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20 I N T R O D U C T I O N .
inserted at the instance of M r . Maedougall, p r o v i d i n g f o r the
i n c l u s i o n of Rupert's L a n d and the North- West Territories
upon terms to be defined i n an address to the Queen, and subject
to her approval. In pursuance of this clause, M r . Maedougall
i n 1867 introduced into the first Parliament of the
D o m i n i o n a series of eight resolutions, which, after much
opposition, were at length passed, and were followed by the
embodying address, drafted by a Special Committee of the
House, and which was d u l y transmitted to the I m p e r i a l Government.
This was followed by the mission of Messrs.
C a r t i e r and Maedougall to London, to treat for the transfer
of the Territories, which, through the mediation of Lord
G r a n v i l l e , was finally effected. The date fixed upon f o r the
transfer was the first of December, 1869. Unfortunately for
Lieutenant- Governor Maedougall, owing to the outbreak of
armed rebellion at R e d R i v e r , it was postponed without his
knowledge, and i t was not u n t i l the 15th of J u l y , 1870, that
the whole country finally became a part of the D o m i n i o n of
Canada. With the latter date the annals of P r i n c e Rupert's
L a n d and the North- West T e r r i t o r y end, and the history of
Western Canada begins.
But whilst the Hudson's B a y Company's t e r r i t o r i a l rights
and those of Great B r i t a i n had been at last transferred to the
Dominion, there remained inextinguished the most i n t r i n s ic
of a l l , v i z . , the rights of the Indians and their collaterals to
their native and traditional soil. The adjustment of these
rights was assumed by the Canadian P a r l i a m e n t i n the last
but one of the resolutions introduced by M r . Maedougall, and
no time was lost after the transfer i n c a r r y i n g out its terms,
" i n conformity w i t h the equitable principles which have
u n i f o r m l y governed the Crown in its dealings w i t h the
aborigines."*
• In the foregoing brief sketch, the author, for lack of space, omits
all reference to the Red River troubles, which preceded the actual
transfer, as also to the military expedition under Col. Wolseley, the
threatened recall of which from Prince Arthur's Landing, in July,
1870, was blocked by the bold and vigorous action of the Canada
First Party in Toronto.
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| OCR | 20 I N T R O D U C T I O N . inserted at the instance of M r . Maedougall, p r o v i d i n g f o r the i n c l u s i o n of Rupert's L a n d and the North- West Territories upon terms to be defined i n an address to the Queen, and subject to her approval. In pursuance of this clause, M r . Maedougall i n 1867 introduced into the first Parliament of the D o m i n i o n a series of eight resolutions, which, after much opposition, were at length passed, and were followed by the embodying address, drafted by a Special Committee of the House, and which was d u l y transmitted to the I m p e r i a l Government. This was followed by the mission of Messrs. C a r t i e r and Maedougall to London, to treat for the transfer of the Territories, which, through the mediation of Lord G r a n v i l l e , was finally effected. The date fixed upon f o r the transfer was the first of December, 1869. Unfortunately for Lieutenant- Governor Maedougall, owing to the outbreak of armed rebellion at R e d R i v e r , it was postponed without his knowledge, and i t was not u n t i l the 15th of J u l y , 1870, that the whole country finally became a part of the D o m i n i o n of Canada. With the latter date the annals of P r i n c e Rupert's L a n d and the North- West T e r r i t o r y end, and the history of Western Canada begins. But whilst the Hudson's B a y Company's t e r r i t o r i a l rights and those of Great B r i t a i n had been at last transferred to the Dominion, there remained inextinguished the most i n t r i n s ic of a l l , v i z . , the rights of the Indians and their collaterals to their native and traditional soil. The adjustment of these rights was assumed by the Canadian P a r l i a m e n t i n the last but one of the resolutions introduced by M r . Maedougall, and no time was lost after the transfer i n c a r r y i n g out its terms, " i n conformity w i t h the equitable principles which have u n i f o r m l y governed the Crown in its dealings w i t h the aborigines."* • In the foregoing brief sketch, the author, for lack of space, omits all reference to the Red River troubles, which preceded the actual transfer, as also to the military expedition under Col. Wolseley, the threatened recall of which from Prince Arthur's Landing, in July, 1870, was blocked by the bold and vigorous action of the Canada First Party in Toronto. |
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