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though you are determined on leaving the service, I am still 

 disposed to be your friend ; what can I do for you ? " I 

 answered, " Your excellency has always been a friend to 

 me, and if you are still disposed to add another favor to those 

 I have already recived, grant me a spot of land on Red River 

 that I can call my own, and I shall be very thankful." " Your 

 request shall be granted," said he, " and the company, in 

 consideration of your exertions and success in the Snake 

 country, are disposed to add something to it." On this oc- 

 casion I had every reason to be satisfied. He sent for trie 

 chief accountant, and ordered him to draw up a deed for a 

 hundred acres of land, free of all expense, which he handed 

 to me, and we parted. 



ISTote — This grant included from the Red River bank 

 for two miles on the prairie bounded on the south side by 

 William Avenue, and on the north side by Logan Avenue, 

 in the City of Winnipeg. 



