Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-14

smoked In Canada. Once more
Indians and white men win SIT in
conference, cross legged, In the coun-
/ -: ell house Again win be passed from
hand to hand the ceremonial pipe Of
AaGAce to be pulled by each Of the chiefs and
TIL representatives of the Great White King
Beyond the Seas. Even in this year 1929. in
talis era far removed from the conquest and
settlement Of this continent, new land for the
white man is the subject Of discussion in the
eolFcn house 'of the Northern Ontario Indians.
Not, rs IN the days Of old, win the white
men come with many followers, soldiers in red
coats and many canoes. Nor win there be. as
"a the past, even . hint Of war. Instead, from
out Of . clear sky the Indians win See big
seaplane land On the waters edge, seaplane
such as they have grown accustomed to hear
and see pass overhead many times q week.
And from the seaplane WIN step party Of four
aieh and the pilot. That is-the entire white
force that wiii come to smoke the pipe Of peace
with the Indians I'm 1929. -
Far north Of civilization the seaplane win
ny. The air trail has been blazed for It the
past few years That Is why II Is going north.
There have come down from up north tales OF
eOld, copper and silver, even 'Of diamonds.
Those tales have been 'S0hStantiSSed. There
are gold and copper and silver in that vast
region which surrounds the Hudson Bay.
Diamonds have not yet been found but then
the country is only now being opened up.
And % the horde started to come They got
10 far, THEY went farther Afplanes took
then. Then came big financial groups with
their own airplanes and armies of Trospectors
they went farther north They" went into
country Which Sstslf belonged 70 the Indians,
6buntry four and fiye hundred miles north of
the railroad. For the lure Of gold Is stil
btrong. even In this Age Of luxury and comfort.
Ahplanes. the product Of an awakeaing
taechanical era. gave the pioneer quicker and
more comfortable trip to that northland. The
number Of prospectors has grown. Il has
come time for the Dominion Of Canada to
protect the indians Of that region from ex-
quotation, In the same way as II has protected
Those more to the south In the past.
So Q royal commission was appointed. II
bt@rtS out this Summer. When the Zee Is all
e6ne out Of the rivers and lakes q the north
land and planes are flying overhead, the gov
eFnnAenss seaplane WIN carry the party TO the
Indians Of Northern Ontario. It viii stop 1rss
b WHIT Indians Who have already made treaties
with Canada. Then the plane WIN rise from
the last Of those lakes and the royal COM
mission win land at Attawapiskat.
On July 70 the commission expects to be
= there. There the first pipe Of peace win
b smoked. the flrst registration Of new Indians
Indians the Albany Band. which has grown to
nMnaber over 500, wiA become m independent
band, to be known Is AttaWapiskat Band.
Then the seaplane rises once more to head
westward into the interior Of the district Of
Patricia, where the waters now into the Hud-
sOa Bay. At this trading post and that the
plane viii come to rest. On the banks Of
the lake and river, wigwams and tents Will
mark an encampment Of Indians who have
come from many miles around. for word Of
the coming Of the white man to make treaty
has gone ahead. In canoes they have come
d0Wn unnlapped rivers. 80,
Their country has been known for many
yeaEs. Fur traders. hundreds Of years ago.
FIRST went through ii; but Its rivers and lakes,
q myriad Of them, win not be found on maps
The main watereourses. the Severn, Pawn.
Winisk. Abtawapiskat. Albany and Moose. are
known and Travelled, but these are only q few.
There ere legion which canoe trails have fol-
lowed bat which are unknown to cartog-
raphers
Down these unnamed streams and lakes the