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... Indian and the trapper . The various industries , as we now know them , were in their early stages , and development to any extent did not seem to be possible without the stimulus which federation and the acquisition of the Hudson Bay ...
... Indian and the trapper . The various industries , as we now know them , were in their early stages , and development to any extent did not seem to be possible without the stimulus which federation and the acquisition of the Hudson Bay ...
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... Indians - Immigration and the duty of directing British emigration to the British Colonies - Openings for the settler , free lands - The classes in demand . NOT only in Canada , but in all the other colonies , the feeling prevails that ...
... Indians - Immigration and the duty of directing British emigration to the British Colonies - Openings for the settler , free lands - The classes in demand . NOT only in Canada , but in all the other colonies , the feeling prevails that ...
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... Indians and hunters . The fertile prairies to the west were under the administration of the Hudson Bay Company , and their only inhabitants beyond those at the Hudson Bay posts were Indians and hunters . Instead of the pleasant wheat ...
... Indians and hunters . The fertile prairies to the west were under the administration of the Hudson Bay Company , and their only inhabitants beyond those at the Hudson Bay posts were Indians and hunters . Instead of the pleasant wheat ...
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... Indians ) , they employ 70,000 men , and the capital invested in the shape of boats and nets is $ 10,000,000 ( £ 2,000,000 ) . Since the Con- federation it is stated that the fisheries have yielded no less than $ 460,000,000 ...
... Indians ) , they employ 70,000 men , and the capital invested in the shape of boats and nets is $ 10,000,000 ( £ 2,000,000 ) . Since the Con- federation it is stated that the fisheries have yielded no less than $ 460,000,000 ...
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... Indians , but , in the aspect which was presented to our minds long ago , these are things of the past . In Eastern Canada they engage in industrial pursuits like other people , and the franchise has been extended to them ; while in the ...
... Indians , but , in the aspect which was presented to our minds long ago , these are things of the past . In Eastern Canada they engage in industrial pursuits like other people , and the franchise has been extended to them ; while in the ...
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