Scope and Content. Footnote 63 7757, File 27044-1.
The members of the treaty party seem to have enjoyed themselves immensely.
made a second treaty trip necessary in the summer of 1906. Footnote 120. Footnote 92, The province delayed the matter for almost a year, despite frantic pleas from the department - which had planned negotiations for the summer of 1904 - to discuss the "New Indian Treaty." Treaty 9 and its adhesions covered more than two-thirds of what is now the province of Ontario. Province of. CHAS. WILLIAM GULL, his x mark. Matheson to Pedley, 23 June 1905. That adhesions to Treaty Number Nine, copy of which Adhesions is hereto annexed, marked Schedule "A", entered into between the said Commissioners and the Indians under the authority heretofore referred to, provide for the setting aside, through the said Commissioners, such reserves for each Band as is provided for by the said aforementioned Treaty at such places or locations as may be arranged between the said Commissioners and the Chiefs and Headmen of each Band. To see how this potentially unpalatable reality was presented to the Indian people, we should join Duncan Campbell Scott and his fellow commissioners on their canoe trips through the northern wilds in the summers of 1905 and 1906. The post at Matachewan was reached on the afternoon of June 19, after a difficult journey owing to the numerous rapids in the river and the height of the water. The Beaver, Outfit 294 (Autumn 1963).
Like all such generalizations, Bell's complaint contained a kernel of truth - for the railway was not an unalloyed blessing to the Indian people. It was not necessary to make treaty with the Indians of Chapleau, as they belong to bands residing at Moose Factory, English River, and other points where treaty had already been made. Letter of Louis Espagnol to Charles Dupont, 1 July 1867. W.B. Resource Impact Benefit Agreements have been negotiated with local Indigenous The Government should seize the opportunity now." The smoke of our camp-fire amid the firs HERBERT NATHANIEL AWREY, Commissioner.
They do not seem to have been told that they were giving up all of their own rights to their traditional lands, with the exception of certain small "reserves"; that thenceforth they would have no say whatsoever in the management or development of those lands; that they would be prevented from hunting, fishing and trapping on any particular areas occupied by whites; or that their hunting, fishing and trapping could be regulated by government as it saw fit. Duncan came down from the Albany River and the people were told one day ahead of time that there would be a meeting...(He said) "I am here under the British Government to tell you people if you are interested in a proposal from the British Government for you to give up your land for the government to look after. In the 1880s, Cree and Ojibwe peoples in the James Bay region were increasingly concerned about Frederick Mark, who in the afternoon was elected chief, said the Indians were all delighted that a treaty was about to be made with them; they had been looking forward to it for a long time, and were glad that they were to have their hopes realized and that there was now a prospect of law and order being established among them. The treaty number 9 is known as the James Bay Treaty which was originally made in oral form and does not have a written copy of it.
At Biscotasing in the summer of 1901, Chief Louis Espagnol delivered another eloquent speech - this time to Samuel Stewart of the Indian Department - reiterating that the people near to the height of land still wanted treaty and claiming that government inaction was breaching a promise originally made by the Honourable W.B.
The payment was finished on the next day, and the Indian feast took place, at which the chiefs elected were Katchange, Yesno, Joe Goodwin, Benj. Carrière, Gaston, o.m.i.
1905 Diary, pp. MTL, BR, S22, Matheson Papers. JACK McKAY - Signed in Syllabic. H.A. The Indian people were becoming "very much more troublesome to deal with," even refusing to repay the goods advanced them on account in the fall.
Canada, Parliament, House of Commons, Sessional Papers 57 Vic. of the height of land dividing the Great Lakes watershed from the Hudson and James Bay drainage RG10, Vol. "Now," he said "you gentlemen come to us from the King offering to give us benefits for which we can make no return. The chief had trusted and believed that the people of the crown would strengthen the people’s weaknesses, which is why he had signed it.
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Footnote 113 Footnote 124 Even at those stops where the people immediately welcomed the treaty, the issue came up.