Petition: St. Louis de Langevin


Petition: St. Louis de Langevin, 19th November, 1883.
St. Louis de Langevin, 19th November, 1883. SIR.- The undersigned farmers, residents of the parish of St. Louis de Langevin, on the South Branch of the Saskatchewan, beg to set forth, as follows, their grievances in relation to the lands on which they are located. Many of us are here since the year 1873, 1874 and 1875; others, in still greater numbers, since 1880. Each and all of us took up our lands in accordance with the method formerly prevailing on the lands of the Red River and Assiniboine-that is to say-in river lots. In the autumn of 1880 we petitioned the Minister of the Interior, at Ottawa, for a special survey into river lots, as was granted to the Prince Albert settlement, and to a portion of the St. Lawrence settlement. We all signed that petition, not excepting Michael Canny, who has since entered his lot at your office as a sectional lot, and against whose action we hereby strongly protest. Since that date we have sent more petitions, at various times, for the same object, supporting the same with the influence of all persons in authority who took an interest in us, such as Messrs. J. Royal, M.P., D.H. Macdonall, Member North-West Council; L. Clarke, His Lordship Bishop Grandin, and Father Leduc. Finally, Father Leduc, who had been sent as a delegate to Ottawa by the people of Edmonton and St. Albert, showed us the answer of the Government promising a special survey for all located lands on the Saskatchewan. Since then we have waited in vain for the new survey. As we stated at the beginning, many of us have occupied our lots long enough to entitle us to patents, and yet there has been no way, as yet, of getting them entered at your office. We beg of you to represent to the Government the grievances herein part set forth, and urge them to put an end thereto as quickly as possible for the welfare and peace of loyal subjects of Her Majesty the Queen of England. Your humble servants, William Bremner, jun., LL. Letendre, Maxime Lepine, Wm. Letendre, Octave Regnier, Wm. Swain, Bte. Boucher, Elzear Swain, William Bremner, Willie Bruce, John Ouellette, Ant. Richard Chs. Lavallee, Isidore Boyer, Isidore Dumas, Solomon Boucher James Short, J.B. Boucher, jun., Ambroise Dumont, L. Schmidt, Eugene Boucher, Jos. Dumas

Petition: St. Louis de Langevin, 19th November, 1883.

St. Louis de Langevin,
19th November, 1883.
SIR.- The undersigned farmers, residents of the parish of St. Louis de Langevin, on the South Branch of the Saskatchewan, beg to set forth, as follows, their grievances in relation to the lands on which they are located.
Many of us are here since the year 1873, 1874 and 1875; others, in still greater numbers, since 1880. Each and all of us took up our lands in accordance with the method formerly prevailing on the lands of the Red River and Assiniboine-that is to say-in river lots.
In the autumn of 1880 we petitioned the Minister of the Interior, at Ottawa, for a special survey into river lots, as was granted to the Prince Albert settlement, and to a portion of the St. Lawrence settlement. We all signed that petition, not excepting Michael Canny, who has since entered his lot at your office as a sectional lot, and against whose action we hereby strongly protest.
Since that date we have sent more petitions, at various times, for the same object, supporting the same with the influence of all persons in authority who took an interest in us, such as Messrs. J. Royal, M.P., D.H. Macdonall, Member North-West Council; L. Clarke, His Lordship Bishop Grandin, and Father Leduc.
Finally, Father Leduc, who had been sent as a delegate to Ottawa by the people of Edmonton and St. Albert, showed us the answer of the Government promising a special survey for all located lands on the Saskatchewan. Since then we have waited in vain for the new survey.
As we stated at the beginning, many of us have occupied our lots long enough to entitle us to patents, and yet there has been no way, as yet, of getting them entered at your office.
We beg of you to represent to the Government the grievances herein part set forth, and urge them to put an end thereto as quickly as possible for the welfare and
peace of loyal subjects of Her Majesty the Queen of England.
Your humble servants,
William Bremner, jun., LL. Letendre,
Maxime Lepine, Wm. Letendre,
Octave Regnier, Wm. Swain,
Bte. Boucher, Elzear Swain,
William Bremner, Willie Bruce,
John Ouellette, Ant. Richard
Chs. Lavallee, Isidore Boyer,
Isidore Dumas, Solomon Boucher
James Short, J.B. Boucher, jun.,
Ambroise Dumont, L. Schmidt,
Eugene Boucher, Jos. Dumas