History of the North-west, Volume 1Hunter, Rose & Company, 1894 - Manitoba |
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aforesaid afterwards appointed arrived Assiniboine Assiniboine River authority Bishop British Canada Canadian Government canoes Captain carried charge charter chief Church claims colony command Commissioner committee company's Council Court Crees Crown delegates districts Dominion England English established expedition explorations favor Fort Douglas French half-breeds fur trade Garry Governor and Company Governor Mactavish grant half-breeds Honorable House Hudson's Bay Company Indians James June justice Lake Superior Lake Winnipeg letter license Lieutenant-Governor Lord Selkirk Majesty's Manitoba McDonell McDougall ment Messrs miles mission Montreal named North America North-West Company North-West Territories officers Ottawa Pacific pany Parliament party peace Pembina persons Portage possession posts present prisoners proceeded Proclamation Province Provisional Government provisions purpose Red River Settlement returned Riel Rupert's Land Saskatchewan Saulteaux Secretary sent ships Sir George Simpson successors taken tion took treaty tribes voyage William Winnipeg winter York Factory
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Page xlii - In and for each Province the Legislature may exclusively make laws in relation to education, subject and according to the following provisions :• — • 1. Nothing in any such law shall prejudicially affect any right or privilege with respect to denominational schools which any class of persons have by law in the Province at the union.
Page xlii - Province, an Appeal shall lie to the Governor-General in Council from any Act or Decision of any Provincial Authority affecting any Right or Privilege of the Protestant or Roman Catholic Minority of the Queen's Subjects in relation to Education: 4.
Page ii - ... one body corporate and politic, in deed and in name, by the name of " The Governor and Company of Adventurers of England trading into Hudson's Bay...
Page vi - ... have given, granted, and confirmed, and by these presents for us, our heirs and successors, do give, grant and confirm, unto the said Governor and Company, and their successors, the sole trade and commerce of all those seas, straits, bays, rivers, lakes, creeks and sounds, in whatsoever latitude they...
Page viii - ... hereafter have, use, and enjoy not only the whole, entire, and only trade and traffic, and the whole, entire, and only liberty, use, and privilege of trading and trafficking...
Page 120 - and further, we do by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, make, create, and constitute the said governor and company for the time being, and their successors, the true and absolute lords and proprietors of the same territory, limits and places aforesaid...
Page xxi - Bay, and their successors, for the exclusive privilege of trading with the Indians in all such parts of North America to the northward and...
Page i - London; have, at their own great cost and charges, undertaken an expedition for Hudson's Bay, in the north-west part of America, for the discovery of a new passage into the South Sea, and for the fmding some trade for furs, minerals and other considerable commodities...
Page xli - There shall be a session of The Parliament once at least in every year, so that twelve months shall not intervene between the last sitting of The Parliament in one session and its first sitting in the next session.