Land Grants to Settlers When the government of Canada and Ojibwe leaders signed Treaty 3 in 1873, the Rainy River District was incorporated into the province of Ontario as Crown Land. In 1886, the Ontario provincial parliament passed the Rainy River Free Grants and Homesteads Act, legally …
The Crowes’ “Well Built” House
The Crowes' "Well Built" House Du Vernet visited the house of Eliza and John Crowe on July 17th. He commented on it being “well built” with “2 double beds a bureau a very fine table and 4 chair trunks.” The ways that ‘Indians’ kept their houses was always written up in the Coutcheeching Indian Agent …
Private Property
Private Property Du Vernet brings up the topic of private property after conversing with James Taylor Rogers, a lawyer and socialist from San Francisco. The two met on Du Vernet’s journey from Toronto. Du Vernet recalls Rodger’s ideas when he writes that private property “robs” a person’s …