Life and Letters of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Volume 1Century Company, 1922 - Literary Criticism |
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Page 289
... Métis waited in vain . The petitioners were few and far away ; they had no votes , no representation in parlia- ment . From 1878 to 1883 the Ministry of the Inte- rior , to which was confided the oversight of the West- ern territories ...
... Métis waited in vain . The petitioners were few and far away ; they had no votes , no representation in parlia- ment . From 1878 to 1883 the Ministry of the Inte- rior , to which was confided the oversight of the West- ern territories ...
Page 290
Oscar Douglas Skelton. post . And while Ottawa slumbered , the Métis watched the rising of the tide of settlement and nursed their grievances . The prairie was dry as tinder , but had not fate sent the spark the blaze might never have ...
Oscar Douglas Skelton. post . And while Ottawa slumbered , the Métis watched the rising of the tide of settlement and nursed their grievances . The prairie was dry as tinder , but had not fate sent the spark the blaze might never have ...
Page 291
... Métis in 1849 in resisting and smashing the claim of the Hudson's Bay Company to a monopoly of the trade in furs . Louis Riel the younger early showed a precocious talent which drew the attention of Mgr . Taché . On his suggestion , a ...
... Métis in 1849 in resisting and smashing the claim of the Hudson's Bay Company to a monopoly of the trade in furs . Louis Riel the younger early showed a precocious talent which drew the attention of Mgr . Taché . On his suggestion , a ...
Page 292
... the border , placed his Métis followers at Governor Archibald's disposal to fight the Fenian raid of 1871 , accepted Macdonald's direct and indirect bribes of $ 4,000 to leave the 292 LIFE AND LETTERS OF SIR WILFRID LAURIER.
... the border , placed his Métis followers at Governor Archibald's disposal to fight the Fenian raid of 1871 , accepted Macdonald's direct and indirect bribes of $ 4,000 to leave the 292 LIFE AND LETTERS OF SIR WILFRID LAURIER.
Page 294
... Métis leader , and found him surprisingly fluent and , on the whole , well informed , on American and European politics . When , however , religion was touched upon , Riel's deep- set eyes lit up , and he launched into an excited and ...
... Métis leader , and found him surprisingly fluent and , on the whole , well informed , on American and European politics . When , however , religion was touched upon , Riel's deep- set eyes lit up , and he launched into an excited and ...
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