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Author Bio

940: treaties of Canada with the Indians of Manitoba and the North-West Territories Including the negotiations on which they were based, and other information relating thereto The . 1880.
Morris, Alexander (1826-1889.)
1826-1889. Member of Legislative Assembly of Canada, 1861-1872; appointed chief justice of Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench, 1872; few months later appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba and NWT and during term of office negotiated the more important of the First Nations treaties in NWT, 1872-1877; returned to Ontario (Wallace, Dictionary of Canadian biography).