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show with what utter absence of reflection and fore- 

 thought they sacrificed their country and the rights of 

 their children. This almost wanton indifference to the 

 future shows that they possess an irresistible claim to the 

 care and sympathy of a powerful Christian government. 

 When many thousand pounds yearly are solicited and 

 willingly contributed by the great charities of England to 

 the spread of the Gospel among Indians who still claim 

 and possess the soil, it would surely be true charity, as 

 far as Eupert's Land is concerned, to urge the importance 

 of establishing a fund from the proceeds of the sale of 

 lands, after the Indian title is extinguished as a preliminary 

 to settlement, to be devoted exclusively to the instruction 

 and supervision of those who so recklessly part with their 

 birthright. An addition of one penny per acre to the 

 sum paid to Indians in Canada for the lands they have 

 surrendered, would have produced an annual sum sufficient 

 to afford a permanent maintenance to two hundred minis- 

 ters, teachers, or superintendents. 



The following table shows the aggregate quantity of land 

 surrendered at different times by the Indians of Canada, 

 and the price which has been paid to them per acre : — 



Name of Tribe. 



Number of Acres sur- 

 rendered. 



Average Price paid 

 per Acre. 



Missassagas .... 

 Ottawas, Pottawatamies, Chip-"| 

 pewas, and Hurons . , J 



Saugeen Indians. 

 Ojibways of Lake Superior 

 3 , „ Huron 



Total . . . 



7,373,000 

 6,737,750 



2,001,078 



1,500,000 

 Not known. 500Z. 

 „ „ 600/. 



22-d 



£ of a penny. 



2s. 

 Sid. 



Ud. 



16,137,835 acres. 



The complete isolation of Indians, in order to shield 



