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 repeatedly expressed his great sorrow at the sad occurrences 

 taking place. Donald Murra}^ states positively that all these 

 bodies were removed some years after to St. John's Church 

 graveyard, but he is not now able to locate the site of their 

 re-interraent. He remembers distinctly that on the morning 

 the settlers handed over the fort to the Metis, all the ammu- 

 nition for the cannon was carried down to the river and 

 thrown into the water from the end of a boat moored in the 

 stream. 



The "Seven Oaks" ^VLonument. 



The Manitoba Historical and Scientific Society, in pur- 

 suance of its aim of marking the historic spots within their 

 territory with suitable monuments, had in view the erection 

 of a stone on the site of the affair of " Seven Oaks," a spot 

 near the highway, which is a continuation through Kildonan 

 of Main Street, Winnipeg. In 1890 the Countess of Selkirk, 

 the widow of the last Earl of Selkirk, who was the son of the 

 founder of the colony, visited Winnipeg, and offered to erect, 

 under the auspices of the Society, a monument of the 

 battle. This generous offer was gladly accepted, and a site 

 w^as given by Miss Inkster, sister of Sheriff Inkster, for the 

 purposes of the Society. In 1891 the monument, prepared by 

 Mr. Samuel Hoopei, of Winnipeg, was placed in position, and 

 the Society, with a large company, proceeded to the unveiling 

 of the monument on the 19th of June, the anniversary of the 



battle. 



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The Unveiling. 



The ceremony of the unveiling of the " Seven Oaks " 

 monument in Kildonan took place on the afternoon of June 

 19th, and was well attended by old settlers of that vicinity 

 and also by citizens of Winnipeg. Lieutenant-Governor 

 Schultz and party drove down in four carriages. With His 



