[Canadian Crusoes by Catherine Parr Traill]@TWC D-Link bookCanadian Crusoes CHAPTER XVII 26/28
There are upwards of 300 of these Indians. The chiefs are--Sunday; Simpson; G.Corrego, chief and missionary interpreter. _Rice Lake Chippewas_ .-- In 1818 the greater part of the Newcastle and Colburn districts were surrendered, for an annuity of 940_l_.
These Indians have all been reclaimed from their wandering life, and settled in their present locations, within the last ten or twelve years. _[FN: I think G.Copway is incorrect as to the date of the settling of the village, as it was pointed out to me in 1832.
Note,--In the year 1822 the larger part of the Indian village on Anderson's Point was built and cultivated.]_ The settlement is on the north side of the lake, twelve miles from Peterborough.
Number of Indians, 114; possessing 1,550 acres, subdivided in 50-acre lots. Chiefs--Pondash, Copway, Crow. Deer were plenty a few years ago, but now only few can be found.
The Ojebwas are at present employed in farming instead of hunting; many of them have good and well-cultivated farms; they not only raise grain, enough, for their own use, but often sell much to the whites. APPENDIX L. Page 282 .-- _"...
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