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Honor were Mr. John MacBctb, President of the Historical 

 Society ; Col. Villiers and Col. Howard. In another carriage 

 M^er'e Mr. C. N. Bell, Corresponding Seci'etary of the, Sfjciety, 

 Lieutenant Williams, and Mr. Ernest Phair, His Honor's 

 private secretary. The ladies of the party were Mrs. Schultz, 

 Mrs. Chief Justice Taylor, Mrs. Howard, Mrs. MacBeth, Mrs. 

 W. J. Tupper, Mr.s. Jellyrnan, of Chicago, Miss McDonald, and 

 Miss Mair. The old families of the Red River settlement 

 were represented by Messrs. Archibald Pritchard, sr., Wm. 

 Fraser, Norman Matheson, Hector Sutherland, Donald Suther- 

 land, Robert Sutherland, Angus Poison, Geo. Munroe, Jno. 

 Bruce, Robert MacBeth, Sheriff Inkster. Miss Inkster, who 

 gave the site for the monument, was among the ladies pre.sent. 

 On the platform were the Lieutenant-Governor, Messrs. John 

 MacBeth, C. N. Bell, Chief Justice Taylor, Mr. Justice Dubuc, 

 U. S. Consul Taylor, Canon Matheson, Col. Villiers, and Col. 

 Howard. Among the others noticed on the grounds were 

 Messrs. G. F. Carruthers, C. P. Brown and Mrs. Brown, James 

 Porter, W. D. Russell, T. C. Keenleyside, Dr. Phillips, Prof. 

 Lair'd, J. T. Huggard, Archer Martin, and W. F. Henderson. 



The proceedings were opened with an address by the 

 President of the Historical Society, Mr. John MacBeth, who 

 spoke as follows : — 



THE president's ADDRESS. 



Your Honor, Ladies and Gentlemen, — We have met 

 together to- day to unveil a monument, to mark one of the 

 historic spots in our country. Before proceeding further, I, 

 as President of the Manitoba Historical and Scientific Society, 

 wish to tender to the council and members of that body my 

 (grateful thanks for doing' me the honor of electing me to the 

 honorable position of president. No one more fully appre- 

 ciates the fact than I do, that my election to preside over a 

 society composed of so many learned and scientific gentlemen 

 as is the one I have just referred to, was not made on account 

 of my fitness for this honorable position, but entirely intended 

 as a delicate compliment to the old settlers of this country Ijy 

 my colleagues. I would be indeed ungrateful if I did not 



