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  1. 1
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    20277
    Year:
    1908
    ... fur up to the average supply, but the tendency to scarcity was more of game than of fur, and prices were encouraging. In British Columbia the character of 
  2. 2
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    19479
    Year:
    1907
    ... fur does not fall much short of the combined aggregate, for all the other provinces. Although the Indian population of British Columbia does not exceed that 
  3. 3
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    17816
    Year:
    1905
    ... fur and the higher prices. However, the crusade made a year or two ago against the liquor traffic with these Indians and the vigilance exercised to continue 
  4. 4
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    16967
    Year:
    1904
    ... fur, these Indians had fared somewhat badly. During the year now under review conditions were more normal, although fur was not plentiful, but the chief 
  5. 5
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    16152
    Year:
    1903
    ... fur-hunting in winter, and in summer making canoes for their next trip, also fishing for salmon in Bersimis river; the greater number come out of the woods 
  6. 6
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    20308
    Year:
    1908
    ... fur can be disposed of at a good price in Orillia or any of the neighbouring towns. During last season Mr. C. Goffatt, a fur dealer of this town, alone 
  7. 7
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    20344
    Year:
    1908
    ... fur and the prices were good. Owing to a seizure of fur during the latter part of the year, the Indians were obliged to dispose of their fur at a 
  8. 8
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    20353
    Year:
    1908
    ... fur and game hunting. Apart from Romaine, where fur hunting was a total failure, it was very fair and prudes obtained for pelts were high. Morality and 
  9. 9
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    15274
    Year:
    1902
    ... fur and fish being exceptionally plentiful last winter and spring; musk-rats, the principal fur-bearing animal, was very abundant, the Indians made large 
  10. 10
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    21106
    Year:
    1909
    ... fur animals decidedly scarce. Viewed from the aspect of aggregate financial returns, the fur season may be regarded as satisfactory for the time being, but 
  11. 11
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    18637
    Year:
    1906
    ... fur animals, the withdrawal of the temporary prohibition affecting beaver, the high price for pelts, and the prevalence of cariboo inland, all combined to 
  12. 12
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    18752
    Year:
    1906
    ... fur up to the average. A decided improvement is noticeable in the dwellings and outbuildings the last few years, and the bands are beginning to appreciate 
  13. 13
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    14357
    Year:
    1901
    ... fur-hunting. Education. - The school is conducted by John P. Sinclair, who also acts as a Church of England missionary. There is a good school-house on the 
  14. 14
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    14358
    Year:
    1901
    ... fur and game. General Remarks. - Here was the headquarters of the former agents, and Rev. Mr. Semmens, the present agent, resides here in the meantime. He 
  15. 15
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    19668
    Year:
    1907
    ... fur being plentiful and bringing a good price. After I finished all my business, I left for Little Red river by raft on the 17th, arriving on the 19th 
  16. 16
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    14332
    Year:
    1901
    ... Fur-hunting is the only occupation of these Indians. Education. - The Indians of this band have no school. Quite a number can speak French. Religion. - All 
  17. 17
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    13397
    Year:
    1900
    ... fur-hunting in summer, seal-hunting and acting as guides to sportsmen. They also plant some potatoes and sow a little oats, the seed for which is given them 
  18. 18
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    18728
    Year:
    1906
    ... fur. There is also a great deal brought in to the fur buyers in Sel- 27 - i - 61
  19. 19
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    21168
    Year:
    1909
    ... fur-bearing animals and seals. Some of them work in the shanties, also in the summer they act as guides for sportsmen, and engage in fishing. Education 
  20. 20
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    19536
    Year:
    1907
    ... fur-hunting and salmon-fishing. The hunt was very good this year and highest prices paid for their pelts. Almost every family is inland now, and those left 
  21. 21
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    20545
    Year:
    1908
    ... fur-bearing animals during the winter season. A few of the men remain at home, making Indian curios out of wood and stone, and their women making fancy and 
  22. 22
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    13454
    Year:
    1900
    ... fur is killed by this band, and not much hunting is done, but one man and his son killed forty moose last winter. Education. - There is no regular teacher 
  23. 23
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    17238
    Year:
    1904
    ... fur-hunting and in the early spring fur-seal and sea-otter hunting. The present year has been a failure as far as seal-hunting is concerned, but some six or 
  24. 24
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    16090
    Year:
    1903
    ... fur animals, especially bears, were fairly numerous, and prices for fur quite up to the average
  25. 25
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    20276
    Year:
    1908
    ... fur upon which many of the minor manufactures, such as of moccasins and mittens depend, and with regard to fancy articles, in which a considerable trade is 
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