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of' 1837 in Huromeoun
'BRENTON HERR, M.A.,
of History, University
VanEGMOND
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Ph.D. ,
of Buffalo, N. Y., 1940
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to continuebie peeePtutiende The
change of •barberieg and of residence
Five Pointe, however, ere deflate-
ly =tree end it seems that this per-
respondent is. quite unTeliable. Nev-
ertheless, there is a pi oblent about
Vain Egmentes military service. Un-
cloubtedly docurneee, exist in Europe
which Wail they can solve it, and can
be consulted, no positive statement
o
can be made- The tradition about
hie eda-eer in the army ne,vertheles,s
....
is so strong that one hesitates, to
treat it as'merefiction, and for the
ptupose of ' thieeacceent I shall as-
sane. that it is in the main correct.
- From the papers we can make a
fair estimate of this literary attain-
meets at the time of les. reeidenice
in the Huron Treet He • says that
i.s e
English a lone of bis languageh
toe learnt in parrot fashion, without
a . grommet- or 'dictionary, merely by
using it in everyday life. It is true
thiae there ane faults in .his Englieh,
particularly in his spelling. He uses
"peir" for pier, "sameathize" for sym-
pathize, "intstuence" for e assuraeoe"
"stile and peraseologie" for style and
phraseology, "unfelt" for until, "Sab-
ether" for Sabbaths, etruele" for
tray, "scirmis:he for eiridnieh- b, "vouc
efeelie for vouolisafed,' "rain"• for
rein, "porkupines" for porcupines,"
"preveous" for previous, "Madeliael-
ien" for .Macchiavellian, "actiu-estte,d"
for acquiesced, "alighting" for afee
bee, "Niagra" for Niagara, "tiotum"
for hottotm, "cast" for caste, "steel"
for steal, "responses" for responds,
ecandled" for kindled. His Dutch. and
German, background is revealed, by a
few Ge:rman words, a German quota-
ton, a German length and diffusive-
nese in his statements and di trace of
German sentence struc Cure. He uses
th.e word "horiziont" for • horizon,
"fund" for resentmeet, "bild" fur
.built, and intents worlds for 'himself,
"thereinwith" and. '"unpreinformede.
which 'are obviously modelled on the
German. Tee quotation from the
German will be considered • later. Of
the length and diffusiveness, this is
an exemple. "We .hate now five years
since with-. a patience bordering on
servility, ,nay on the most abject
slavery, borne a mese of instills, op-
pressions, wrongs and tyranny; the
weight and bitterness of which we
alone in whose „ bosoms the red-hot
irons bete penetrated and. burned foe
'
that length of. 'time, almost unfasten'
rupted, can sufficiently. feel and de-
Scribell The German 'adjectival eon-
struction appears, in "this nearly- as
yet altogether agricultural country."
The grammar and the sense .some-
times fail together. Tallong of the
company and the ultra -Tories; he says.
that together they would be of little
weigheas ag-ainst the rest of the com-
munity.12 "A chipmunk agent, an el-
eeheeet at the beet, .. they would
prove." He discusses "men not Pos-
sessing either, the qualifications and
deepositions to make a fit tool for
mischief, to care at least some ae"
justice"; "our would-be gentlemen.
vethout leaving any motel, intellectual
or pecuMary botum to support"; "the
local , gentlemen from Great Britain,
etc.,- who have 'become useful inhab-
itants of this province or en, any way
to asperse his, concluet or character.
but very few ' of whom have ventured
cr 'hardly will ventere to locate them-
selves in the backwoods." In. all
these instances we can catch the gen-
eraldeas but not t iothe exact mean-
ing-s, iend it times the Van Egmond
papers are hard: readied. He is fond
also of extended metapth,ors and
lengthy lamentations. "Balls too
mueet beaten ,down become finally soft
aud lose their elasticity and rebound,-
. .., . ,, „ , . . .
mg quality' , our general distress
e .
' as reached its very pin:mete. philose
°Pen is dead and buried here."13
These examplee will suffice to show
,
that Van Egmend•coule have won no
... .
prizes m any liteeary cenlest in the
Canada q the 1830d.
Upper' e " f
But we must not "leave the impres-
sioni. that faulty .seelling and gram-
Mee, -obscurity and overloaded meta-
phors ane normai features df Van Eg-
_.?
menu s sentences. We must. rewire
ber that most of -theseare
papers
. • • .• '
drafts and that ...for publication he
. .
would doubtless have polisbed them
and remv
oed: most of the impeefec-
dons, Many of the word.s which bafe
.
fled bus powers of spellinghave caus-
ed difficulty ' to persons „whose native
tongue was • tnglisii, and' the great
majority of his words are spelled cor-
rectly. He ,can use euc.h berme a-nd
we:elegem "emolumented office's," "hid-
eous nakedness'," "inconsequente,"
, •
• empruden.m," "indissoluele" "intel-
. • ' '
lectual," "pecuniary," "olcefashioeed,"
.. affront,'" "appropriated," eleseiv-
• ,, ,,
rouse . encomiums," "requisites,"
4 1
clandeetin.ely" with, perfect appropre
ateness and 8pelling, and this is: no
melee •f eat., • Most of. eis, .sentences
are quite clear and the writing is
ease to read, except whoa he tries to
save paper and crowds the lines
closely on . one ' another. Nor is the
..
'tee ' •
W.1 Ilt qllabtles of ttyie. He has a
'homely pungency' at times as when
h adwises "d '' • t
1 e a vises on t give o donates the
oats 'earned be horses," speaks of at
termpte to catch men.y. and large fisle
•
es withoue putting bait to the hook ,"
or says he win meet Opposition only
from persons who 'either chave al-
ready ' or are exPectriag soon to get a
, rack in itome one of the Camels Com-
panyes inaneers. He can be graphic
as when hie lashes out at Jones' staff
and friernds: .old piarasites, he calls
them, young 1 'd1ers, half -beggared
would-be gentlemen, half -pay and no=
Pa' cashiered effiedd, ex -West Indian
imgro drivers, muehroati, aristocrats,
creatures either beef -Worn out or but
half -made, knewing "nothing and cap-
able of nothing and with more than
ten Pounds worth:of pride for every
:
..... a ..
. ., ,,..„
Man dental:thee pewee" .
.,..... .
ie leee. "Pee Ogle become
but in fact ated teality
ehe werst 'of OW spieler
He %lye that 'One of the
cult tasks- he ever tried
ra,en onnageoue enough
to Galt's erettniete for
he admits thatethe Pay
for the compaue's agents,."notthitig
whatever will eat:My
hunger tor Pelf; nothing
their cravene thing for
tdeceii . ., e, ane he denounees
"hellish pride, arrogance
Imes." Jon* is supposed
staid 'Ye, the thurne
and •the wthilp ion the
damned subjects." Jame
la eould„ "have banished
to the Truest idesteat fixed
according to CoPena dona's
the immensity of sPace,
probably many places of
bele pieces far preferable
this. Elution Tract at Preeene'
describing the absence
schools,, adenoids and,
failure to payeeempensateon
tiers threw up their
asks 'es there not enieugh
these few lines to fire
any sensible raan with indignation.
abhorrence, against our
pressoie?"15 He cannot
to the foots, even when
ing, the' climate; ;tee province,
is in avenage buried in
five months in the /ear
last three. peens, for
months. This statement
into the Printed 'circular
.tended toedistribute abeut
and the .provinee.16 The
is at times ridiculous,
times it mums the leader
about the veracity • �f the
presented in, such form,.
as Van Egmand cultivates
ties and rarely mentions
clates in his ohierees.
been, that Liza/a supplies,
en,cies.' and .corroborates
Egmond'e complaints,
the present-day would
:dismiss the pa-lei:lel s. charges
work Of 'it, heated idle
inetion.
, As: will be seen from
tions, Van Egmond indulges
duplication of ideas, which
wearies the reader. Further,
quit.e wil.ling to 'praise
lic. In the printed circular
crihes or allows 'himself
to be. described as suiggesteis
teeters of What was good
tee Tract. They had
einowledg.e of the conditions
ing • and settling wild
•had the moral qualifications
evolenee and 'honesty
of populariteee Eva);
facts were as stated,
•have presented in a less
ion. It looks as if the
entirely confined to Jones
ee, and oertabile Phrases'
these .would not increase
morel's popularity with
of the Tract. The habit
tion and ,the lapse into
can have .done •him no
English became a familiar
to him but it was never
we can illustrate !his
others fro the citations
enees In the papers.
Latin tags. "medic, June,
"boldly, to venture into
Caesario or Nimiseemod
not, .of course, .necessarily
..much knowledge of Lain,
was twig -Mee all the
itth century, • he could
taped it. He us -eh the
" b • '' " ' in " and
a re pro esse
for shelter, promise and
He says that in the short-lived'
dar Of the Fretuch revolution,
ary,i was, called ."Nivose,"
month. Here, he Is wrong,
term ,was applied to the
December a,nd •the fiest.
while most of February
"pluviose," rainy. He ,quotes
iavelliart maxind "Co qui
prendre est bon a rendre
"
is cquivaleet to our: "Whet.
for the goose is • sauce
- • .. - le
der."' He tells a story
century Parte that when
Gascony was on the
bung, the •lieutenant
other Gaseon, observed
shame it was to their
cony) that one of its sons
hung in company- with
Lorraine, weicebad stolen
bag of naile. The thietehlewever,
his consolation for this
"Every caste in society
ble," be said.; "hde -ditto
does net stand as a screen
merits, having appropriated
self tens of thoueands
(gold coins). This story
to illustrate professional.
most unusual circumstance.s.19
'Van Egreond can also
knowledge of German in
than b ' •
y its influetuce
and -sentence structere.
least the story of etehilleett
Mocne or Robbers in the
in Bohemia He quotes'
saying for times 'of oPpression,
kann diode Meat immete
bereunter dern wechselnden
allegi v,ergebt nad deeweeree
urn die Erde bewohnt.
noch •viell frofhliche Mensiehen
much uns des lebems 'slat
mos ruheaden MAST
Belcher des fleeted noeh.weiesenezo
.
"Nothing can remain
this ethane -tug world 'belew
erething alters, and fades
its the earth with us:
.• ..
suede .be Many happy
to enjoy life. after . us
know (the taste of freedom
Mee- Klee teat
-.. .
reeetee delta
haunted be
ineernaleed
lewd dild.
.waseto and
to enter in-
inns, although
wie goo& As
their oaniae
will salsify.
eaT sweat and.
their
and inso-
to have
on tee throat
tacks of our
would, if
ieedeng age
star or sun
western, in
' eentaining
abode, dwee
to any in
After
of churches,
the etunpantes
when set-
contracts, he
already in
the bloed' of
and
. merciless. op-
littitit himself
he is descrier
he says,
deep snow for
and el the
six or seven
actually goes
which the in-
ehe Tract
exaggeration
and at all.
uneasiness
statements
'particularly
genierale
names and
Had it not
these deeee
most of Van
the readier of
be inclined to
as the
ertetie imag-
the quota-
in much
of coutue
he is
himself in .pub-
he des-
and his son
and pro-
and fair in:
,e, practical
of ope.ne
lands.. They
of ben-
and the asset
though, tee
they ought to
direct lash-
Pride Were not
and his'
such as
Van Eg-
lee neighbors
of e,xeggera-
self -ase
good.'
language
-his own, and
knowledge of
and refer-
He , has two
1828," ,,auti
tite game,
These do
indicate
but as it
schools of the
not have Os-
French weeds
" et eatiM n "
p n . e
petriotism.
oaten-
.Febru-
sno.wy
for that
last half of
of January,
became
a Match
etst bop a
"18 which
is sauce
for the eau-
. „ e
of eigeteenth
a man of
poipt of being
of Pollee, an
to him what a
country (Gas i-
was to be
a wretch of
only a petty
had
misfortune
has its rab-
bag .Of nails.
against my
to my-
of LGULS d'ors"
woold seepo
pride in
show his
another way
on his word ,r,
He knows at
Kati
Black Forrest
a German
"Es
ableiben
Mond wo
VMS Mit
Es vendee
melt
freuen and
dem gras dee
. ,
the same in
whereet--
that iamb-
There will
human beings
and , again to
while we
. ..
French) in 1803 044180e, wee thift
,
city or tee Rhbeettand lied bee1 ata-
peeved to France,and he wag eandeete
her of editeet weed?, jedged lobeere
Three famoue mete. Were tiled about
dies:mite time: Schludeshannett, We
sol and Gee -miller, eatee of Whore at
one time or anabier bad had 90 to
ISO 'Jaen under his .0oMtmand. Van,
Edmond saw Schind•esheames guide-
tined, and belied to condemn the
others to capital punisbment, be bet
ing Presumably aPPainted to tbie tri-
bunal in the interval, Schindesban-
nee had robbed a rich Jew to avenge
his father and : continued to • steal to
protect the poor against 'dole op-
pressers (i.e., 'the Jewiele usurers);
and in return after his death the cite
zene .of Mainz raised his son and
gave aim the tribute of their respect
when he became a man. Geemader
had lived en 'honorable life for thirty-
eve years. Teen, sayge•Vain F4ginond,
a monk seduced :his. wife. He gave
up bis home to the precious pair, his
property also and set Icsut for America.
On the way be was: attacked and
plundered by a band of men under
the third robber, Wessel. •The men:
took him. to their leader 'and he in-
foraned Wessel of ha misfortunes.
Weseeli resolved to go with him, to
America, but neither bad.aine money
and. they, .un,derteed a theft Ieledging
themselves to oenunit no act of viol-
ence and to return the amount When
possible The two were eaaebt, mon
after tee theft, bewever; and were
sent to the tribunal and guillotined.
It is -not clear how Greyeauller could
ever have deed a large body of rob-
bens under his icommand and in, these
circumsigineeto ., but Van Egmond
leaves us in the dark.22 This. store,
continues 'ow Coloneleproves that in
all classes there are gentlemen and
eada. Had the three been Judged by
a. °gun of equity and not of law, and
had their good deeds been weighed'
with their bad, they would hve beee
'honorably acquitted. a
For us the fate of the -three :rob-
bers, however. chivalrous they mat"
lieve been, has. no immediate inter-
est, but the store indicates that Van
Egmond was not in active Military
employment but in judicial work in
Mainz in 1802 .and 1803. ' In 18e8 the
tamale 'woe sitill. in the Rhineland:
where the son Conethert ...Louie was-
born on April 8th. We may assume
that weether en 'uniform 'or net, Van
Egmond wasnot in -active:see-Vice in
these years, and that he was married
between 180,2 and 1807 to Susan- E.
Dietz. As we have mentioned, he
saye that he made the acquaintance
of Si.r John Colborne:twenty-odd yea -re
..beck from 1837, bywhioh he may
mean the Waterloo campaign, as the
Miesee Lizette understood. Nothing
else can .be gathered frail les, p,apers
.about his life in Europe, heeiever, and
theee facts are eertaiply meagre.
lh 181e he migrated to America
and. brought, this family to Indiana
County, Pennsylvania.. Here he ,farm-
ed and heat a store, and here 'several
of, his sons were born. Constant had
learned to speak and write G-eranail
-and.- French in tithe . Rhineland, and
picked up English in Pennsylvania.
For obecure reasons, the oolonelt de-
ceded to oome to Upper Canada in
1827,. and chose Waterloo County...as
this destination. He carried hie fam-
ily and prioperty in: wagone, taking
along .a large poTtrait of himeelte He
crossed the frontier at Niagara and
found a load of settlers who were in
great anxiety to reach their ilestina-
tion. To assist them, he 'lent them
his wagons, gearing bis own property
at Niagara in the interval. The set-
biers,- we may suppose, reaceed their
goal, but when V Egm d
'an. on returned:
, w ,, ,.. .
to Naegara Iie was unable to find the
portrait. He thoeget enough of the
loss. to tell the uelehbors in Huron
alxne it some' years. later. The ince...
dent at least shows the kindliness of
hie' nature. With the rest of bis pro-
perty and his teenier he soon reached
Waterloo County'. Here the first ex-
perience of the family was a quaran•
tine in a earn, but having passed
this test, Van Egmond rented a farm
•
whose location is not known. He had.
plen 0 financial resources and, we
ty f
• • . . „ •
may guess' 'that in coming to 1.7pper
....
,Canada. be was moved delefly .by a.
spirit of a/dventure. His personal ap-
pee:lance at the time is described for
.
us by the Mieses- Lizare. "A tall, fine,
soldieeletlooking man; age gave him
. a etoop. His features Were good, his
lose large, He always Wore a close
cafe even wider his bat," a habit
which. gave 'rise to a story that be
wee' concealing niutilatione in, hie
ears." He spoke English fairly well
and Was considered eccentric. A push
ing, clever man 23 . Phe last item of
the descriptiem represents "Striek-
land's impression, from welch no
doubt the Missest Lizars got it for
their ibeek.24 At the election of 1835,
an unfriendly correspondieg3t *rote of
Van, Egmtorttl as an old, crusty, crab-
bed, sour -looking Dutchman, 'distin-
.
guabed be a stoop and squine.25 Tlie
,
two descriptions agree pretty weff if
we eliminate 'the 111)(11m:tient. of preju•
.,
dice from: the moo ' t, "and no doubt
thee give es: a fair idea of •how he
Idoked to his aequaintances, iini Huron.
In 'Waterloo be Met Galt,' aid men
became intereeted lin the -great vele
ture of the Huron Tract., Of Galt he
had the 'highest epinion. Galt, he
writes, was..anctious to receive infor-
mation and advice from anyone, gen-
tleman, farmer or cominon day -labor-
erCrooks and Mr. Peter Bamberger . lige theught the liononable James
.....
es-
peci•ally qualified' by their local and
practical knowledge, sought their 'itd-
vice and confidied. his, plans to them.20
If they praised his ideas, be would'
say, "Yes, yes, but that plan ha ' not
originated with me 'but with . Mr eo-
end -So, and 1 will by no mea
big- on elle readede
or betle, be Weld
fully en e vok'n
ed eneweitune on the
teener, heart and ernteuett
great n4 noble:Mal
truth leadgeed Wee"
who lepoWee egiceentola
he (Gat) was Edema,
oath of the pent
es (Of die war a 18e2),
not dieepOroye of
theetextended, dissepdatIon
of his gettain.e medts,.
say, "Gad bless. Me.
and their children,"
Detained, not one
the Tact Or the Gueltell
not resegand heartily,
,
of Van Egmonds opinionerthat
bad remained be office.
amid, the nuMber
Trent would have) been:
!hundred times what
and the unsold land
worth double the value
For Galt had good
clerks, except those
ociimpany, whe were
gave balls at Guelph
whom he knew of
treating rich and poor
roose eear'miag tokens
kitudnees. He did
ers ".peasatelis";,. he
bred and born, says
a vulgee upetairt (tee
Wage the ablest land
arrived on this side
from Great Britain,
try and quite free
In all this. praise
Van Eganonde habitual
but he gives us merely
portraiture of Gales
qualities. The relations
men were , evieently
nowhere is there . a
on Galt than in the
pens.27
1
For some m.onthe
main•ed a spectator
About the middle
writes: Galt sent out
to lay out tee pi -est -et
mot to the siteefGoe,guice
and teams eo. Make
ary travel, and it v.uti,finiohed
verneer of that year.
"sledgih road" -Which
tioned abate, the
Huron Roads, Galt;
mond, empleeed tome
the towinsite of Goderich
to . get timber for
choosing for the work
bad beeome or were
tiers in the Tract.
orers then took up
mainee over the winter.
was idtable to stock
e.bile' the lake was
obligee to arrenge for
land, 100 miles from'
or Galt to Gooderich
75 and 90 respeetively),
from Goderich to Springer's
helm: was without
human being. Tee
was buried every
five montn'e ' with, snow
feet deep. 'But Gale
aged. He made plans
'pet up along the road,
tettainment and t.rovender
male" .ae Vain Eemond
and' offered jay; for
milee west of Springer's,
tiering the winter:
ty miles further, on,
third still 'another tveenty
the road, $75. Theeindekeepers
to keep elle road open
and in this way supplies
taken into Goderich
Van Egmonde inepeoted
dein-self during its
expressed a desire.
the, business. Galt
diteenee 'Peileiee
n4 Weirld
witb weledeirenie
noble,
la that
without injuring
Every,
. Ware
a warm
a the• -war
and so
Vineleeneend's
or
If one
Galt, • Mrs.
deeleres-
'settler in
block
A.men. All
with
of settlers
mere
it was,
woad have
of that
agents and
sent him
indifferent.
and invited
the Waterlooers.
alike with
of love
not call the
was, a gentleneee
Van Egmond,
like Jon.es)..
agent who
of the
or any other'
from self-conceit.
we can easily
exaggeration,
a heightened
.undoubtedly
of the
most 'happy
better encomium
Van Egmond
1
Vail Egreond
•of Gales
of i June, 1828,
A survey
road from
erre
te fit for
This
we have
precursior
.eontinuee
men to
and
two steambeate,
only men
going to
Some of
town las
But
up with
Open and
provisioning
either Waterloo
,, (in. reality
93 of
in
a single ihoee
road, furteermore,
winter for
four
was pot
air inns
houses
for
dignifies
an inn
for anether.
$62.10, and'
miles
• and in
Meld'
by land.
the
Pro -geese and
to takea
secured
ceeme
'ea n t i
truly
reaper
Mews
atyp-
loss -
would
ra-
relation
were to
Galt
our
eitbier
‘e
woller
were
ef Galt
a free
in the
than a
in 1837
been
Year.
good
by the
He
all
the
and
farm -
not
He
ever
Atlantic
cella-
see
good
two
and
pa-
re-
work.
he
party
Wil-
leletlethe.roa,cli2Zee
tenni:roe-
in No-
is he
men-
of :he
Van Eg-
. clear,
others
whe
be set-
the lab •
and re.-.
Galt
supplies
wee
bi
°WY
which
Bien-.
tr .4er
four or
or five
discour-
to be
cf ere
ani-
teem.
twenty
a month
twee
a
along
were
order
be
road for
' now
band •in
for him
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an am:vial:neat as hoteurery agent te
the canoe Company,- apd Van Eg,
naiad took as his feet duty the die,
ovary of men willing to. cam on
contra:eta on those teems and to bin
M ien and teame at Waterloo, Zorn
and Oeferd to go with them. and mete
their log hate. He engaged the men
Helraer, rrytto4e and 'Seebeck abou
Cbrietneas time. 1.828,e9 andhe as
Sures ue drat the task of finding met
Courageous enough to tak-e the offeat
was on of the moat 'ost difficult he hag
ever undertaken, although this 19
hard to believe in view of the reinun
eratiort which was good by even hf!
statement. Helmer reached his nev
tot ane 'erected his inn without muel
teouble. Frefogle spent elevee day'
travelling from Springer's to ihis des
dilation; sae:mole s,erventeen daya
dryfogle raised, a house- 18 feet le.
14 --feet to the beams, and this vritl
feed and drink tor the anen coif, bin
$50. Beebe:oh put up' a larger home
30 x 18 feet to the beams, cement
with similar, extras apparently $20e
The structures thus erected were no
imposing and Dunlop 'described them
' , r
asshantiesbut e doubt they wen
better, then nothing and proved o
much ,servide to the piegneers of Hut
on, The innkeepers were.. to entei
tain travellers at g
rices prevailing
pJ.:
the settled parts of the rovinee
' ' p, fo
the sake of encouraging timid enquil
erset .
Thole was still a conoiderable blan!
space, forty miles, between S•eeba,ch'
inn and adieteed Van Egaum
bad deteemined lemself to be th
fourth inaltherper and 'the' _fleet berm
fitile farmer in the Huron 'Tract. El
picked a spot on the Hallett side gi
miles-•iftrom.• Seebacb'
and 18 miles from GOderioh. An earl,
advertisement of the Canada Con
pane describes' et as four miles fror
Silver' Creek in thepresenteSeafertf
daeon the farm• 'Which bas long bee:
in the .eatels of the Fowler family...a
Van Egmond cleared some land,
ed wheat and begam tc, build a. con
biplee log :house and tavern: He ea
sufficient cover to establish his f an
ily in the new habitation by Chrio
mas, 1828. We do not know whethe
Galt niade -him a melt allowance a
to the other lankee ' nce none a
our sources mention , siet sueh a transae
don. Van ond had a fa; aboti
the house of more than 100 acres .t
'begin with and mute -more later an
he adopted • the na 'Ross' fo' '
r..in
estate' in thie fie -est. Early , in 189
• he fell ill of fever -and • e and wa
comfit:esti to the house • •for sev
weeks. Here he had hie. last. conva
sedan with Galt. ,• .
In Februare, 1e29, Galt decide
against eepolicy of ttering tee se'
tiers over. extensive areas, wher
they- would lose helf their' time i
trips to atores and mills and coul
, net easily -build 'churches and.'scleooe
Ile plan ited to forsetilemente I
• Oom,pact blocks along" the ,roads; i
furnish churches and sebools for re
religious bodies „and to extend th
settlements southwards as much • .a
possible, to •open a f reer entrance t.
tire south wind and the air, as V a:
Entailed says, leaving. ehelters, th „th
,iorth.. For, or Dutchman assure
ih lit • b. . th d '
is, a s e er on t e •noe ani a.
openin.g lan the. soutb will greed.
I
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'• ANTHONY VAN EGMOND
- In. tie ileeete thinede Sundries i)e''7
'ere In . the Public Archiver* of Can-
Ida, Ottawa, there' is a bundle of pa -
?ere marked! Van Egmend, in the
editert la December 1-22, 1837. Most
if these are the papers teat were
aken off hire at tee time of his ar-
'est, and they co-ntain chiefly, drafts
,g
teed' the Caneda
documents criticizin
eamipany dm general and its principal
rgent for the Tract, T. M. Jones, in
?articular. From these it is ppesible
.
:amake a better - estimate than, thi•th-
deo et Van Egmences perseealite and
A his experiences, in the Huron Tract.
&mother source, •of information is a
manuscript by Dattiel Lizars, Scots -
man and resident of Colborne Towe-
dhip in the early days of thein Tract
ehils is in the Pnovineial Are -hives' of
enteric); it is entitled "Report Upon
the' Affairs and Influence of the Can-
a
sea Comeany es, LocallY Aeleleadd
to Upper Canada." Lizars had beee
in conversation with His Excellency
Ike' Right 'Honorable C. P. Thomsen,
Who had asked heM to put the sub-
is. steteents' into writing,
stance of hm
and the mamoseript is, the result
Lizars opposed Vale Egmond .in Pon-
tics and' says nothin:g of eim in t.his
work, but he corroborates Van. ,Eg-.
roonda criticism in mealy treys Mee
furnishes exact data -for ehe charges
,
in generalterme. of whice the Colonel
wae So ifonti.T" 'Together,. Van .EgtmoncloThhit-Colb6"hefore
and Lizars draw a dark picture of
conditions ie. the Huron Tract in the
183,0's.. Lizars' granddaughters. autite
ors of the well-known book, "In the
Days of the Canada Company," hint-
ed at a number of thing e which they
knew well but dideniet .care to put in-
to print 'while , participants in the
doubtful transactions of the • early
deye remelted' alive. It is now pos-
able, however, to relate.,these in some
detail and to explain 'certain bitter
Memories of the infant- settlement le
Helen about the days of the Canada
•
Company. . ' •
We begin, however, with Atethony
G. W. G. Van Egino,ne. The outline
of his life is. well known to the peo-
ple of Huron. aed to the readers of
The Expositor in particular, as many
of his descendants still live about
Seaforth. ' His career falls into three
periods: (1) his youth and militate'
fe in rope, 1771-1819; (2) his eight
liEa
years le, Pennsylvania, 1819-27; (3)
his ten years in Upper Canada, 1827-
1837, most of which was spent in the
Huron Tract. He was been in Hol-
land,: of a noble and wealthy family,
the most famous. of where hact been
, .
the Count el , nt who had been
'n
of the fine leaders of the Dutea
their revolt against Spain in the
. centarry, arid bad been executed
ceders or the. Duke of Al -fa. The
oaf and poetical " "tion of the
m. ts suggested an acquaintance'
ai,h the art of al
"e. fee bee young and Anthony
men of the f de - ,
c es a soldier. The it detailed
s'
account of hiei . service
the first took a teeion in
found in the book by Misses' Liz
nei,tioned aboveAccording to
.
he first to.ok a coavian in
Dutch a y, but w -ben Holland
ed under the rule Of Napoleon, he
tene.d the e ' e of the ruler
Fiance. He went with the
contingent to the disastrous Rues
campaign of 1812 but returned safely.
WhenNapol ce badk from
.
however 1815, Van Egmond
'
the side of -the Allies and: s,erv•ed
der Blucher against ,his late
.,
He was present at Waterloo
severely w.oundecl ane carried
the fieldDuring the course of
.
camp, . enigbie had receiv,ed
reater, teen woundand • ny
gs
This
ser , "and all in front."2 is
ubstanticonfirmed by the
sally
or of Beldee's Atlas of Huron,
had talked with Constant' Van
,mone, Anthony's eldes•t.son. He
• ,t Anthony commanded a regiment
in bee, edema pagn; that' his
al rank in the.a y was'a lieutenant-
colorteley., and •that he had known
and at • Water-.
loa Finally, be states that Constant
had a certificate of 'his father's
vice at Wiaterloo.3 C Stant eold
compilers of . a biographical diction-
ary that his father served twenty-five
years in- the army, i.e. 1780-1815.4
Anth e stated 'hi If in a letter
William Lyom -Mackenzie that he
an ex -soldier of thirty years' schooi-
ing and practised and in, one of
'papers in the Sundries he says
he had knowa Sir John Colborne
idol years ego, which seems to
- , .
tbe campaign of waterloo in
Sir John had elayed an important
fled.
e Furthee persons who knew
theny in -variably declared much
sarne hi Th St ' kl
t ng. e surveyor etc
who hedt visited the Van Egmond
,home in Huron, says that the Dutch-
been a colonel
man had formerlyn
ae oie iniee •al army (Napolem's).
that after the •e ror's retirement
tc Elba he had joined the allies
held the rank of officer M. a Belgtoi
regimene at Waterlooe. The, Bever-
end William Proudfoot, Presbyterian
mi • ionary; stayed at the Van
mond- /tome January 27, 28, 1'835,
wrote in his diary that Van' Egmond
ead been a colonel. in the Dutch
at the battle of Waterleo.7. Belgium.
had been joined to Holland in
end . the Reigians were part of
e
leech form in thcampaign of
-
erloo; and if Van Egmond command-
C. t.
ea Belgian regiment, hewould
la the Dutch: force. There is a' •
discrepancy in the etonies as to
thier be served in, this way or
Blucher, .who commended the
• nd the reference to Sir
slaps. a
Colbotn would seem to laver
Dutchas they were panof Welling-
, :
tone array. Nevertheless tee
about eis career ha, tbe army.
prete.well with one anpther and
' ,
:
L. fackenzie wrote of his "
itary experience under Napoleones
It is passible to gather from Van
atonges papers. a number of militar/
biases. He says his di -St Publida-
P '
tion .against the Company is intended
Ilerele. for a •everrecting lash, for
meTe" musketecir she but he
's. r's
one of' about sleet pages in- reserve.
But if this fails, he will have to
up heavy artillery and try 'what
fect a gene I •attack will produce
Againhe says that a bomb
,
• once a-fly-I:nig is not easily stepped
its . course, Tb senten
'
course, peeve little, for they
have beeninsed by any civili an
eau no more than a reader's
'
leoge. of military life, but in a
• erel way they neem to confirm
stories of Ms careee.
' ' .
Thens wonkl 7have been no. &Moe-
ty about Van Egmond's service
a .
for one, fact, that •neeher the:
ner the Frence wax offices have
record of Van Egmemd for the period
leatieeted er any other. .My Seerch
of Napoleonfts ItetteTe and orders
yielded azoonn,_,
and casualty lists of Waterloo in
• ,
man, Dutch, French and English,
, nntion f d
o raeoVan Dimon.
-
fri•ende, otte hearing thee promptl
jump to the omelet:eon that there
a bet 'of d : ' e oni Van. .
e. e .
artThi.waz indeed,
maid* during tbe eleceion: of
,
when- V an Egmond wee the Reform
•
candidate in Huron. A correspondent
of a To to pa to& that
recently arrived Dutchmen, were
during thee the Vau Egmond1 title
extinct, 'that Anthony bad •
ly a suttee' to erapol ,,A a
.,
:tele. that at the peace be became
barber in Dort and that thence
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This picture Is better becattee
Ores face. When you, have two
. • • 'more pronenent
Tw° people often yield a better
picture than just one -especial-
in .the summer time, when,
of Young romances are budding.
However, to make these pleberee
meet effective, there are a
Theintsyou want to keep in Mind.
The first pant es to Mahe one
ydur subjects more prominent.than
the other. This keeps the interest
It has
or
lots
feW
of
a natural "center of. Interest"
more subjects in a picture,
than the others."'
her fene is more brightly
by 'the sem; While his
ly in Shadow. All these
make the girl the center
• Every picture should
a center of interest. No
remember seeing group
such as a picture of
class, in which each
"prominent the others..
--the
make one
lighted
face is' most-
help to
of Interest
have such
.doubt you.
pictures,
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face was as
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0 . din Interaationat DA+ Noospaper
son It wortre teem coetteediveteteste.
0, • rors"segi foot; ion thcrime or tentaitoon taint*
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penny of cash at • thole 'Command,
brought here by the ,expectation of
ettin the eli n f el
g 8, pei, e 0 i whose
fleece would be worth to be so. •This
is direct and vigorous Prase, of ma
mieta:keable meeldag• We may • be
sure that Van Dgmond had learned
English in much 'better than parrot
fellation, that he tap ',made excellent
progress with graieMer and..dietion-•
are and that be nee& the language
like the ethreated Mbe an Witeet •
Imperfect 'English Is not the trou,'
ble with VS writing but a r.ectunidency
and a ,pervadifrug habit of, exaggent-
steel. He ;talks of "truth and the
facts, ,Nwas always, wont to doe, 'ae..
Murree on ,heitig backed by' ds if lee,
.bed an obsession for detailing his
ideas •Pui a a nd obsession Is ex•••
aggeration. Re escribes the Heron
Taunt so "the Motit unharour of all hru-
lie tinder the grass," This,. he seers,
..
is the coneolatilon, for theunfortunate
le:habitants of H•ueon Tract
the in the
1830e,e, Whether tilde is so or not,
Varia ' Egmerudi bas tdemonstrarbed a
-knowledge of English, Freneb arad
German and sbown that he is a roan
of edneatton and experience' of the
„world. .
'Prom the papers we have some
mattered references to des life in
Europe. His pride In' Holland appears
wlhen, he says that • he le O., genuine
soh 'of a natign that never ettaoked
entirepaned enemies' Or took their pro-
,tkettY as a certain government Welt
enough known lye Yonos Was always
Went to do, *Mob deems a shaft atm
ed at Great Brittrizei Or again velten
he 'speaks of his .gettuine Dutch
Nee (spirit). He eieee he Was In
Mentz (Mains in Gerrean. Titavenite in
same the metetedue him for it." This
shoves ',ea exalted and noble inind," to
remarks Van Egmon:dt The eetelerrs
all thought eo, hei
'continues, and felt
strenely the contrast with Galt's sue-
cessor who said even in public w,hen"
the talents . r . 1 I
o good intentions -Of other
persons were mentioned', "Yes, but he
ecrlipSes us; he base all the merits
while We bave none." Reader, asks is
Van Egmond, whieh of the tveo is the
great and which, dhe petty -Minded -
Mani? Most certainlyaGalt, you'll aue
ewer, is the ,firee, The realer of -the face,
present day Mae indeed be treacly to
notoedie the point, but May well en: is
tette% considerable doubt whither -
liteles was 'quite so foolish as to Make
etettemente of the •above Mat
Van EMMA, however, coraindiees lit
with hie Praise of Gat: Did he libt eptiele
feel. rireweetea tee gee eide ee teeeeeee
from being divided, .and ii's easy
do. .. , . i.
' ame Levee:one of the subjects de-
ng something, while the other
watehes. Then _the attention will
naturally go to the subject who is
most active. .
.An interesting example of this
shown in the pieture above. The
ghl, dribbling sand from her, hente
., .
attracte eteur synd
e fi. Then, w.,-elz
yea' glance strays to the boy's
you, aria litneedlately turned
baek to the gites fa ' '
. , 4, Meanie he
lookin4 in thile direction '
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'There are 'Some other.good, in-
siructiVi points' in, ,thispletitre.,
_....._. ...
Yen Will iteffee that, the gitra head
eoMenhat higher in the .picture
than the bors;,. head; 4060
as -
Of that 'type are of course very "
utieful as -records, but thee do not
..,
breve the pictorial chairin of 'an in-
formal arrangement -because the
"center of interest" le lacking.'
Naturally, when you're picturing
A couple, or a larger gronte, you do
not want to slight anyone. Row -
e er for best effect, you should
*
nal; one more • prominent than .
the others. Sometitnes just a turn
of the Bubjea's head, or a alight
change of your Otani potation, Will
'
do it.. And It a valuable point to
remember. became yetell be tar-
.ing lots of thee Pictures durin /2; •
the. ,puttimer-they're the type of
snapshot that adda interest to your -
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