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C H A P T E R I I I.
TREATY AT LESSER SLAVE LAKE.
O N the 19th of June our l i t t l e fleet lauded at W i l l ow
P o i n t . There was a rude jetty, or wharf, at this place,
below the l i t t l e t r a d i n g village referred to, at w h i c h loaded
boats discharged. Formerly they could ascend the sluggish
a n d shallow channel connecting the expansion of the H e a rt
R i v e r , called Buffalo Lake, w i t h the head of Lesser Slave
Lake, a distance of about three miles, and as far as the
Hudson's B a y Company's post, around which another tradi
n g village had gathered. This temporary f a l l i n the water
level partly accounted for the growth of the village at
W i l l o w P o i n t , where sufficient interests had arisen to cause
a jealousy between the two hamlets. Once upon a time
Atawaywe K a m i c k was supreme. This is the name the
Crees give to the Hudson's B a y Company, meaning l i t e r a l ly
" the B u y i n g House." But now there were many stores,
a n d " free t r a d e " was rather i n the ascendant. In the
middle was safety, and therefore the Commissioners decided
to p i t c h camp on a beautiful flat facing the south and fronti
n g the channel, and midway between the two opposing
points of trade. A feu de joie by the white residents of the
region, of whom there were some seventy or eighty, welcomed
the a r r i v a l of the boats at the wharf, and after a
short stay here, s i m p l y to collect baggage, a start was made
for the camping ground, where our numerous tents soon
gave the place the appearance of a village of our own.
Tepees were to be seen i n a l l directions f r om our c a m p—
the lodges of the Indians and half- breeds. But no sooner
was the treaty site apparent than a general concentration
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| OCR | C H A P T E R I I I. TREATY AT LESSER SLAVE LAKE. O N the 19th of June our l i t t l e fleet lauded at W i l l ow P o i n t . There was a rude jetty, or wharf, at this place, below the l i t t l e t r a d i n g village referred to, at w h i c h loaded boats discharged. Formerly they could ascend the sluggish a n d shallow channel connecting the expansion of the H e a rt R i v e r , called Buffalo Lake, w i t h the head of Lesser Slave Lake, a distance of about three miles, and as far as the Hudson's B a y Company's post, around which another tradi n g village had gathered. This temporary f a l l i n the water level partly accounted for the growth of the village at W i l l o w P o i n t , where sufficient interests had arisen to cause a jealousy between the two hamlets. Once upon a time Atawaywe K a m i c k was supreme. This is the name the Crees give to the Hudson's B a y Company, meaning l i t e r a l ly " the B u y i n g House." But now there were many stores, a n d " free t r a d e " was rather i n the ascendant. In the middle was safety, and therefore the Commissioners decided to p i t c h camp on a beautiful flat facing the south and fronti n g the channel, and midway between the two opposing points of trade. A feu de joie by the white residents of the region, of whom there were some seventy or eighty, welcomed the a r r i v a l of the boats at the wharf, and after a short stay here, s i m p l y to collect baggage, a start was made for the camping ground, where our numerous tents soon gave the place the appearance of a village of our own. Tepees were to be seen i n a l l directions f r om our c a m p— the lodges of the Indians and half- breeds. But no sooner was the treaty site apparent than a general concentration 52 |
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