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  1. 26
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    19614
    Year:
    1907
    ... price of all kinds of fur high, they have for the past few years made a good living. Characteristics and Progress. - The nature of the occupation of this 
  2. 27
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    20155
    Year:
    1907
    ... price of heater, $15 67 63 Richards Bros., Morley: lumber, 13438 2/3 ft. 322 70 Riley & McCormick, Ltd., Calgary: halters, 2 at $2.10; harness, 1 set $25 
  3. 28
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    19716
    Year:
    1907
    ... price for them. Fur-bearing animals are fairly numerous, and the Indians get a good number. In the spring they catch halibut, which they dry both for their 
  4. 29
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    20142
    Year:
    1907
    ... Price, Wm. J., Emo., nursing Indian, 6 d. at $2 12 00 Watson & Lloyd, Fort Francis, flour, 40 sacks at $2.12 1/2 85 00 Small payments: freight $18.39; tea 
  5. 30
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    19479
    Year:
    1907
    ... prices which prevailed went far to compensate for any shortage occasioned by weather conditions. In British Columbia the salmon fishing at the canneries has 
  6. 31
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    19718
    Year:
    1907
    ... prices. During the salmon fishing season, practically all hands go to one or more of the various canneries. The men and boys fish, and the women and 
  7. 32
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    19536
    Year:
    1907
    ... prices paid for their pelts. Almost every family is inland now, and those left at the reserve are almost destitute. Education. - There is a good school on 
  8. 33
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    20143
    Year:
    1907
    ... prices, 1075 ft., $32.45: shingles, 35 M. at $3.75; twine, 200 lb. at 14c.; windows, doors, etc., $16.65. 219 80 Edmonton Milling Co., flour, 23.45 sacks at 
  9. 34
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    19560
    Year:
    1907
    ... prices were realized and the money received from the sale of wheat and other produce of the farm was expended to advantage. The past winter was an 
  10. 35
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    19562
    Year:
    1907
    ... prices for their hay. They cut and sold 4000 cords of day, fallen or singed wood, obtaining from $2.50 to $3.50 a cord. There is no game on the reserve, nor 
  11. 36
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    19647
    Year:
    1907
    ... prices. MICHEL RESERVE, No. 132. A strip about half a mile wide along the east side, having been surrendered for sale, was surveyed and valued. The Indian 
  12. 37
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    20166
    Year:
    1907
    ... prices, 5348 ft., $158.51; 1112 l. ft., $22.47; shingles, 7 M. at $3.60; door frames, 6, $12 40; lime, 5 brl., $10; laths, 2 1/2 M. at $6; windows, 4 at 
  13. 38
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    19493
    Year:
    1907
    ... prices, for their basket and bead-work. The chemical works near-by, and paying good wages, provide employment for a number of the Indians. A small number 
  14. 39
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    19559
    Year:
    1907
    ... prices. This band also add to their earnings by the sale of a little fur, senega-root and wild fruits. The Keeseekoowenin's band, No. 61, make their living 
  15. 40
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    19651
    Year:
    1907
    ... prices. What still remains to them gives them ample territory of excellent quality for farming, with enough timber for their needs. Population. - At last 
  16. 41
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    19592
    Year:
    1907
    ... prices have been remunerative. Fishing is carried on very extensively; and employment is given to all who are willing to work, and the scale of wages is 
  17. 42
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    19679
    Year:
    1907
    ... prices for pelts are uniformly high and, as previously mentioned, those of marten especially so. The Indians claim that the prolonged excessive cold drove 
  18. 43
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    19632
    Year:
    1907
    ... prices. The past year has been the most successful one this band has experienced. Buildings. - The dwelling-houses on this reserve are all one-storey log 
  19. 44
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    19541
    Year:
    1907
    ... prices. These and the various employments referred to enable them to support their families, but when overtaken by sickness or accidents, assistance must be 
  20. 45
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    19725
    Year:
    1907
    ... prices. Buildings. - Their buildings at the winter village are poor, but the people are waiting to hear whether they are to acquire the new reserve at 
  21. 46
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    19729
    Year:
    1907
    ... prices have been somewhat better than in former years. They complain, however, that, owing to the great rush for timber limits during the year, it is not an 
  22. 47
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    19595
    Year:
    1907
    ... prices fair. It is encouraging to note the enlargement of Indian fields. A few have broken from 15 to 40 acres of new land during the past summer. This 
  23. 48
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    19744
    Year:
    1907
    ... prices obtained for pelts. The Williams Lake industrial school has fully kept up its reputation during the year as a useful institution, and the attendance 
  24. 49
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    19583
    Year:
    1907
    ... prices were realized. General Remarks. - The year just past has been a profitable one. A good earning was made, and on the whole the money was wisely 
  25. 50
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    19746
    Year:
    1907
    ... prices, whereas the poor animal is comparatively worthless and more or less destroys the range, which they are now realizing could be more profitably 
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