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- Questions asked of the Chiefs of the Algonquins and Nipissings of the Lake of the Two Mountains and their Answers in Council held on 26 November 1850
Questions asked of the Chiefs of the Algonquins and Nipissings of the Lake of the Two Mountains and their Answers in Council held on 26 November 1850
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- Dates
- Apr 1851 (indexed as 1851)
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- 1 item of textual record
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- Council: [French] asking about length of time Algonquins and Nipissings have been staying at the mission, populations, etc. Chiefs stating that settlement at mission dates from 150 to 200 years, and that they number about 300 warriors. Further indicating that they predate the Iroquois, who only came to mission with their consent. Asking about progress made with missionaries' influence and about assistance received. Discussing lack of formal or consistent education. Also outlining possibility of priests there according land to each family so that they may farm, and asking whether they would settle themselves and become farmers. Indicating, in response, of encroachment of whites on their lands, and stating that agriculture is the only means left by which they may exist Also alluding to suspicions of conspiracy.
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