Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-14
Photos By H. Armstrong Roberts.

Photos By II. Armstrong Roberts.
Since then compensation has been made in the
form Of an annuity. =. ~
What will be known as the second section Of
Treaty 8. the treaty being made this Summer,
In the second largest slice Of land surrendered
By the Indians BY treaty. Treaty II, made
during the Summer Of 1921, took in an area
Of 3T2 900 square miles. It was made with the
Indians Of the Mackenzie River basin, IN the
Northwest Territories. That treaty was signed
at the trading posts which mark the path up
the river from Edmonton, at those points
where trading posts of the Hudson Bay Co.
have stood, some. for $50 years. ... -.
Reserves in this district were set aside to
the extent Of leo acres to each Of the 2,64O
Indians In the band Each chief was pre-
sented with $50 ut the time. the treaty was
signed Each head man received $40, and each
Indian $l2. Every year since, for It states in
these treaties as long aS the sun shines and
the rivers rum" the chief has been given an
annuity Of SIS. each head man SIS and each
Indian IS. And even today, the customs laid
down In the treaties Of old are followed, for
every third year each chief and head man re-
ceive. . suit Of clothes and o sea captains can
mark Of distinction from the time the first
river boats sailed UP the Mackenzie River.
And. when the treaty was signed In 1921, O
medal and o nag were also presented to each
chief. as . remembrance to the covenant he
had made with the Great White King
Beyond the Seas. ~ -'f, se,rf 81. g..
AS early rs 1850 the surrender of lands In
what IS still New Ontario began to take
place. That year the Ojibway Indians, near
Sault Ste. Marie, surrendered their land north
OF Lake Superior to the Height of Land which
is about 100 miles north Of the shore Of the
lake. They were paid $1,000 ut the time Of
the treaty and An annuity Of $500 The same
year o similar district east of Sault ste.
Marie. going rs far west Is the Muskoka Lakes,
was surrendered for about the same amount Of
money. Then. In 1905 and 1906, . tract Of
land north Of the Height Of Land, containing
about $4,000 square miles, was surrendered by
the Indians under the same basis as the sur
render Of land this year takes place. At II
points treaty was signed during the Summer
Of 1905 and 1906. Since them at these posts,
the Indians have gathered each year to receive
their "a and their medical examination.
To most Of them the a means little. They
make much more at their callings and their
hunting. But the coming together every year
with of1calS from Ottawa, to make council
sends them On the tran from far and near
Whether they have to travel 20 miles or zoo
they come 1t does not matter to them. It
Is mutual keeping of the faith by white
and red.
~ - eAic Vtic SaIsic VI ILc year WneH Iney
leave everything else to make high holiday at
the trading post where they have been advised
to meet. For each year in January . batch Of
letters goes out from Ottawa, one to each chief,
telling him where to meet and on what day.
By dog team that letter goes north rs 1t leaves
the railway. 1t may take weeks from the time
that the letter leaves Ottawa TIL the moment
the Indian chief, perhaps returning from his
traps, Is given the letter by the driver Of one
OF the many dog teams which ply the Winter
tran IN Northern Ontario. No matter when he
gets it, the latter asks him to pass the infor-
nation to all the members Of the band and
news travels fast In the northland
Come Summer, and the canoes are on the