CHAPTER IX 

 1875-1879 



Notes on Climate — Recommendations in regard to Route 

 of Canadian Pacific Railway — Offers of Positions — 

 Publication of report on Country between Port 

 Arthur and the Pacific, 1877 — Made Emeritus Profes- 

 sor of Albert College, 1879 — Exploration of the 

 Prairies, 1879 — Up the Assiniboine to Fort Ellice, then 

 to Long Lake — Crossing the Saskatchewan River — 

 Battleford — Red Deer Valley — Calgary — Adventures 

 en Route — Description of the Country — Blackfeet 

 Indians — One of the last Buffalo Hunts — Return to 

 Winnipeg and the East. 



I found all well at home and immediately took up my studies 

 at Albert College, and decided to write a slight sketch of my 

 trip. This, I took to Montreal, to show Dr. Selwyn, and to 

 ask him what kind of a report I was to make. From Montreal, 

 I went by the Prescott railroad to Ottawa to lecture to the Literary 

 and Scientific Society, which had asked me to favor them with an 

 account of my trip. The next thing, I remember, is that Mr. 

 James W. Ross, who was Member for Middlesex at that time, 

 invited me to dine with a number of the Liberal Members at the 

 Windsor. As a result of that dinner, I was invited to call on the 

 Hon. David Laird, who was Minister of the Interior, and, in the 

 conversation with him, he said that there was to be a great meeting 

 of the Members that night as (Sir) Richard Cartwright, the 

 Finance Minister, was to announce his budget. He said that 

 he expected a surprise for the opposition. And, sure enough, he 

 did, because (Sir) Charles Tupper was prepared to advocate a 

 low tariff, but he found that the Ministers had decided to leave 

 tariff as it was. The result was that (Sir) Charles could not make 

 the speech and, after a few remarks, adjourned the house until 

 the next day. 



