The
The Red River
Half Breed People of Manitoba Inc. was in Court to .
stop the construction of a hotel 'The
Monday 9th and Tuesday 10th of June 2003. It was sad to hear Judge Maclnnes say The Forks was "not a burial ground but a meeting place". It seem to me the judge was listening.
Maybe if we had received and used the
Journal of Alexander Henry the Younger 1799-1814 (thank you, J Blanchard, Editor of "A
thousand miles of Prairie") as evidence
about Indian burial grounds at the Forks we could of proofed our point. It came one day to late. Even in Charles N. Bell papers "The Old Forts
of
It's proof of the existence of an aboriginal burial ground there. Quote -Alexander Henrys Journal, Monday (August) 18th In short time we arrived at the forks where the Assinoboine river forms a juncture with the red river, the former coming in from the westward whilst the latter continues to keep its direct course south. I found 40 Saulteaux waiting my arrival.
Tuesday (August) 19 Snakes. They appear to lurk and breed in the old graves, of which there is an uncommon number upon this spot it having been a place of great resort for many nations many years ago in 1781+2 and at the time the small pox made such havock in this country many hundreds of men, women, and children died and was buried here. Judges can be wrong in their decisions. Even though they don't want to be.
Chief Council
Kenny Morin