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64 T H R O U G H T H E M A C K E N Z I E B A S IN
several for having come so far, though so very old, to v i s it
them and speak to them, after w h i c h the meeting adjourned
u n t i l the f o l l o w i n g day.
A t three p. m. on Wednesday, the 21st, the discussion was
resumed by M r . L a i r d , who, after a few p r e l i m i n a ry
remarks, read the Treaty, which had been drafted by the
Commissioners the previous evening. Chief Keenooshayo
arose and made a speech, followed by Moostoos, both assenti
n g to the terms, when suddenly, and to the surprise of a l l,
the chief, who had again begun to address the Indians, perc
e i v i n g gestures of dissent f r om his people, suddenly stopped
and sat down. This looked c r i t i c a l ; but, after a somewhat
lengthy discussion, everything was smoothed over, and the
chief and head men entered the tent and signed the Treaty
after the Commissioners, thus confirming, for this portion
of the country, the great Treaty which is intended to cover
the whole northern region up to the s i x t i e t h p a r a l l e l of north
latitude. The satisfactory t u r n of the Lesser Slave Lake
Treaty, i t was felt, would have a good effect elsewhere, and
that, upon hearing of it at the various treaty points to the
west and north, the Indians would be more inclined to
expedite matters, and to close w i t h the Commissioner's
proposals.*
The text of the T r e a t y itself, which may be of interest to
the reader, w i l l be found i n f u l l i n the Appendix, page 471.
The first and most important step having been taken, the
other essential adhesions had now to be effected. To save
time and w i n t e r i n g i n the country, the Treaty Commission
separated, Messrs. Ross and M c K e n n a leaving on the 22nd
" The foregoing report of the Treaty discussions Is necessarily
much abridged, being simply a transcript of brief notes taken at the
time. The utterances particularly of Keenooshayo, but also of his
brother, were not mere harangues addressed to the " groundlings,"
but were grave statements marked by self- restraint, good sense and
courtesy, such as would have done no discredit to a well- bred
white man. They furthered affairs greatly, and in two days the
Treaty was discussed and signed, in singular contrast with treaty-making
on the plains in former years.
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| OCR | 64 T H R O U G H T H E M A C K E N Z I E B A S IN several for having come so far, though so very old, to v i s it them and speak to them, after w h i c h the meeting adjourned u n t i l the f o l l o w i n g day. A t three p. m. on Wednesday, the 21st, the discussion was resumed by M r . L a i r d , who, after a few p r e l i m i n a ry remarks, read the Treaty, which had been drafted by the Commissioners the previous evening. Chief Keenooshayo arose and made a speech, followed by Moostoos, both assenti n g to the terms, when suddenly, and to the surprise of a l l, the chief, who had again begun to address the Indians, perc e i v i n g gestures of dissent f r om his people, suddenly stopped and sat down. This looked c r i t i c a l ; but, after a somewhat lengthy discussion, everything was smoothed over, and the chief and head men entered the tent and signed the Treaty after the Commissioners, thus confirming, for this portion of the country, the great Treaty which is intended to cover the whole northern region up to the s i x t i e t h p a r a l l e l of north latitude. The satisfactory t u r n of the Lesser Slave Lake Treaty, i t was felt, would have a good effect elsewhere, and that, upon hearing of it at the various treaty points to the west and north, the Indians would be more inclined to expedite matters, and to close w i t h the Commissioner's proposals.* The text of the T r e a t y itself, which may be of interest to the reader, w i l l be found i n f u l l i n the Appendix, page 471. The first and most important step having been taken, the other essential adhesions had now to be effected. To save time and w i n t e r i n g i n the country, the Treaty Commission separated, Messrs. Ross and M c K e n n a leaving on the 22nd " The foregoing report of the Treaty discussions Is necessarily much abridged, being simply a transcript of brief notes taken at the time. The utterances particularly of Keenooshayo, but also of his brother, were not mere harangues addressed to the " groundlings," but were grave statements marked by self- restraint, good sense and courtesy, such as would have done no discredit to a well- bred white man. They furthered affairs greatly, and in two days the Treaty was discussed and signed, in singular contrast with treaty-making on the plains in former years. |
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