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Peel 590

Riel, Louis (1844-1885) [info]; Assiniboia. Provisional government, 1869-1870. Pour prouver aux nations sauvages que le peuple de la Riviere [sic] Rouge ne veut pas les laisser malmener par le Canada. [Fort Garry, NWT: s.n, 1870].

Physical description: Broadside: 15 lines.; Type-page, 9.5 x 11.1 cm.

Language: French

Dated: "Maison du gouvernement, Fort Garry, le 23 mars, 1870." Lists two points of which the second and more important one stated that if Canada entered into any treaties with Native tribes it would be with the approval of the provisional legislature. For facsimile see Bruce Peel, Early printing in the Red River Settlement 1859-1870 , page 28.

Subject headings:

• Indians of North America--Treaties
• Prairie Provinces--Politics and government
• Red River Rebellion, 1869-70