Treaty Money When Du Vernet reached Rat Portage, he remarked in his diary that he saw “Indians buying things in the shop with their treaty money (5$ per head).” When the Story Nations team visited the Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung Historical Centre, we viewed a display entitled “Treaty Day,” which …
Mr. Pither
Mr. Pither Hudson's Bay Company Man Du Vernet spent his first evening in Rat Portage (modern day Kenora) with Robert John Nicholson Pither, the Indian Agent for the area. Mr. Pither was born in Montreal in 1824. He started working for the Hudson's Bay Company in 1846, and in 1853 moved to …
Rat Portage
Rat Portage Upon his arrival on July 22nd, Du Vernet could not help but comment on the late night beauty of Rat Portage. A scenic town at the northern end of the Lake of the Woods, Rat Portage owed its curious name to its Indigenous history: the Ojibwe called the area Waszush Onigum, the …