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.u\*+ I*days. McFee’s Northwest govern-, •••' ... '*•’ • ; t_-'Vment road cutting party naq^complet^ ed the road tbatiar; Through i/tiiolfcifo••l r , /• * - /the road has been , cut thirty: feet1:wide. All the creeks were bridged,;and an excellent road had been made':• • • •through the Big muskeg.. The first two day8 drive from the Crossing was over lonely prairie,; ,-studded with clumps of trees. The next two days was through a country chiefly, timber*, od, but of good soil and easy-to travel through.. The commissioners wereinformed that the Beaver ;Tndians• • * . • •»• • • •with whom they expected to treat at St. [John had coms into the fort at their usual time in May. The com-mission was- timed to bo there about the middle cf June. The Indians expressed a wil/ingness to meet. the. commissioners, but as they had no supply of food on hand arid as no arrangements had been made to provide food for them before the date set for the visit of the commissioners they could cot stay and had gone out again to their hunting grounds. They number some forty or fifty families, and are said to be very well off. The commissioners did not go on to St. John, and drove back to Dunvegan whore they treated wii;h ten families of Beavers on June 6th. At Dunvegan they took boat and reached the Grossing on the 7tb, 60 miles in eight hours. The Peace was high.Messrs. Ross, McKenna and Snyder went on from the Crossing by boat and overlook Commissioner Laird at Vermilion, on the afternoon of the 9th. They passed on and dealt with five families ot Crees at the mouth ofLittle Red river. Left Little Redriver on the 11th and reached Chipe-wyan on the 13th at 11 a. m. During the afternoon made treaty with ■ 600Crees and Chipowyans, divided into two bands and next day, the 14th, started for Fort Smith. Their baste at Chipewyan was that they might catch the H. B. steamer Graham at Smith. Reached Smith Landing on the 15th. Treated with 270 Chipe-wyans on the 17th and started on.the return trip by steamer Graham on the 19th. Reached McMurray on the 25 th.At McMurray Mr. McKenna remained to arrange the treaty there, which he did on Aug. 4th, dealing with 140 Crees and Chipowyans, divided into two bands. . Mr. McKenna then came direct to the Landing which he reached on the 27th.Mr. Ross and Insp Snyder left McMurray on July 26th for the Wapis-cow lakes, reaching there on Aug. 12th, two days ahead of the time arranged for meeting the Indians there. On the 14th treated with.200 Crees. Reached tbs Athabasca again at Pelican rapids on Aug. 18th, and the Landing on Aug. 26th. Notice had been given of a treaty meeting at the Landing, but the Indians did not come. It is supposed that they prefer to take scrip as half-breeds.The party left the Landing on the 27th and reached Edmonton on the nigbt of Monday, Aug. 28th. They left Edmonton on the afternoon of May 29th. So that they were just a day less than three months in completing their round, although fcho high water in the Athabasca caused them very serious delay.
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Edmonton Bulletin
Edmonton, Alberta, CA
Thu, Aug 31, 1899
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