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=^= .. -r. ■■ -l=BIG- WELCOME FORCHIEF JOE CAPILANOVancouver, 'Aug. 28—Chief ‘ .Too Capalino, who recently had an audience with King Edward ut Buckingham Palace, will bo home ou Thurs day night. Tie landed . at Quebec on Saturday Inst, and is now on his way west accompanied by his brother chiefs, who accompanied him to • ho foot of the (hroiio.On the night of Chief Joe’s arrival ho will be tendered a monster ov ation by the const und Fraserliver Indians. He will be met at the C.P.R. depot on the arrival of J)i.s train in the evening by a band and numerous tribesmen. A tour through the city streets is planned and then the parade will head for the North Vancouver ferry wharf, where steamer will be taken for the other side of lt;the Inlet.At Mission the finale of the celebration will occur when Chief Joe will address the assembled Indians. Ho will tell them what King Edwnrlt;l| ^ said to him in reply to the re-1quests made to him on behalf of , ^dithe British Columbia Indians, and) will also tell thorn of the wonders | he saw in Eastern Canada, and a-cross the sens. . \This gathering at will bo jAa memorable one in tn'dian history. ). Between three ‘and five hundred In-• dians are expected to lie prescul. They will come from the FraserRValley as far up as Hope, and ,jn from points on the coast as farUnorth as Bute Inlet. Chief Joe will address the assemblage in Chinook. J.Mathias Joe Capilano, son of Chief Joe, yesterday received the fol lowing telegram from his father, dat ed at Quebec, on Saturday:Arrived Canada safe. leaving to-dai' Imperial Limited. Home Thursday evening.We will have three hacks at the station for the chiefs, uad a tally-ho for the welcoming band, said Mathias Coe Capilano today in telling of the reception to his father. Wo will march through the streets of Vancouver und then go across the Jnlct on the ferry. At Mission, there will be a great gathering. Wo intend to have the Mission grounds brilliantly illuminated. Chief .loo will tell the Indians all about his visit to King Edward, and ih^rc will be a big tLme, I can tell yin.J think that Chief Chmlie of c’o*-ichan will return with Chief .Toe and j Simon Pierre, the Jnttcrpreter v\ !n J accompanied them to England \ ‘ awalso tie with the. party. • ,
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Ladysmith Daily Ledger
Ladysmith, British Columbia, CA
Wed, Aug 29, 1906
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