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  1. 26
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    28071
    Year:
    1916
    ... prices were good, and in the first part of the season animals were plentiful. Every Indian who could set a trap or a snare was out many big catches being 
  2. 27
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    28062
    Year:
    1916
    ... prices received have been a little above the average; but, owing to the depth of the snow, the Indians in many instances have had great difficulty and 
  3. 28
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    27986
    Year:
    1916
    ... prices. Many of the younger members seek employment off the reserve as farm labourers and domestic help. All the contracts let on the reserve during the 
  4. 29
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    28073
    Year:
    1916
    ... prices for their pelts than those of last season. Farm Machinery and Implements. - Nearly all these Indians take good care of their farm machinery and 
  5. 30
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    27974
    Year:
    1916
    ... prices to the summer visitors. Farm Machinery and Implements. - The Indians have all the farm machinery they require, but do not take very good care of it 
  6. 31
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    28166
    Year:
    1916
    ... prices are now being paid for their furs, and we hope that during the coming year the attendance at the day-schools will improve. It is hoped that the 
  7. 32
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    28025
    Year:
    1916
    ... prices of all kinds of fur, consequent upon the European war, has greatly diminished their revenue, for the past two years. Moose seem to be getting scarce 
  8. 33
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    27989
    Year:
    1916
    ... prices of fur have advanced to such an extent as to make the hunt profitable once more. Young men have done fairly well, but the old and the sick have felt 
  9. 34
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    28058
    Year:
    1916
    ... prices of furs have improved, the Indians were unable to do much trapping, owing to the very great snowfall, and were constantly employed during the winter 
  10. 35
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    28050
    Year:
    1916
    ... prices. The boarding school was inspected and found to be in a very satisfactory condition. At Hay River 96 members of the Slave band received payment, 6 
  11. 36
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    27975
    Year:
    1916
    ... prices. Buildings. - Most of their dwelling-houses are frame, and in general kept clean. The Indians are having more home comforts around them. Stock 
  12. 37
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    28085
    Year:
    1916
    ... prices in the fur market have improved; there has been greater activity among the natives in the trapping line and consequently they are better off than 
  13. 38
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    28054
    Year:
    1916
    ... prices of pelts haves latterly advanced, hunting and trapping receive more attention. During the season quite a number of the people work about the 
  14. 39
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    28009
    Year:
    1916
    ... prices. Senega-root is also gathered in very large quantities during the summer months, it is then dried and sold, netting the Indians a good return during 
  15. 40
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    28132
    Year:
    1916
    ... prices were realized for the grain. The breaking and summer-fallow which was done, was in most cases well done, and disked and harrowed in the proper way 
  16. 41
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    27990
    Year:
    1916
    ... prices somewhat in advance of last season. Profiting by advice given to them last year from the officers of the department, they wintered where food would 
  17. 42
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    28037
    Year:
    1916
    ... prices for grain, and a ready market for wood, hay and pickets, the Indians lost considerable interest in farming for a time. They are, however, again 
  18. 43
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    28082
    Year:
    1916
    ... prices obtained for all kinds of farm products were above the average and the crops in general were heavy. A considerable amount of new land was cleared on 
  19. 44
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    28019
    Year:
    1916
    ... prices being good during this past season, a large part of their income has been derived from that source. They also, can get a lot of fish in the lakes and 
  20. 45
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    28023
    Year:
    1916
    ... prices. FISHER RIVER AGENCY. The Indians of this agency are members of the great Ojibway tribe and the Swampy Cree tribe, in the proportion of about two 
  21. 46
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    28045
    Year:
    1916
    ... prices realized were as high as, and in some cases higher, than those of our white neighbours. It is also pleasing to state that at all reserves the Indians 
  22. 47
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    28013
    Year:
    1916
    ... prices of furs, and, while they may not be advancing as rapidly as could be wished, they are not going backwards. While there are a few indolent ones among 
  23. 48
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    28043
    Year:
    1916
    ... prices. Agricultural Labour. - White settlers off the reserve having heavy crops, and labour being scarce, in the first week in August I sent every able 
  24. 49
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    28081
    Year:
    1916
    ... prices being obtained for furs, very little trapping was done by the Indians. A few new Indian houses have been erected by the Indians, and at Alert Bay a 
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