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securing the land

securing the land. by: Michael, Orrin, Ashton, Sheldon, Jason and Shyla. Making the border. The Government Could not give land to Settlers until they knew how much land they had. With the help of Metis Guides and British Surveyors they Carefully Marked the land.

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securing the land

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  1. securing theland by: Michael, Orrin, Ashton, Sheldon, Jason and Shyla

  2. Making the border • The Government Could not give land to Settlers until they knew how much land they had. • With the help of Metis Guides and British Surveyors they Carefully Marked the land. • Every 3 miles they would build a marker in the land that Showed the Canadian Border.

  3. Trouble in the Whoop up Country • The Cypress Hills rise up from the flat prairie in southern saskatchewan and alberta. • For centuries the cree Nakoda and Siksika came here in winter. • They hunted the game animals. • They cut pine trees to make poles forlodges and tipis. • In the 1860’s the cypress hills was known as the whoop-up country. • Because of the whiskey traders from the united states

  4. Creating a Police Force • The prime minister wanted to show the u.s.a that canada was a province • John.a.macdonald wanted to save the first nations/metis from american crooks • He wanted to to assist the new peoples to join the frontier • Wanted to keep the peace between the first nations and newbies The police force was made to solve the violence in the whoop-up country

  5. A Massacre Spurs on a Prime Minister • In the United States, the army killed thousands of first nations for land. • Prime minister Macdonald tried to avoid the violence in the Canadian West. • Nakoda people were camped near Farwell`s and Solomon`s trading post`s

  6. The Great March West • Police recruits rushed to Manitoba for training. • The next July in 1874, 300 Mounted police headed west in a caravan. • There were ox carts, horses, and wagons. • This so called Great March soon turned into a fiasco. • Local Metis guides had to rescue them. • Part of the force went south. Here they established Fort Macleod.

  7. The role of mounted police • They cleared out whiskey traders. • They put jailed lawbreakers of all types and put them on trial. • They transported the mail. • They put out grass fire and aided the new farmers. • They fought in the 2 metis uprising of 1885.

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