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16 I N T R O D U C T I O N
were set afoot to explore the country; one i n charge of
C a p t a i n P a l l i s e r , * equipped by the I m p e r i a l Government,
and the other, under Professor H i n d , at the expense of the
Government of Canada. A n i n f l u e n t i a l body of R e d R i v er
settlers, too, at this time petitioned the C a n a d i a n P a r l i a m e nt
to extend to the North- West its government and protection;
and i n the same year the late C h i e f J u s t i c e D r a p e r was sent
to E n g l a n d to challenge the v a l i d i t y of the Hudson's B ay
Company's charter, and to urge the opening up of the country
for settlement. But, above a l l , a committee of the B r i t i sh
House of Commons took evidence that year upon a l l sorts of
questions concerning the North* West, and p a r t i c u l a r l y its
s u i t a b i l i t y for settlement, much of w h i c h was valueless owing
to its untruth. Nevertheless, the I m p e r i a l Committee, after
weighing all the evidence, reported that the T e r r i t o r i e s were
fit for settlement, and that it was desirable that Canada
should annex them, and hoped that the Government would be
enabled to b r i n g i n a b i l l to that end at the next session of
Parliament. Five years later, the Duke of Newcastle, who
became Secretary of State for the Colonies i n 1859, and
accompanied the Prince of Wales to Canada as official
adviser i n 1860, having i n his possession the petition of the
Red River settlers, as printed by order of the Canadian
Legislature, brought the matter up i n a vigorous speech in
the House of Lords, i n which he expressed his belief that
the Hudson's B a y Company's charter was i n v a l i d , though,
he added, " i t would be a serious blow to the rights of property
to meddle w i t h a charter two hundred years old. B u t it
might happen," he continued, " i n the inevitable course of
• Strange to say. Captain Palliser reported that he considered a
line ot communication entirely through British territory, connecting
the Eastern Provinces and British Columbia, out of. the question,
; is the Astronomical Boundary adopted isolated Hie prairie country
trom Canada. Professor Hind, on the other hand, In the same year,
standing on an eminence on the Qu'Appelle, beheld In imagination
the smoke of the locomotive ascending from the train speeding over
the prairies on Its way through Canada from the Atlantic to the
Pad He
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| OCR | 16 I N T R O D U C T I O N were set afoot to explore the country; one i n charge of C a p t a i n P a l l i s e r , * equipped by the I m p e r i a l Government, and the other, under Professor H i n d , at the expense of the Government of Canada. A n i n f l u e n t i a l body of R e d R i v er settlers, too, at this time petitioned the C a n a d i a n P a r l i a m e nt to extend to the North- West its government and protection; and i n the same year the late C h i e f J u s t i c e D r a p e r was sent to E n g l a n d to challenge the v a l i d i t y of the Hudson's B ay Company's charter, and to urge the opening up of the country for settlement. But, above a l l , a committee of the B r i t i sh House of Commons took evidence that year upon a l l sorts of questions concerning the North* West, and p a r t i c u l a r l y its s u i t a b i l i t y for settlement, much of w h i c h was valueless owing to its untruth. Nevertheless, the I m p e r i a l Committee, after weighing all the evidence, reported that the T e r r i t o r i e s were fit for settlement, and that it was desirable that Canada should annex them, and hoped that the Government would be enabled to b r i n g i n a b i l l to that end at the next session of Parliament. Five years later, the Duke of Newcastle, who became Secretary of State for the Colonies i n 1859, and accompanied the Prince of Wales to Canada as official adviser i n 1860, having i n his possession the petition of the Red River settlers, as printed by order of the Canadian Legislature, brought the matter up i n a vigorous speech in the House of Lords, i n which he expressed his belief that the Hudson's B a y Company's charter was i n v a l i d , though, he added, " i t would be a serious blow to the rights of property to meddle w i t h a charter two hundred years old. B u t it might happen," he continued, " i n the inevitable course of • Strange to say. Captain Palliser reported that he considered a line ot communication entirely through British territory, connecting the Eastern Provinces and British Columbia, out of. the question, ; is the Astronomical Boundary adopted isolated Hie prairie country trom Canada. Professor Hind, on the other hand, In the same year, standing on an eminence on the Qu'Appelle, beheld In imagination the smoke of the locomotive ascending from the train speeding over the prairies on Its way through Canada from the Atlantic to the Pad He |
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