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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1980-09-25, Page 10TAKE TER -TOWNSHIP TITLE — The Varna squirts were the top team in.jhe inter -township squirt league this past season. In the Nick row are Todd Marshall, Daryl Black, Matthew Davidson, John,Purkis,\ Kevin Steckle and Rob McLellan. From left to right in the middle row are Darrell Faber, Gerry McBeath, Steven Taylor, Pat Kyle and Danny Kipfer. In the front row are George Whittaker, Doug Roy, , Jeff Taylor, Tom Whittaker, Michael Taylor and Brad Eckel. Missing were John Kalbfleisch, by Allan Hayter Danny McGregor and David Telford. photor Detail early history of Bayfield By BUD STURGEON Part one: The early ex- plorers At the beginning of the 17th century, the area that was to become "Upper Canada" was a new frontier. It was unexplored and uncharted for the most part. With the exception of a few Jesuit Missions, the area was inhabited . by Indians only. The "country" was under control of the French government. There were no formal land tenure .policies in use, and by 1627 only three seignorial land grants had been issued in Canada, the first being in 1623. The country was still known as the Province of Canada, with no political division between Upper and Lower Canada. The majority of settlements were along the St. Lawrence River, and all exploration originated from here. Picture if you can, an unspoiled- wilderness covering the whole of Western Ontario and ex- tending north to the Bruce Peninsula. The waters at .the lakes and rivers had never been . explored by whiteman. The Indians living in the area were called iluendats, and the land they dwelled in was • .called . Ouendake, meaning "land apart". - These' people were tagged with the more familiar name, "Hurons", (which was a colloquial expression meaning "dirty people") by the first French explorers. The Huron Tribe occupied the land north of this general area, and the Iroquois were to the South. The tribe thought to be living inUieifrea where Bayfield was even- tually founded, were the Attawandarons. These were a highly civilized tribe, and were also known as "neutrals"for a very good reason. This tribe controlled the flint supply necessary to their warlike neighbors for making weapons. Neither the Hurons or the Iroquois wished to _ an- tagonise the "neutrals" for fear they would become the ally of their enemy. This worked well until the Attawandaron Tribe was wiped out in the Great Indian Wars preceding the set- tlement of "Upper Canada". Explorers Brebauf and Chaumonot estimated the Attawandaron Tribe con- sisted of about 12,000 in population, living in about 40 villages in the area. The man thought to be the first "white explorer" to inhabit this region, was Etienne Brule, a Frenchman who came over with Champlain on his 6th voyage to Canada in 1608. Brule was a master linguist, and learned many of the local Indian dialects wh1Ie living with them. The last we hear of Brule is in 1633, when he was quartered and eaten by the "Bear Tribe of Hurons", after being involved with one too many maidens. In the years previous to this, Brule had done much to assist Champlain and others in the first attempts of ex- ploration for settlement and trade in the Huron County area. Buy house in Varna By MARY CHESSELL Glenn Hayter has purchas- ed Murdock Morrison's home, which is located on a lot on Glenn's farm. The Morrisons will continue to reside there. Lloyd and Carol Moore and children Cindy and Tim, and Bob and Willa Taylor attended the anniversary service at Varna church on Sunday and were dinner guests, of Barry and Pat Taylor. Anniversary and dinner guests of Mervyn and Margaret Hayter were Ken and Eileen McLean, Glenn and Lois Hayter and children,, Mel and Margaret Elliott, Esther Moffat Florence Routzon an( Elmer and Noreen Havter. OTOCROS RACING SERIES FINAL DI-JER SERIES Ont. Junior & School Boy Championships S NDAY, SEPT. 28 Heats at 1 1:30 Finals at 2:30 DON'T MISS Family Fun For Everyone SOL 14 VARNA, ONT. (HWY. 14, NORTH OF HENS.1ll, LOOK FOR THE SIGNS!) 261-3318 or 262-5809