroli<.i Urn ifood nnmr of Canada aa lonKsa It rrnitlna an uniurrrclnl auttsirlly. Sir A. T. Ualfa rtlnilon M 
 lite swindle p«rp«trat«il on tlip Itoyal Ui^onraplilcal t^ockty, U utn-rly tiii'iouiialtli*. 
 
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