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Friday, 8 February 2019
Wednesday, 5 September 2018
As Long as Rivers Flow
“AS LONG AS
RIVERS FLOW”
The Robinson Treaty in the year 1938
FROM:
The Evening News-Chronicle
Port Arthur, Ontario
Published every Lawful Week Day at
185 Lorne Street, by
The News-Chronicle Publishing Co. Limited
Member Audit Bureau of Circulations, Canadian
Daily Newspapers Association, Canadian Press
And Ontario
Provincial Dailies.
Saturday, April 23, 1938
EDITORIAL
Indians and their hunting privileges
In another portion of this newspaper today is a letter
written by a member of the Red Rock Indian Band in which he sets forth, for the
benefit of the public, the circumstances under which he is being charged by
Ontario law enforcement officers with having game out of season.
It is another cropping up of the old Robinson Treaty which
is quoted in every one of the several incidents of the kind. The Treaty was negotiated in 1850 by Hon.
W.E. Robinson with the Ojibways of Lake Superior. The Indians gave up rights to all of this
part of Canada in return for certain reserves, annuities and the right to hunt
and fish over these lands in perpetuity “ as long as grass grows, sun shines
and rivers flow.”
The sun still shines, the grass grows and rivers are
flowing, the Indians have their reserves and they are paid their annuities but
from time to time Ontario law officers arrest and bring into the courts various
individuals of the Indian bands found in possession of game when it is out of
season for the white man. Magistrates
frequently find against the Indians although the latter are usually defended by
the representatives of the Indian Department at Ottawa.
Thus, sharp controversy arises in almost every
instance. Some appeals have been made to
higher courts and some of the judgements rendered against Indians in the lower
courts have been reversed.
The peculiar thing is that, after nearly a century in which
there have been almost innumerable cases, the exact status of the treaty has
not been defined. The higher courts in
Canada seem to be favourable to the treaty and there is reason to believe that
the general public would support the contentions on behalf of the Indians. The Indians have proved themselves good
citizens, are generally law abiding and have always answered the call to
service when issued. Some citizens have
been known to say that when officers seize meat, taken by the Indians as food
for themselves and families, they are stealing in the same sense that they
would be stealing if they entered a city home and removed food.
This Treaty and the hearing thereon of Ontario laws should
as soon as possible be sent to the Supreme Courts and if necessary the Privy
Council for an adjudication which would put an end to such incidents as brought
forth the letter published today.
The Letter
Indian Hits Deer Killing Charge;
Claims Protection Under Treaty
To the Editor of the News-Chronicle. (April 23, 1938)
Sir – I am an Indian, No. 183 of the Red Rock Band, Port
Arthur Agency, and my permanent home is at Nipigon, but I spend a lot of my
time at my Winter cabin which is situated in the woods several miles from here. As I make my living mostly by hunting and
fishing, I find it cheaper and more convenient
to live there than in town. I
have partly lost the use of one of my hands, where part of it has been blown
off by a gun some years ago in an accident. My eyesight is also very
defective and I do not see well even
with glasses. For the above reasons I
am at times obliged to make us(e) of a snare in order to kill deer and other
game, as I cannot use a rifle very well but must have meat for our own use.
Some time ago I had to resort to the use of the snare
again and killed a deer. In the early part of March one of the Wardens
of the Game and Fisheries Department, who had apparently seen my snare came to me and demanded that I
remove the snare immediately, declaring
it illegal. I explained to him why I had
to resort to that method of obtaining meat for myself but promised that I would
at once remove the snare, which I did.
Some time later, on the 23rd of March, he
appeared again at my place and made a search for meat. Of course, he found it,
as I had made no attempt to hide what I had as I believe that our treaty gave
us full right to kill deer and other game for our own consumption. He informed me that I had no such right and
was obliged to comply with the game laws same as a white.
I reported the matter to Mr. Burk our Indian Agent and asked him to see what can be done, as it
not only affected me but also affected other Indians as well, especially now
when they are so poor on account of scarcity of work, and depend largely on
wild game for their living.
On the 1st day of April the Warden came to me
again to say that he was laying a charge against me for killing deer and having
meat in my possession. I again notified
our agent through our Chief whom I understand
was told that necessary steps would be taken. I am now expecting to be taken to face the
charge in court at any time.
I have been told from other sources that the Ontario Game and Fisheries
Department do not recognize the Robinson
Treaty as being still valid, maintaining that they now have the full control of
the game question even where Indians are involved.
This is a grave matter not only for my own personal
reasons but as it affects the welfare of
the other Indians as well. In many cases it is a matter of life or death.
May I point out in closing that through no fault of the
Indians has the game become almost exhausted, but through the inroads of white
hunters and pulpwood and mining activities in the district. We were promised in the Robinson Treaty that we
could hunt and fish as long as the grass grew, the rivers flowed and the sun
shone, and I trust that you as our guardians will do all that you can to help
us in this matter for which I wish to express my gratitude in advance.
MICHEL DABA
No. 183 Red Rock Band
Nipigon, April 22, 1938.
Editor’s Note: Inquiry of J. G. Burk, Indian Agent, drew the
reply that he and the Department were taking steps to protect the interests of
Daba in this matter and of others similarly situated. (1938)
Wednesday, 27 June 2018
Videos of Interest Nipigon River
A Journey Down The Nipigon River: Then and Now
The other videos on You tube I think we should give people a link to are
World's Biggest Brook Trout The New Fly Fisher
Nipigon Trails 1923
Friday, 23 March 2018
Nepigon pulpwood limits, 1910 rules and regs
THE NEPIGON
PULP LIMIT, 1910
General
conditions with respect to the Nepigon Pulp Limit offered for lease by tender 7th
October , 1910
The
successful tenderer shall enter into an agreement with the Government requiring
him to erect within the limits of the territory covered by the right to cut
pulpwood, or at some other place approved by the Lieutenant-Governor in
Council, a pulp and paper mill costing, with equipment thereof and machinery
contained therein, not less than five hundred thousand dollars, and will
operate the same so that the daily output thereof shall not be less than 150
tons of paper, and so that at least two hundred and fifty hands on an average
shall be kept employed in connection therein for at least ten month of each and
every year.
The said sum
of five hundred thousand dollars shall be expended as follows: - One hundred
thousand dollars during the first year, two hundred thousand dollars during the
second year, and the remainder of the said sum during the third year, it being
distinctly understood that the erection
of such mill and the employment of the hands shall form part of the
consideration for the price of the pulpwood, and that the cutting of the said
pulpwood for the use of the mill may begin as soon as and when fifty
thousand ($50,000) dollars shall have
been expended on the erection of said pulp and paper mill and equipment
thereof.
Two: The
successful tenderer to have the right to cut and remove spruce, poplar or
whitewood and banksian or jack pine, 9 inches and upwards in diameter, 2 feet
from the ground, sufficient to supply the mill or mills erected, for a period
of twenty-one years, from unoccupied, unsold and unlocated lands of the Crown,
for a distance of five miles in depth on
either side of the River Nepigon, and extending back a distance of five miles
from the shores of Lake Nepigon, subject to such reasonable terms , conditions
and regulations as to the cutting , measuring,, removing and driving of the
same as may from time to time be imposed by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council.
Three: The successful tenderer shall pay dues of 40
cents per cord for spruce and 20 cents per cord for the other woods mentioned,
or such other rates as may from time to time be fixed by Lieutenant- Governor
in Council.
Four: The
successful tenderer to get the right to cut the wood only, and not to have any
right to the soil or user thereof, except as may be necessary for cutting or
removing the wood.
Five: The
Government shall retain the right to sell, lease, locate or otherwise dispose
of any lands included in the territory on the same terms and conditions for
settlement, mining or other purposes as ordinary Crown Lands situated
elsewhere.
Six: The
successful tenderer shall not have the right to cut or remove timber of any
kind from any lands already under timber license or permit from Crown, or which
may hereafter be placed under such license or permit for the cutting of pine during the time such
license or permit is in force, or until after the pine timber has been cut
therefrom, nor shall any wood be cut in or in the immediate proximity of
territory covered with green merchantable pine available for lumbering purposes
or which may be considered by the Government to be pine bearing lands.
Seven: No
wood cut on the said territory shall be exported or sold or disposed of to any
other person or persons, but such wood shall be used for the purpose only of
supplying the said mill or mills.
Eight: The
Government will not guarantee any particular quantity of wood nor undertake to
do more than grant the right to cut such quantities of wood of the kinds
aforesaid as may be on the said property.
Nine:
Failure to erect the mill or mills and make the required expenditures within
the time specified shall entail forfeiture of the right to cut pulpwood and the
bonus paid for the same.
Ten: Proper
sworn returns of the quantity of wood cut each season shall be made to the
government in conformity with the Crown Timber Regulations and payment shall be
made for such wood not later than the first day of November in each year, and
the Government shall have all rights and powers in respect of enforcing such
payment as are now provided in the case of timber cut under timber license.
Eleven: No
refuse, saw-dust, chemicals or matter of any other kind shall be placed or
deposited in any river, stream or other waters which shall or may be injurious
to fish life.
Twelve: No
pulpwood, logs, timber or other material not in boats or scows shall be floated
or driven or allowed to be floated or driven down or to accumulate in the River
Nepigon above Camp Alexander, between the 15th days of June and
November in each and every year, and the floating or driving of pulpwood logs,
timber or other material down the said river shall be subject to further and
other regulations as may hereafter from time to time be made by the Government.
Thirteen: All Indian Reserves falling within the area
of any pulp limit are excluded therefrom.
Department
of Lands, Forests and Mines, Toronto, 8th
July, 1910
Forestry is
FORESTRY IS…
The Weekly
Report , District of Geraldton
Ontario
Department of Lands and Forests
October 20th,
1966
Adapted from
the
Prince George Progress.
Forestry is
the raw material of beauty, of tourism, and of industry. It is a full lunch bucket and coins jingling
in pockets.
Forestry is
tree growing and tree managing. Forestry in Canada is 5 billion dollars a year.
(1966)
Yes,
forestry is many things.
It is the
whine of a powersaw and the moment of suspense when a faller’s tree hangs
between heaven and earth. It is a “cat”
carving a trail to a new stand of timber and a drawing board where a bridge is
designed.
It is 30 tons of logs piled on a growling truck, and
dollar-earning newsprint spinning off the rollers at half a mile a minute.
Forestry is
the patient probing of the secrets of genetics and a quest for bigger, better,
faster growing trees. It is 60 million
seedlings a year in Ontario hand planted on thousands of acres of logged-off
land. It is a ranger patrolling timber
from a river boat and a sweat backed
stevedore loading lumber on a foreign ship.
Forestry is
still flapjacks and bacon and eggs fried potatoes for breakfast, but it is
mechanical harvesters that have made horses almost extinct in the woods. It is a spreading population of deer and
moose and a vast province being gradually opened for the traveller’s
delight. It is tree pruning, and
sod-busting and fat cattle grazing within smelling distance of a slash burn.
It is
stereoscopics and data-processing machines and a hand-axe and a back-packed
water pump trekked over a hill.
Forestry is
scarlet flames roaring through a fir stand, and infestation of budworm, but it
is wind whispering through a pine grove and s singing trout stream and deer
feasting with pleasant malevolence on tender young trees.
In spring it
is greenery and growth and awakening; in
autumn it is a surrealistic masterpiece in green and gold and yellow painted by
the greatest Master of them all.
Forestry is the life blood of our economy.
G.E.
MacKinnon, District Forester
Wednesday, 14 March 2018
Les Vikings au Canada
Les Vikings au Canada by Yvon H. Couture, 2017
a French language book "...a demonstration , with a lot of proofs, that the Vikings were present in the Great Lakes Area...Y.H.C."
Un premier site viking identifie
a l'interieur
du continent americain
L'ecrivain et chercheur multidisciplinaire Yvon H.Couture a identifie un site viking
pres
du
lac
Stony,
dans
l'Est de
!'Ontario. C'est un site a gravures rupestres
comptant pres d'un
millier de glyphes
qui
racontent,
sous
forme
de
runes
et d'ideogrammes, l'histoire de Vikings partis du Groenland autour de 1'An Mille pour venir s'implanter dans Ia region des Grands Lacs. Connaissant deja le langage
des runes ainsi que celui
des pictogrammes; ce chercheur, qui s'interesse au site depuis 1967;
avait entrepris, en 2007, de reproduire une centaine de ces
glyphes a partir de photos pour illustrer un de ses ouvrages.
C'est en realisant ce travail qu'il a decouvert Ia presence de runes
parmi ces gravures;
ce qui faisait du site de Stony Lake un site
viking et non un site algonquien, comme on
le croyait auparavant. C'est alors
qu'il a entrepris le decryptage d'une partie des g1yphes afin de savoir de quoi i1 retoumait.
Les Vikings
au
Canada, qu'il
vient de pub1ier, est non
seulement une demonstration magistrale de 1'existence d'etablissements scandinaves dans 1a region dulac Ontario bien avant la decouverte officielle de 1'Amerique
par Christophe Colomb, mais aussi un apen;u captivant
de 1'histoire du Canada entre 1es annees 1000 a 1500 AD. Ce magnifique ouvrage
de
336 pages est subdivise en 55 chapitres, et compte pres d'une centaine d'illustrations. Pas
encore disponib1e en 1ibrairie, on peut
se 1e procurer par Ia poste au prix de 1ancement de $25.00 en s'adressant a 1'auteur
au 1-861, ge avenue, Senneterre, QC, JOY 2MO (Ajouter $10.00 pour 1es frais d'envoi).
Thursday, 1 March 2018
The Menu
THE CANADIAN CAMP MENU
March 3, 1922 Madison
Square Gardens, New York City
The following is the actual MENU served that day. They had
very exciting “names” for their dishes.
I am not too sure of the “actual” existence of the “List of Antiques”
, though some do have “credits”.
MENU
“Cloy the hungry edge of appetite by bare imagination of a
feast.” – King Richard II
Northumberland Oysters
“Compliments of Premier Walter E. Foster of New Brunswick.”
Bisque of Ptarmigan Yukon …Celery…Olives…Salted Nuts
Hudson’s Bay Ice Fish saute Penelope
Loin of Buffalo “compliments Canadian National Parks, Department of
Interior, Canada.”
Puree of Chestnuts
Flap Jacks Labrador …Maple Sugar Syrup
Pate of Beaver Huron
Fashion “Compliments Jack McKirdy,
Nipigon, Ontario – Guide.”
Salad Eskimos
Snow Ball…Assorted Cakes
Café Noir
Drinks and Smokes a la Carte
LIST OF ANTIQUES
Curtis’ Alligator Tails
Grover’s Bear
Prince Harry’s Rhino
Admiral Peary’ Polar Mice
Buffalo Jones’Catalo and Persian Lamb
Corbin’s Wild Boar
Worcester Sea Cucumbers
Allen’s Mountain Cat
Lieut. Greely’s Coffee …taken from 1881 Cache at Fort
Conger, Arctic Circle, by Admiral Peary.
Capt. Kleinschmidt’s
Polar Bear and Walrus
Earl Gray’s Tiger
Galpin’s Copex Smilo Fantasticos
Canadian Mountain Sheep
Whale Meat, Monkey, Boa Constrictor, Etc., Etc., Etc..
Martinettas Roti (Compliments Col. Brainard, U.S.A.)
G.N. Bosworth, Canadian Gold Eye Fish
Whale, by L.G. Armstrong
Skil, by H.R. Charlton
Wild Cat, by Harry Allen
This whole Canadian Camp pamphlet courtesy of John McKirdy , 2018
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