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