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(1) Expedition of Mnjor-General Sir Selby Smyth, ISTS. 



lu July, 18'75, Major-G-eueral Sir Selby Smyth, commaudiug- tho militia, made an 

 official trip through the Northwest Territory. Ou the 2ud of the mouth he left Saruia 

 by steamboat for Duluth, Lake Superior, aud proceeded to Fort Garry by Moorhead 

 aud Eed River. He travelled on wheels to Shoal Lake, where he was met by a division 

 of the Mounted Police, under the escort of which he weut to Swan River and to 

 Carlton. The party followed the trail to Fort Pitt, Victoria and Edmonton, thence to 

 Battle River and Red Deer River. At Bow River General Smyth had a conference wnth 

 the Blackfeet Indians. He passed to Fort McLeod and Old Man's River, a tributary 

 of Bow River. When in this locality, he crossed the frontier to pay his respects to the 

 general officer of the United States commanding in Montana, who was stationed at Fort 

 Shaw. Returning to Fort McLeod he proceeded westward through the Kootenay pass to 

 "Joseph Prairie," where, parting from the Mounted Police, he travelled southward to 

 Walla Walla. He was here met by General Howard of the United States army, hos- 

 pitably entertained, and escorted for several days down the valley of the Columbia. His 

 journey was continued to the city of Portland, and through Washington Territory to 

 Puget Sound, where he took the steamer for Victoria, Vancouver Island. 



(8) Travels of the Marquis of Dufferin, 1816— ISYT. 



On July 31st, 1876, the Marquis of Dufferin and Ava, then Governor-General of 

 Canada, accompanied by the Marchioness, proceeded by the Central Pacific Railway to 

 San Francisco. They were there met by H.M.S. " Amethyst," and steamed to Victoria. 

 Lord Dufferin was everywhere received with the respect due to his character and station. 

 He visited Nanaimo, and after inspecting the coal mines, travelled northward to Bute 

 Inlet, Skeena River, Queen Charlotte Islands, and an-ived at Port Simpson. He returned 

 south to Burrard Inlet. On September 6th he started up the stream of the Fraser; he 

 reached Yale, and continued his journey to Kamloops. Returning to New Westminster, 

 he again crossed the Strait of Georgia to Victoria, and performed the ceremony of driving 

 the first pile of the Esciuimault graving dock. Lord Dufteriu left by the " Amethyst " for 

 San Francisco, and returned to Ottawa.' 



The folloAving year Lord Dufferin proceeded, by the w^ay of St. Paul, to Winnipeg, 

 w^here he received addresses, and where festivities were interchanged. On September 

 29th he addressed a large assembly at the banquet given him. During his stay in 

 Manitoba, Lord Dufferin went as far as the Mennonite settlement on Rat River. He 

 also visited the Icelandic settlement, aud proceeded up Lake Winnipeg in the steamer 

 " Colville " to the mouth of the river Saskatchewan. 



' Altliough political digressions in no way come witliin the objects of this paper, tl)e writer takes upon him- 

 self to refer the reader to Dr. Stewart's work on the administration of Lord Dufferin, in which his speeches on the 

 occasion of this visit to British Columbia are preserved. The time was one of great excitement, and Lord 

 Dufiferin's political ability was never more apparent. 



