THE SECOND VOLUME. 



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CHAP. XXXI. 



INDIAN TITLE TO RED RIVER. 



Indian Title in Canada. — Importance of the Question in Rupert's Land. — - 

 Cost of Indian Wars to the United States' Government. — Advance of Settle- 

 ments towards the West. — Probability of a War with the Sioux. — Indian 

 Races occupying the Country available for present Settlement in Rupert's 

 Land. — Restlessness of these People. — The Right Hon. E. Ellice, M.P., on 

 Indian Title in Canada. — Proclamation of 1763. — Opinion of the Canadian 

 Commissioners on Indian Affairs with respect to Indian Title in Canada. 

 — Title to Red River. — Grant to Lord Selkirk. — Treaty between Lord 

 Selkirk and the Crees and Saulteaux of Red River. — Peguis. — His 

 Letter to the Aborigines' Protection Society. — His Address in 1859 to 

 the u Great House." — M. MacDermott's Statement. — Meeting of the Half- 

 Breeds of Red River. — Opinion respecting Indian Title. — Importance of 

 the Question. — Treaty of the Americans with the Saulteaux for the 

 northern part of Minnesota on Red River .... Page 167 



CHAP. XXXII. 



MISSIONARY LABOUR AND ITS RESULTS. 



Indians in Canada. — Distinction between Indian Nations and Tribes. — The 

 Ojibways and Mistassins. — Families, Nations, Tribes, and Bands. — 

 Indian Families of Rupert's Land and Canada. — The Algonquins and 

 Iroquois. — The Hurons or Wyandots. — Dispersion of the Hurons. — The 

 Iroquois Confederation. — Statistics of Indians in Canada. — Canadian 

 Special Commission. — The Indian Department. — Efforts to ameliorate 

 the Condition of Indians. — The Manitoulin Islands and the Mission at 

 Manitouaning. — The Roman Catholic Missions. — Their School and 

 Village. — Wikwemikong. — Wesleyan Methodist Missions. — Indian 

 Labour Schools. — Cause of the Failure. — Condition of some Indian 

 Villages in Canada. — The Indians of the northern Coast of Lakes Huron 



and Superior. — Treaty with these Indians. — Distribution of Annuities. 



Hudson's Bay Company. — Sale of Birthrights. — Suggestion with Reference 



to a Permanent Fund for the Supervision and Instruction of Indians. 



Lands surrendered by Indians in Canada. — Testimony of Missionaries and 

 Agents in Relation to Indians. — Advantage of Settled Homes. — Compact 

 Reservations. — Indian Progress in Michigan. — At Red Lake. — At Red 

 River. — Suggestions with regard to the Amelioration of the Condition 



of Indians generally. — Missionary Labour in Rupert's Land. The 



School-House. — Suggestion for the Establishment of a General Store for 

 Outposts. — Native Language. — The Bishop of Rupert's Land. — His 

 Charge, January, 1860. — The Earl of Southesk. — A Christian Assin- 

 niboines' Band. — The Church in the Wilderness .... 178 



