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L N T R O D U C T I O I f . Not associated with the Commission, but travelling with it as a guest, was the Right Rev. E . Orouard, O . M . I . , the [{ on mi Catholic l! isli, , | i of Athabasea ami Mackenzie rivers, who » a> n iiirniiiL'. after a visit to the F. ast, to his headquarter-, nt Fort Chipewyan, where his influence ami knowledge of the language, it was believed, would bo of great — r ice when the treaty came under consideration there. The si en turies of the Commission were M r . H a r r i s o n Young, a son- in- law of the Rev. George MeUougall, the distinguished ini- Moiiary who perished so unaccountably on the plains in the winter of l^ T'i. and Mr. .1. \ Y . M a r t i n , an agreeable v w n g gentleman from Goderieh, Ont. Connected w i t h the party in an adwsory capacity, like Father Lacombe, and as mti rpieti r, wai Mr. Pierre d'Ksehanibault, who had been for mi r thirty years an ollieer in the Hudson's Bay Company's ser\ ice. The eainp- miinager was Mr. Henry McKay, of an old and highly esteemed North- West family. Such wn> the personnel, official and informal, of tho T r e a t y Ooru-missioii, to which was also attached Mr. II. A . Conroy, as accountant, robust and g t n i a l , ami well fitted for the work. The H a l f breed Scrip Commission, whose duties began where the treaty work ended, was composed of M a j o r Walker, a retired officer of the Royal North West Mounted Police, who had seen much service i n the T e r r i t o r i e s and was in cora-i '...•! ; mh;. trailing party on Lake Huron, met her at an Indian can>|> on one of the Manltoulln Islands, and having Identified her as his nine, restored her and her children to her family. Father Lacmnbc was ordained a priest by Bishop llourgct, of Montreal, and in IMS Bet out for Red River, where he became Intimately associated with the French half- breeds, accompanying them on their great buffalo hunts, and ministering not only to the spiritual but to the temporal welfare of them and their descendants down to the present In • .1 lie took charge ul the Lake Sic. Anne Mission, and • ,.!• ..! Si Albert, the llrst house In which he helped in build, and from these Missions he visited numbers of outlying regions, Including Lesser Slave Lake. HIB principal missionary work. ho » e\ tr, for twenty years WUB pursued among.- t tho Blackfeet Indians on the Great Plains, during which he witnessed many a perilous onslaught In the constant warfare between them and their traditional enemies, the C'rees. Being now over eighty years of age. he has retired from active duty, and Is spending the remainder of blB da> s at Plncher Creek. Alia . where. It Is understood, he is preparing hit memoirs for publication at an early date.
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OCR | L N T R O D U C T I O I f . Not associated with the Commission, but travelling with it as a guest, was the Right Rev. E . Orouard, O . M . I . , the [{ on mi Catholic l! isli, , | i of Athabasea ami Mackenzie rivers, who » a> n iiirniiiL'. after a visit to the F. ast, to his headquarter-, nt Fort Chipewyan, where his influence ami knowledge of the language, it was believed, would bo of great — r ice when the treaty came under consideration there. The si en turies of the Commission were M r . H a r r i s o n Young, a son- in- law of the Rev. George MeUougall, the distinguished ini- Moiiary who perished so unaccountably on the plains in the winter of l^ T'i. and Mr. .1. \ Y . M a r t i n , an agreeable v w n g gentleman from Goderieh, Ont. Connected w i t h the party in an adwsory capacity, like Father Lacombe, and as mti rpieti r, wai Mr. Pierre d'Ksehanibault, who had been for mi r thirty years an ollieer in the Hudson's Bay Company's ser\ ice. The eainp- miinager was Mr. Henry McKay, of an old and highly esteemed North- West family. Such wn> the personnel, official and informal, of tho T r e a t y Ooru-missioii, to which was also attached Mr. II. A . Conroy, as accountant, robust and g t n i a l , ami well fitted for the work. The H a l f breed Scrip Commission, whose duties began where the treaty work ended, was composed of M a j o r Walker, a retired officer of the Royal North West Mounted Police, who had seen much service i n the T e r r i t o r i e s and was in cora-i '...•! ; mh;. trailing party on Lake Huron, met her at an Indian can>|> on one of the Manltoulln Islands, and having Identified her as his nine, restored her and her children to her family. Father Lacmnbc was ordained a priest by Bishop llourgct, of Montreal, and in IMS Bet out for Red River, where he became Intimately associated with the French half- breeds, accompanying them on their great buffalo hunts, and ministering not only to the spiritual but to the temporal welfare of them and their descendants down to the present In • .1 lie took charge ul the Lake Sic. Anne Mission, and • ,.!• ..! Si Albert, the llrst house In which he helped in build, and from these Missions he visited numbers of outlying regions, Including Lesser Slave Lake. HIB principal missionary work. ho » e\ tr, for twenty years WUB pursued among.- t tho Blackfeet Indians on the Great Plains, during which he witnessed many a perilous onslaught In the constant warfare between them and their traditional enemies, the C'rees. Being now over eighty years of age. he has retired from active duty, and Is spending the remainder of blB da> s at Plncher Creek. Alia . where. It Is understood, he is preparing hit memoirs for publication at an early date. |
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