The Huron Signal, 1886-5-14, Page 3•
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"The floor wits le6arl.r tad of light
wit..
A. McKay, Isaias Welt to his report
r
for 1864, wty that the faepector
duos Mimes peom� to supply them
with all they might require, and that
they wrged by that agent to maks
tb.0 odd•• oa the Dep•rtr. cat foes
the seta; that they did so. but the sup -
were nut seat E. ldo(:ull, to bu
THE HURON SIGNAL, FRIDAY, MAY 14, l8s6.
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tering the topes s pitiable sight ea• die -Imo the oawi.taksb1s signs et the .nese say th.t a (' t „hieh W ea sal maw and his. old and Joest, maim sad the same Sessional Papers, 1 6rrd that L
•eiseed. 8wesli I was visible is their Me storm in the Nuvthwest territory did Elected the Arse duties of a Duveremout wum•n, sad yet ie $brae years they .r. G. B.ker sud usher. obtained 11,417 i..r
wabwoes, and a Klan= •effio.4 w out armies hon. academes oppu ite to • meanie its words deserves =adenine I charged with agrteelteenl iraplem ewe eummi•sioo on =venom, which i• chem..
oboe the cause of the warriors death. moot of th. danger iw whi h the euuntre tree at the hands of the people d this 1 and dwle to 07,441. lh.l •o to the !adieu aovuut. I Iliad further,
Ota ems hardly imagine how they had vise placed. Last Se•si.0 the Airiest co..try. That is sot all. I say further, the Indians ever get these implements t by the Sessional Papers of 1884. not
lived at a1L The Novae d the tout was ()ewrs) of India. Affair. used the fed- Chet the teatime, w I have know'', have 1 say they did out, or that R they did Ib• monitor of Indiana to Treaty No. 4
uld sod tons. Nut • vestige of enything louring language : — bees robbed, defrauded slid ewiedl•d, get them this expenditure was sot►ag in the year 13tH, •canon:ed to 6.I3J, vl
edible was to be *emu, bu. a few rabbit- fresco to death and stand to death, and more nor km than • mandato= and wt1- the Indian account s charged with boo.
' When L.uu Risl was Mat fur lest
skins lying ar uml showed whet had yet we expect them to be peeesfel, sub- ful wets of puolic money, voted b7 %Awl iug lead thee numbee .4 Indian. I Bed
summer us was mut for by those pour
Heir last meat. Everything I "lien" (rose b.."( b•o•nise missive, faithful and loyal subjects of the Parliament to clothe and feed the Iodise by the Sessional Papers .1 the followite
Queso And that in the face of Me and keep hire from starving •.r freeing year OW. the Loomis* in Treaty 6 wore
statement of the Ageot-General for In- to death. Ace.tiding to inn rep,i• m, 00 then card to number 8.137 In 1&I3 the
due affairs made in 1880, and r. -.cores- tar sal can duo .ver, Italy lied under cul- Indian aocouot is chanted with a psi -
d in 1886 that the policy of this Admin- tivetluo, in 1833, 6;,4 acres ; in 1684, meet to 8,639 Indiums, including chiefs
=ration was a policy of by • about 1,000 scree ; un 1886, 1,590 acres, sud headmen. lin the following year Cho
policy of starvation ; and that in the ace or= •verse of 1,00u cert• in the three Indian account is charged with a pay -
of the report of Agent Hercbmer sent to year ; and yet. rte those three years, for meet to 8,167 Indians, or an merge*" of
the Department that a hale starrativa . half cultivating 1,000 acres, they are 1,518 Ineuns, s'th..ugh it u clear that
would du the Indians good ; and that in -charged with the sum of $'37,441 worth instead of there beteg so no:reuse to that
the face of the declaration of Governor .01 implements and tool& Take Treaty band, there was a decrease, and the co,n-
Dewdaey that it they did uot est ash - Na. 6. it appears from the Seseiunal . current testi/witty of an who. knew say -
Papers et 1885 that the Indiana under thing about it is the( there was a de-
- this treaty 1. 1884 numbered 6,673 .rear& There is eviJ.ntly soru•thrng
' Under this treaty the Gtwernmeut pard wrong here which requires inve.tigati u,
fur implements and arols in three yeah but which never was investigated I find
for dame Iudiana $37,420. There are in the neeemnsl Papers of 1883 that all
sot more than 600 able-bodied agrieultur the items making up the sum of $17.670
hts in this heed, and yet they are chsrg• are entered twice, I a.. net know wheth.
d with this enormous sum. I say that or they have been pard twice: all I know
500 of the best (erasers in Ontario win is that they .re moored twice in the bloe-
ferm trout 100 to 150 acre each, do not b..oke .ahmrtted to Parliament Some
spend u much money in three years on of the items are worthy of the coasid•re-
farming implement• and tools as we tion of Parliament and the penpl•of this
spent utn tbu baud of Indents. Now, country. I And that the Indian account
sec.rdiag w the lush= Report ler 1886, of last year a charged with 110 paid to
the Iodise population of the Northwest the South West Stuck Associating am Mr,
Territories resident os the reserves, McHugh's p fee. Will any
numbered 12,102, and they had under one tell me .by the Indian s0000at
cu1tiestion 4,614 •ores, and to lull calci- should be charted with the oust uf mak-
vrile this land the Goeernm•.t charge tog Mr. Mcttugb a member of the
the Iodian account in three years with Smith -West Stock Association 1 I find
187,444 worth of atrieultural implements that Mr. P. G. Hallam was paid $6 for
asd tools. All I eon say, all that any taking in affidavit. The fee in the Pro -
Mee eau soy, on a subject u( the kind is vines of Onta-io u only 26 cents. I find
that Oboes charges on the face of them that 183 is charted for taking a thresh -
hear the clearest pwu'5l• evidence of ing nnachioe 1.. Poundm•ker s reserve,
freed on the part of somebody. The which s shoat hall the „lee of the ma-
lodiana are diem= with this sum ; it u chine It shroud not have o•et more
paid out of Indian moneys voted by Par than $12 or 8t6. I and that P. J. Pat -
=meet, but 1 challenge hon getlemse er"on is paid 15 far 50 pounds of lour.
opposite to show that half these articles Everybody knows that in the markets of
ever reached the Indians. 1. tt not the the Northwest floor can be got for 16 a
fast I charge that it is the fact, and I barrel. I find ilea the India/marecharged
challenge them to • .or tiny ;1 challenge with 15,676 •e une-third of the cost of
them to appoint a ora cum- the mart service. I ask why the Indian
asides of this Hesse to itsgwire into the •ocoupt should bo eIar'god with that
etetter-1. it not a fact that in one of the The mail service b aeceesary tor the cva-
baed. spmberiai 1.150 tamtlies they ere venience of the white setti.rs,and ought
ibswad is was year with 1,100 hoes, and W be charged to the ordinary fund, and
the very east year this same band b not to the Indian account. It loots to
charged with 1,014 sddttion•i hoe•. Is me, on examining this s000nnt, as if
it not the fact -1 charge that it is the the object of the Government was aim-
tact—that one band received in one year Ply te spend the Indian foods in the
60 ploughs, 320 scythes, 320 hay forks, interest" of their friends. Last year the
and the very nett year this same band expenditure on Indian accounts was $1,-
s charged with 63 ploughs, 63 harrows, 109,604. Mr. Dewdney, in his report,
110 scythes and 140 hay foriu ; and the gays it cost $4164,000 to feed and clothe
folh,wing year this eases Bend is charged the Indians. Will the hon. Minister oz.
with $2,209 worth of ploughs, besides plain to the Hun.. and the country what
mors scythes and bat forks, sad 15,490 became of the other 1643.0001 If nut,
of implements uu er contract Will I will give some explanation W. paid
say mat tell me that thew articles ever Commiaioner D.wdney a salary of 13,•
reached the Indians t I say itis an out 900 s year, and if he were a good man. I
rage en commas seam andecency ; 1 would not object to that charge. W.
say it u quite imrossiblc that they ever paid an army of officials of all kinds over
reached the Indians, and I say further 190,000. We paid the Tory press, from
that if they did receive them, it was s the Ottawa Oifi.en down to the Montreal
wilful misapplication of the money voted Gazette, 180,26, which is charged to the
by Parliament for the purpose ••t supply Indian ascooat We paid for sgricultu-
ing the Indians with the &beide= =con- r•1 implements and hods in three years,
•nes for the cultivation of the •t•iL The hell of which the Indians never received,
lodian was rubbed and the country was 192.337. The Indian account is charged
roh2•ed, sud the only mom who profited with sums paid to Indians who were not
by it wore the agents and the middle- in the band; it is charged with sums paid
in -n. I may .till further : In the Ses- to Indians who newer were in the band ;
atonal Pap•ra for 1884, No. 4, as show it is charged with sums paid to Indiana
1 rg the .ztra.rdinary kind of items that after they were dead and before they
4.ts Gower= sat chart!* to the Irdisn were born, as the following statement
auorrunt, I find that K. D. Grahame is made by Mr. McColl i0 his report
paid the sum .4 11,984 for medicines show.:
supplied to th.Indiana This u mot ase,
fur then areseveral otb.r men whose aeon' One of the a•utweiI:ors having two
counts are charged to the Indians for elves is represented on the May .heel as
m the wq of blankets eau under or over p°' pp • net ,
while vie vi•ut W s r ea diture is
disport ter 1882, says : the dead brave► An.eua • cheerless lent gen
"Wgalwa• were promised these lo- um was huddled an Iindau and three or keine., tom, we did use give them ,cash
Awe. and that he was alepwhen.ire of four aquaes. They awed that they had
• yusmutJ of fwd as would ;oaks them
, suns" the chums hens •mood the different teatime and
nee.. without loud for two d.ye, and an.
roseoguised ' pearauoss would go to prove the truth of t'er"'a habitue' beggar.. W. kept them
h !l
Mr, T. P. Wadsworth, in his report for then meet tion Con we, in the sought.
on short rations, "n Short • uw•tose,
1884 .peaking of Day Stara baud, .tied age, allow ewes, oke tbs.. to take and we tried to force thew -1 am speak -
plan in our midst w►tbo.at uttering an read hem utualthei: reserves." e have
IF ;The chid oseeplaired that he could
indignant pretest w the proper wtb.xi•
ggtst get
his toasty pigs, sud he waisted tier 1 Would there lndtu,s bare lett Sir, let me rive you another piece of tes-
Ewe often, a tad chest and intik pans." their reesrvs. feud run the rut cal star- . timeay upuu the subjeet. 11r, Jackson p,rk the might die and o. damned to
Also that : ration, if they were euro of being supasys the : - them. With this creel and brutal treat-
ed life there l" "The Indiana on the File Hill reserve meat of the Indians, with this cruel end
e bead did soh get their treaty The came paper, oil the 1318 of June, believe that it one of their number fall - brutal report of agent Hercbmer, and
with the admission of Lieutenant (luvsr-
o or Dewdney, need anyone wonder that
the Iudians aro dissatisfied and discos -
tented. I should like to see the experi-
ment tried on the officials ut the (lovern-
meat ; from the commissioner down to
Agent Herchmer, sad from agent Herds -
near down to the lower officials, and •
httle starvation might teach theta ouw-
etun .ens,. A polio, of fraud ; • policy
of violated treaties and broken promises
has been tried in the neighboring repub
lie for 100 years, but without =cons. It
bas been tried in this country for • num-
ber of years also without sucoses, and it
will be tried without success to the end
of the chapter. The •ethor.sa of "One
Hundred Years of Dishonor,' speaking of
practical results of this puluy in the
United Snit's, says :
k sick there u no case in trying to make
pig, and he d that they get 1884, discussing the injury iatictsd by ry of
�� .• _ zhe Government upon chid Pis -pot, hum get well, they have not sufficient
that : s food and they must let him
He further reports y die. The man 1 s of MOO down w
1 that there "Ret eye this will b• insufficient W
"Bobtail's band the fort the other ay absolutely in rags,
was due them under dui treaty s mower wipe out t I poet Iia record will remsiu with its two ogus.s,sed said to •mai in
a foul blot in our history. The suffer-
ltad some warts."
Fort lju'Appsile (1 du not mention his
item cat the Indians in the Amioibiria re
freacts Ogiltre•, ID". agent, 10 815 serve during the pest winter area burn -
report, data 14th October, 1884, say.,
ing shams to us. a lasting reproach to
in tag of the Seedy Bay bead : .our C t What would be thought
"They are eery •camas 1° 0014 the cat- - of us in England, or in any other Chris-
., 11e they ere entified to, as well as some tiqu country, were it clearly 1
of the tools." that for weeks hires baud& cat Indians,
John McIntyre, Iodise agent. in his re- : the wards of the nation, poor, wretched
port, dated 6th October, 1884, says its - creatures, who= primitive euurose of
reference to the Lao des Mille Lam - supply had been out of by our invsioo,
band : sod whom we wens bound by solemn
" The band is stilt entitled to three treaty, as well as by every consideration
cows." .d justioe bbd humanity, to fed and
Abid . the wohett•n avid EMI!, Lib. care tor, were (lying by eseres. partly b7
bends : st.rvatio„ and partly from thaw. readl-
ing from the bed quality, of the food sup -
"I took an inventory of all licit tools plied by the agent" ! Were there sot
and i old dud they ►n abort high officials whose tint duty it was to
01 a good many for which I have mode know the facts 1 If it should prove that
requisition." the want of knuwtd„e, or to the fearful
lied d the Natuna and English Riven ravgoe cat scurvy, were due in any de-
bited : gree to • petty eoonoeag which dispensed
"Thk bend asks for one plough and with the services of a .,.potent medical
_ ,sew harrow, twenty grubbers, one nor iosp,eter, in order to same his fees, this
gepiek, time single yoke, and two would be en i' et tthe gei(t of
sews still ere due them."
those respottsibie lett b. -
And of the Ash River Reserve : *'We write thus strongly becalms we
Tftey agate cask for • stosel grist mill. feel strongly un this subject It is s
Theyalso regi Iced to be supplied este subject ow which every Cauadi•n :sad
two brush breaking ploughs, two ir.ou ovary settler in the Northwest in woo,
harrows, and fuer seta of string shoo ular, u to duty bound to feel strotgtly•
traces an thew previously furnished were As we have before puiutd out, the
wotthloes... gravest losses, involving not only the
I have shown not only that we bee. sent paramount claims of humanity and right,
bed agents t•. administer Indian affairs but also the security •f lite and property,
in the Northwest Territories, bat that °r° wrapped up in the maintenance of
we have broken faith with the Indiana in friendly relatious and good faith with the
Pe-
. assay respects. I mow propose to trove ab.,Ovine.*
of that we have by u.r and mit- We d.. not remember to have met
al' conduct allowed the Indiana, it the midst with •settler from the neighborhood is
theof plenty, to be Moen to death and which those *vents oocufred, who hos
Yd starved to death. I have shown that we out sympathised with Pia -pot and =-
starved
allowed them to M rubbed, ,win mitted that, however wrong headed and
did and chested out •.1 nkat they were cantankerous the chief may have shown
-entitled to by the agents and the middle himself "° other occasions, he i., in ibis
men. that we gave them little or no iactareae, the injured parry. Ws ha••
and clotbiog, and, to cap the climax of our returned to the matter because it is of
lad criminality we allowed them to be frozen the first importance that the record of
Dr and starved to death. Let us see how last w►°ter • treatment of the Indians
far this is preyed by the records submit. should be thoroughly examined, and such
td to Parliament :—Mr. McDonald, measures tams as will render the recur•
In-
dian agent, under Treaty No. 4, pub- rent»oI nob.o.ne• impossible."
dished • letter from Puu°dmaker, dated C • Irvin., an his report of
is- 16th November, in which the u141 chief 1882, •syr
ays : "For a considerable time they made
1184! "There i. today • great distress in my no demand for .id tram theC t,
bead. Their rations are now suspended but as the cold weather came on, being
for 41 days, and, .1 o.urse, everybody eery poxly clad and immehmwtly sup
is busy roving about and hunting. It is plied with food, the i much
t ins imnns idle to work on on empty .tom• hardship from exposure sud .tarvati.n."
PM` g>,.h." Mr. Jackson, in his speech to which I
•C. E. Denny, Indian agent, in his report have already referred, sad .
sur 188'2, says : "Now, I charge that at Indian Head,
died "I found the Blackfoot willing to work in the winter of 1883, several of the
ter had they received assistance, bat they Indians died of starvation. When I
is is had been badly neglected and. in comm- stood that fact, 1 knew it to b. a feat.
quenos, vire nidi and unsettled.' The Lisuteoaut-Governor, in his reply
fail. to m•. bongs • lot of document., sad.
C Male.ti. ib hu report for the repot of Dr. Edwards say that five
1879, tip: men starved to death. Mr. Dewdney
"I have osoerioneed great difficulty say that there was so much at
Pit- (with the distress and *effective) applies- Indian Head. I know they were there ;
time tions fur relief being constantly made to but his hat had ;one forth nut to feed
slew me by the .tarviug bands of Indiana.' them so much, that Pr a -pot was a bad
IT, Again the commissioner say : piece of muslin, and that they must cut
at down the canoes And now, inst.jd of
Id "A Stony India° and his family had five dying, it is a matter of my own
bb. bets witheet food for many day knowledge, $ matter 1 can prove on
,
t Webtb, Mliia report for my oath, diet instead of five dying here,
lel per cent of .11 the Indians o n the Ia-
tr.s "Hunter and soneriog prevailed. In duns on dm Indian Heed reserve died
re- some places persons became so r•dooed through starvation in six moolhs (that u
to is- s w be ws.b, to help themselves. The 20 per cent per annum). He became
.ate- ant of food followed by disease caused very entities about the FUs Hitt Indians.
n epidemic, which marked its results by What has he done with them because of
he many graves/row to be soen in weed their turbulency, because they showed a
on deposition, perhaps, to ruse up and join
ensu Mountain.' the I,.diens of the north in fighting 1
freshVas there ever such • picture •Chi. H. has ledueed them at the present time
blot• atalad byer the avis •kilfol .rtigti Rru t, that state that ►o the rasa of one In-
here ever such an indrotmenti�iwiredntry, dun (1 am prepared w prne this and t,
gainst any Government 1 Was there g(irs the name of Cho Iggidian 4on), within
ver such an indictment preferred againsthis t C as ►hat
Id be ramed in this report of one of their
i beet non agree & in the Northwest 1 Nothing
&ams °caw, but at tie proper time, if n.-
o,ssery, I can produce this aim) :—
'Wh&t'e.n I do fur scything to eat 1 We
are dying of stsrvatioe.' He was told :—
'You had better go to Regine, and the
Lieuteosot-G+vernix ma be able to do
something kr you.' ('Oh, oh.') The
,ld Nese had an 44d pace of nes chest
wrapping, which yea could throw hail-
stones throegh, to serve se s blanket
These are the wards et the O
The man was so thinly clad that he was
frozen below hie knees, sad yet be was
going to Regina w try •ed stove the
heart of that man whose heart is Nose—
to move the heart nt that man to give
aomethind to keep life to him. ('Sham&')
Is aocb the proper 000duM a the man
who =sober= of the wards of the Gov-
ernmenti Why, he deserves to be hoot-
er trod hissed and driven out of the coup -
try. (Loud cheers)."
Ow et the agents, Mr. Herchmer, writ-
ing; span the mabject, says u his report
ter last ygtr. :
"Daring the winter I visited the Pae
reeerves • number of tisap and enema-
= the actual condition or the Indians.
For three months—January to Marsh—
many of those in. the Pas Birch River
and Pu Mounlaiw mitered keenly. It
wee impossibie to supply food es it was
actually needed, for then was not sulti-
cieut in the district. Undoubtedly the
amount of relief given last +iuter,though
redly large, has been the
masse of . - numbers ut these
!odium alt:.."
They were 'uterine keenly, he say ;
then was no food in the district, simply
because the policy of this Administrstwa
was • policy of reducing the Indians to
submission by s policy of starvation. 1.
the sante report Mr. Hsrchmer says:
"About the same time an Indian came
from the Pas Mountain, telling in• of
the privation tram which the band were
suffering and asking f..r relief. and fur-
ther, that the Mountain Indians were
suffering from want.'
Mr. Po:klingtoo, in his report, says:
"In January, while visiting the Pie -
gen Reserve, I received • letter from
Lieut -Cut McLeod that (ib Stooie• were
in Pincher Creek in • starving condition.
I started fur their Damp at once, and
found them in reality starving, except
for asoistaace given them by Col. McLeod
and other residents."
Now, Sir I submit that I have establish-
ed t.eyurd all . , the charge 1
have made against this Government.
that the Indians of t.• Northwest Terri-
tories have been subjeettd to the great
est possible suffering, that the Govern
meet have permitted them w freeze to
death and "terve to death, and that its
the midst of plenty, and with the boun-
tiful donations of this Parliament for
feeding and clothing the Indians. I go
further than the Mr. Speaker, I charge
that many of the Indians .'n the reserve
at India° Head were starved to death. I
charge that Dr. Edwards, an employee
of this Government, so reported t., Corn
missiune
Dewdney, and so scandalous
and ontra,euas was the nature of that
report. that L,eutensnt-ftov rnor Deand-
ne suppressed the oriental report, ---
it
it has not seen the light of day to this
hour. I charge that this state
of affairs was well known to the Admin
istratn.n, .0d that Chit is true is beyond
peradvont mre, because I hold in my
hands part of • speech made by Lieuten-
ant Governor Dewdney to the North
west council daring its last Session, as
reported in the Regina Leader cf the 10th
December, 1884, in which he says :
"Shortly after they had taken up their
two mun:h. mime tot his children did
residence on the reserve, hearing that
because they had est the there was • great deal of sickness in
Ed -
life. I tell yes what I know to be • their hand, we instructed Doctor Ed-
faet. The Indians on the File Hill re words, who, was then in .,car own employ,
ted bot the weakeues, the i o t b.l'ev that if one of their number to make an inspection of Pi a -pot's pro
this A ice „meld have permit- txtb eisaa tier• is no caw io taint to pls. In his report which I now bats
at ted this e&sdition of again to het a ez• make hem Ret batter, they have not set-
he Metes in thew wise/ft 'some
t; an fisted uM Iwai atter 1t wee made known i t ruhin tend and they suss tet of these =duos hare did of itis vati.m
ter Government bat with s full
•° pi° g ibis wister They were ill and could
u hp- u• him die
most knowledge rn( all these facts, with • fell not eat the b.a.n and flour "'
there knowledge on their part, on the part of The polio of starvation was adopted by Task yew, Mr. 8 ter, I ask tAieHntiea
,M to the f10 .riatesdent-Generel sod of the Agent General of Indian A sin ail Pea
C Dewdn not the first years
awe.
11 i. • cruel end atrocious of Creamnns, I ask the people of Chia
Maasioha cy' it is a ,l.c that ht not to =entry, if it w not • scandalous oatrag•
Owe- step vies titre to The
the of
done - prevai p' J ought that, right under the shadow of the vice a the cheapest country in the world to
to the Indians. Tr. breech cot faith,tbs prevail in any cin* i* f country. Six duns under Treaty No. 3, 11.118 71 - travel in. All you "will' u • 1.. In -
OOP sr° Cho As•nt (isnMsl of Indian r'•4c establishment at R•Rin• tt Indian Indians under Treaty No. 4 1Q' 441
bee vin promises, • • and , en t • ere • as- Indians under real .,, 6, 14348; d • ponies and a bwekb..ard end in the
"The history of the Government's con-
nections with the Indians is • shameful
rwoerd of broken treaties sod .mtel1lld
promise&
And thee the ee derv,• JeiM� the
result :
"Under all thew..n4ieiells it is sot a
matter of wonder that the •estier was a
sect of perpetual devastation sod blood-
shed ; and that year by year then grew
stronger a the meads of the whites •
tenor and hatred of India••, tied in the
minis d the haw a .ereag It
etroogger, distrust and hatred 1 the
white& "
Theo the authoress points oat the tree
policy that ought to be pursued by a
Christian C
The reporte are filled with eloquent
statement" of wrongs done to the Li-
chens, of perfidies on the part of the
Government ; they counsel, as earnestly
as words can, atrial of the simple and no-
perplezing expedients of telling the
truth, keeping promise•, making fair bar
gain., de.ltag justly in 511 ways and in
all thiogm."
Such have been the results of the policy
pursued by the Administration. Hun,
gentlemen have sown the wind and they
nowt expect to reap the whirlwind
Nothing but discontent and dissatiafac
tion and rebellion could be exp.:ied
from the course pursued by the hon.
gentlemen opposite. This statement I
propose still further to confirm by the
evidence et )jr. McDougall, from whose
statement 1 have already largely quoted.
He says:
"'I have thrown d.,wn the gsuaJ.','
he replied. 'If my letter is challenged 1
an. prepared to substantiate every word
of it, but not betore it is cootrredieted.
We have reached • certain crisis in the
Indian question. There have been in
the past grave in the De-
partment, for 'arousing which I was de-
nounced as a traitor and a liar, and
brought twice before the
my church, but the verdict of the invest-
igating committee always supported ms.
The Indians have been defrauded by the
contract" not being carried out as speci-
fied in the treaty ; and the Indian is
being defrauded, and so is the Govern-
ment, which u made for beliete that the
Indies receive • certain •moult whoa
they don't. But of course the Tartar
a the greatest loser.'
Mr. Grier from whom I have already
quoted say.:
"That corruption ezi.ts is commonly
reported and commonly believed. The
fraud comes in by between
the eontractors and officials on different
reserves. 1 can't give particulars. I
know it elists. . The money thus lost if
estendd on dscating the young Indiana
wy0Id du • great deal of good. Therein
a3 au ti3 ii4 to tws� 1Mdo7W,1&.y nisi
Iti•en. •.
This being the condition of .flair,, ore
would naturally like to enquire into the
expenditure of the rnorwus sums voted
by Parliament to fed and cloth• the
Indian.. It can hoe seeounted for ; a
large portion of it can easily be accouot-
d for. The Indian is charted with
what be sever pets ; he is alarmed two
prices for the articles he gets. H. is
charged with articles that oueht not to be
charged to him at all he is robbed right
and lett by tae officials and by the mid-
dle men, inn stet 1
yond possibility of dispute, The In-
dians, under Treaty No. 1, in 1883, 1884,
1883, according to the Se.sinnal Papers,
are charred with egriculteral i
e nd took. to the amount of J.50; In-
dians under Treaty No 2, 8604.23 ; 1n.
receiving 'annuity in 11881 for • family of
supplying n►edicius. 1 say that is y
11, including two infant children, where-
enuugh to physic every Indian in the ,a at Cho date of payoistwt, onlyone cat
Nurtiwsst twice over, and keep thein Chase children wasb rn."
physiekd nearly •11 the year round.
That a not alL In 1883 the Indian so- W pay tut travelling expenses of the
count is charged with $3,630 for tx.mmu employees of the Government in the
stun paid to those pets of the Govern- Northwest in many tease more than their
meat, L O. Baker and others, as c.m- salaries amount t.., sad that in • country
tsiaeiun for advauces made to the Ln- where a)1 a man requires fir travelling u
dills I uk you, Sir, and I ask this
an Indian pony and a buckboard. Some
when tie Psrlument of ibis of the items that make np the amounts
euwutry liberally donated 11,109.000 to are curious, and deserve the considers -
feed, clothe and support the Indiana, tion of parliament. In one of the ac -
why we should pay the sun "( $3.630 as counts 4 find re paid J. Creighton for •
commission to I G. Baker and (•then silk handkerchief. 90 cents. Why should
for advances made by them. The Gov the Indian account be charged with the
ornament had the money, Parliament price of • silk handkerchief i If the In-
diana are starving to death, they do not
trod ft wastheir bu.ioesa w supply Cho require silk handkerchiefs. We paid
neesessry funds W purchase supplies ; it Win. Williams, her repairing h0.,t.,
was their business to have bought the ar- $7.75. We paid Nr. Laurie, for foot.
tittles fro Dash, and to have paid fur them ball, 13. If they want to play football
instead of haring the Indian let them buy their football, sad not
account charged with this sum charge the Indian account with it. W.
in one year as n paid for a magic lantern, 884 16. We
for advances. This is not .11. la the paid Luuisier d Montend-
.e.ount ger 1883. the eno.rmnus sum of ing Iudtn. fishing, $1336776.11"711 I any
196,313 is ahsrged k. the Indus au.,unt mac tell me why wsshouid pay that SUM
for the travelling sensitises of the agent" fir this service? 1 think the Indiana
.pp.inted by this 4
1 over the know mon about 6shi°g than the Gov-
for
in the NorthwW Territories .,nroent „r their .,i eiefs d.,. The as.
And recollect, we supply these men with count was also charged last y..•r with •
horses, buckboards, sleighs, and vamp payment of $163 for venetian blinds for
ing outfits ane .yerythi:.g rsynired fra the Regina (Moe. A more
traveninw; and yet there's this ea..ruous charge was nrever made than that $463
sum of 126.312 charged ill .one year for for venetian blinds for • little nMot in
travelling ezpenae•. 1 tell yew, stir, and Regina ! i venture M, asy that then is
I py It without tear of euoowful cwtra. not • gentlemen's house in Ottawa where
dst,.n, that every agent in tea1 service, the venetian blinda oat p4,'ta. let me
from the Liseteesnt tdoveraor down to refer to some .cher items that bear on
the humblest fum instructor, can travel tbair lees indication/sof feud on the Is.
in the Northwest Territories leen the let dies Take the Indiana under Treaty
January to the slat December. all the No. 4. They are charged with 71 oke
year armed, and not spend $2G,040. It a oxen in three years. The Irma,•
under Treaty N... it are charged, in
1883. with 45 yoke of .oxen; in 1884, 42;
and, in 1884, 42 ; or 130 yoke of oxen in
three years. Now, Sir. Speaker, I ask
you to tell ins why the Indian •oeau.t
should be charged in three years witi
135 yoke of oxen under this treaty, al-
re
l -
yeses, with as I rel end though this band of Indians head leo, so
�_ �otwd lgoontain ! Scall the Goeetrnatewt knew esey oa. rely, or belweve they ea. ing and clothing Indiana. And Jet we 4001• to the amount of 898,397.13 New, tont, his hnrssa and Mrnwss, acid every far as i as ante t(. judge, • thos.•ad
iis et ner.e moved, never stirred, river invite- rely, on ea, source what sow for their have it out d the mouth of Goyeraer Sir, •e•Oriding to the reP"tt. /.x 1868, Irene that human .kill end human ingen- gyres under cultivation : It is nothreg
The Commits of lad ford they k effect to sepport thea f Wily ;sin devise as nsios.wry f..r travelling :sea than wilful t ( T
16 ▪ b( ts& No; M luxuriated in beams. byreins rigid, *sem cttsgy in ter "4"cver. I ssr • in, tt r 5 toss injustice
Ia9f want' of tis feats.. on that t non 4,614 •ere& it d..•s not appear to yIndiansg' gwere aged cn 1... • and . itis for week
w It- I
ort•bls quartiles in Resits, and the in• stems .f food, end regeirs .b•ol.te reef died of starvation last winter ; that seven so •etrsedinery that an Indian poems- to the that them arms, rued „( any kind when deli. es•ed, r. that h
uns, whoa we w booed to prefect, of ctarv,tion before distributing it. ehildreri of these Indians did of •tare- tido of 12,10 sonde with 4 614 acne .n- di by Parliament to el.ahs and ►red the In- s year or w many of item did fres o11
i rt Bury to death e.d b policy adopted J deans, should he wasted end frittered see, end ouch .d them as did not die
R e Sir, IAM was .ix year lion within two months hot winter ; that der eirtivatton would res Imre agreeitural away,It is a still ter injustice that
eath so far as he was =sensed. Let °two, sod it has been persisted to ever these fore were made known to Cored- i and to.,l. in three yeah RTea 1 had to be =Id or killd,0 they were as -
death
3 e este thio atrsesswN • w "f the men placed over the Indiumnl should di for work Fr.sese
by mem. Derisg the last four ser Ave _Wetter Delaney, and that he instructed amounting to the sum of 187,414 Aad ofiatree, /nem
°°°se eslimnay that esnni,t b. noe•asfnlly u- years this policy hes proved to be s frill their Modena* galenite b
J t ti f the ea seriph= the
laid th broken pledges yearsHed b bora of theCanada Po i °
the fraud and msc.ndwot of the ofcals, Affairs openly • deliberately adoptediT ] N ..ea of them agent• thea Wines are sap
stet!- .i ,. mites im the following laagwrsgs :-- i8o Ranlrray, the Lidans should hasty Indiana under Treat No. 6, 1 q, 4A 13; N duet of the s°m the C••mmkssiun-
L I robbing end cheating all around, the
been allowed to starve to death daring
Indians anelsr Treat) N. 7, 123,661 99. sr of Indian Affair. gee nearly 12,000.
The Indorse ender those seven treatise In addition to that the Commissioner of
.re charged in those .eununt., in three
Indian Affairs gets hie camp outfit, his
rico to
b
1 igen.. and i of the Ad- "I mect my, however, that it was • last winter, and that in the midst of
e try ► istr.tion, are •11 marked by the danget'oes thing to the sy n plenty, with the w►onanus some •rated by
res of the Indians nn the side of 1 .f f.edie4 the Tedium. So lone as they Sha 4'artismsnt for the pe rpm, a Nod
sot an .M ey ms neo 1). d..y, and rom t►. repeat of Dr. the Indian p,pulalirn, resident .m ter n a vii u waste money. Mw
A�Wee.iiw ►n the Northwest Territories selves. W l.ave to g°.rd •g.inst test, Edwards, employed by hies to examine reserves under 'treaties N,+ 4, ti and 7 nn the pniriw . and yet he draws nearly 130 y •ks of .,gen coot the
Pent.'
of
WS tsoy.d, tsevor tttirred, never invw end the only Way to gttatd against tt w into the eoc.dititiw of the Indiana, test suss 12,102, and they had ander culltv.- $2.000 for travelling eep.n•es m on. Canada 126,470; and many .1 the crass
the west to , to the mores and warn you must recollect, Mr. Speaker, that ell thew cereal advantages agent, writing °t
ea
indica teat if dbdn.ed in the w all. stolen not of Swan Lake band, say .
smiled. The l/oin.' Joie Nein, •pap.; are. het its feelers twain the Govern theythe as not • 1. h ..... they area elan
the feedsthot d M Parti m tet to „ism.
no seals a.f•yce$ble to the Admin went two 1.°.os. The •. .4 the blit their m Min •md the Indians. Let us see by
1883, Utt
y pKiMus fie misery, hemp* and starve- ed with Isms sums in that year 1643. I "The tvin nt.w used this hese hr„
ekes- blrstine, os the 14th Mane►, 1186, writ- past the reports oe their owe b in tion their nitons woeld be stepped. I iv there w something viten here. It mwpport d little
hew mash (either this „mem w •,ed or vert wee, as nee of thein is
tett of the eomdities of the leftism is the letxtlnweat Terrieeries. hon. *hallengs this Adwimetr.tkew sow to i.- 1a simply iserediblc it is simply impale.
dines Net aabihhsebeed, .p ak& ea falbtrs : g•stlizasaa opp wits neo !omens ; ter re- semi eoessiwfoa to inveethsate the mat- ib4e, chit these Indians ever r.p,1red or
"Is this etuMetilis— the saes of several ports of the brat of their °Meiab trews- ter, to appn4.t a anmmi.eion o/ smanbk utilised i essliaag m alma a M
hent ladies families Is this riskeity may be witted t. ibis Administraties hill epee ed wood me se invectdgate ter whole (.host a �ans. 'row, hit es tar.
eitaa. ♦ Mead driven, by wee. • few deaf •ars. Ther .either opted their q.oaties, sad i behove test every stmt. Twisty a 4. Ass adittg te ter dellik e -
age was rhea So wsdiwasssd that .y.e nor ,.seised their ears. They meati have .wade epee this easiest Is al Taper. fur DIM, the Isaias wider
to the lately of the Indian. Tim satese blind sed the ether is very old.
wdaloee ezpedit.re i• not for one e. Ks.8*y Loam, speak*,ent, •peakrte
year oely ; 1t eontia°fes ' year to ten R.ree, juror hued. asye :
pairin the S•e•ioral Papers of 1884, ,,.Ase eresod
d ewe cm aam
sew
ag+. I Aad that the Indies =emit is charged ohm tett of talo .eves meppNgd iky Ihiet
jeNh W born is their midst. On en- unbend ea free yew" le Jm•r, sad sop.Ne of the elear°M pain 'e proof. I that treaty o.w►erel, 4 1885, 6,881, with $24,136 fox tears:bag *apemen. By Deperttsese.^