Let The Others Speak
Before Me." KITCHE OTTAWA (Grand Courte-Oreille) Spoke First.
He
mentioned Riviere aux Rose Aux.
The Earl made no reply to this;
whereupon the Chief mentioned as far as Pembina. The Earl said - Yes.
Then he appealed to Mahkatayihkoonaya, Le Grand Noir, and asked
what he would give. He said, from Pembina to Red Lake. Then he
turned to La Robe Noir, who said as far as Portage Laprairie. At
this the gentlemen hummed among themselves for a little, and the end
was a question from the Earl. Is there no stream about there which you
could mention as a limit? Mahkatayihkoonayai replied - Yes, there is la
Riviere Champignon, a little beyond. The Earl said - There, that will be
the limit. Then he asked Senna the Cree Chief, who said - No, I do not
want agriculturists, I only want traders! The Earl said - Do you think
you will ever see your trader again? (referring to the North-West
Company). Never: he (the N. W. Co.) has done a bad thing - he has killed
people. The Earl added - Then you do not wish to get a load of powder, a
knife or a steel from settlers? Well, work diligently at the
furs, and you will find a trader (meaning the H. B. Co.). The nobleman
then said to me - Your turn, speak. I said - This is my place. How much
will you give me for the part between this and the Rapids? I will then
go below that.
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