Complex sentence: The Metis gave the rights to work the land over to the English, but the English community was short-lived as the Roman Catholic Church purchased the land and began to establish the Parish of St.-Hyacinthe of La Salle.
Split into simpler sentences: The Metis gave the rights to work the land over to the English, but the English community was short-lived. The Roman Catholic Church purchased the land to establish the Parish of St.-Hyacinthe of La Salle.