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James Hughes, Superintendent, Indian Department to Lt. Colonel Napier, Right Arm and Secretary of Indian Affairs

item19 Jan 1836F2165-f26-198

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James Hughes, Superintendent, Indian Department to Lt. Colonel Napier, Right Arm and Secretary of Indian Affairs · 19 Jan 1836

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Dates
19 Jan 1836 (indexed as 1836)
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Extent
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Letter: advising that whole of the Algonquin and Nipissing Nations of Lake of the Two Mountains are leaving that village to settle on the tract of land above the Grand Calumet Portage in search of their livelihood through hunting. Advises that these Nations asked Captain Ducharme to ask the Governor-in-Chief at Quebec to do all he could to recommend them to the Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada for some form of remuneration like all the other Indians of Upper Canada receive.
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