THE TREATIES OF CANADA
WITH
THE INDIANS OF MANITOBA
AND
THE NORTH-WEST TERRITORIES,
INCLUDING
THE NEGOTIATIONS ON WHICH THEY WERE BASED, ANDOTHER INFORMATION RELATING THERETO.

BY
THE HON. ALEXANDER MORRIS, P.C.,
LATE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR OF MANITOBA, THE NORTH-WEST TERRITORIES,
AND KEE-WA-TIN.

TO HIS EXCELLENCY
The Right Honorable the Earl of Dufferin,

Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador at St. Petersburg, K.P.P.C.,K.C.B., G.C.M.G., &c., &c., &c.

My Lord,--

Encouraged by the earnest interest, your Lordship ever evinced, in thework of obtaining the alliance and promoting the welfare of the Indiantribes in the North-West of Canada, and in opening up the Territories forsettlement, by obtaining the relinquishment of the natural title of the Indiansto the lands of the Fertile Belt on fair and just terms, I have the honor, byyour kind permission, to dedicate this collection of the treaties made withthem, to your Excellency, in the belief that its publication will be timely,and that the information now supplied in a compact form, may prove ofservice to the Dominion of Canada.

      I have the honor to be          Your Lordship's obedient servant,                   ALEXANDER MORRIS,

Late Lieut.-Gov. of Manitoba, the North-West Territories, and Kee-wa-tin.

TORONTO, March, 1880.

PREFACE

The question of the relations of the Dominion of Canada tothe Indians of the North-West, is one of great practical importanceThe work, of obtaining their good will, by enteringinto treaties of alliance with them, has now been completed inall the region from Lake Superior to the foot of the RockyMountains. As an aid to the other and equally importantduty--that of carrying out, in their integrity, the obligationsof these treaties, and devising means whereby the Indian populationof the Fertile Belt can be rescued from the hard fatewhich otherwise awaits them, owing to the speedy destructionof the buffalo, hitherto the principal food supply of the PlainIndians, and that they may be induced to become, by the adoptionof agricultural and pastoral pursuits, a self supportingcommunity--I have prepared this collection of the treaties madewith them, and of information, relating to the negotiations, onwhich these treaties were based, in the hope that I may therebycontribute to the completion of a work, in which I had considerablepart, that, of, by treaties, securing the good will of theIndian tribes, and by the helpful hand of the Dominion, openingup to them, a future of promise, based upon the foundations ofinstruction and the many other advantages of civilized life.

M.

CONTENTS

       Introduction    I. The Selkirk Treaty   II. The Robinson Treaty  III. The Manitoulin Island Treaty   IV. The Stone Fort and Manitoba Post Treaties, Numbers One          and Two    V. Treaty Number Three; or, the North-West Angle Treaty   VI. The Qu'Appelle Treaty, or Number Four  VII. The Revision of Treaties Numbers One and Two VIII. The Winnipeg Treaty Number Five   IX. The Treaties at Forts Carlton and Pitt    X. Treaty Number Seven; or, the Blackfeet Treaty   XI. The Sioux in the North-West Territories  XII. The Administration of the Treaties--The Half-breeds--The          Future of the Indian Tribes                              
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