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Date: 1907
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  1. 1
    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 
  2. 2
    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 
  3. 3
    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 
  4. 4
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    19623
    Year:
    1907
    ... fur season. Temperance and Morality. - They are temperate, and their morals are good. CUMBERLAND BAND. Reserve. - This reserve has an area of 1883.17. The 
  5. 5
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    19669
    Year:
    1907
    ... fur-catch this season, fur selling for a good price. Fish is very plentiful at this season. Very little sickness is complained of. The Roman Catholic 
  6. 6
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    19614
    Year:
    1907
    ... fur being plentiful and the price of all kinds of fur high, they have for the past few years made a good living. Characteristics and Progress. - The nature 
  7. 7
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    19682
    Year:
    1907
    ... fur, is exceedingly large for their number and the returns therefrom are correspondingly large in proportion. The people of this band also attend to their 
  8. 8
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    19686
    Year:
    1907
    ... fur-bearing animals. During the summer months nearly all the young men of the tribe are employed as boatmen, packers and guides for hunting parties, while 
  9. 9
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    19626
    Year:
    1907
    ... fur and game, so that the Indians lived well and were able to purchase some implements and tools as well as good clothing and food. The houses and stables 
  10. 10
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    19535
    Year:
    1907
    ... fur-hunting, seal-hunting, acting as guides to sportsmen and explorers; they are almost the whole year; some of them work in the lumber camps. They manage 
  11. 11
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    19625
    Year:
    1907
    ... fur was plentiful and sold at a good figure. We hope that this will encourage these men to greater efforts next year. Temperance and Morality. - This band 
  12. 12
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    19621
    Year:
    1907
    ... fur-bearing animals, making altogether a good living. A few patches of potatoes are also grown, but like the Chemawawin band, they do not care for cattle 
  13. 13
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    19493
    Year:
    1907
    ... fur, Mr. C. Goffatt having purchased, about $400 worth. Buildings. - The buildings are nearly all frame, and in most cases are kept neat and clean. Stock 
  14. 14
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    19745
    Year:
    1907
    ... fur-sealing on their own account, and as hunters on schooners owned by white men; curing salmon, halibut and other fish-products for sale and for home 
  15. 15
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    19732
    Year:
    1907
    ... fur rather low, the Indians got as low as $2 per skin, and even at those prices made good wages, owing to the seals being plentiful and no restrictions on 
  16. 16
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    19559
    Year:
    1907
    ... fur, senega-root and wild fruits. The Keeseekoowenin's band, No. 61, make their living farming on a small scale, raising cattle and horses, hunting, and a 
  17. 17
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    19592
    Year:
    1907
    ... Fur has been plentiful at the north end and prices have been remunerative. Fishing is carried on very extensively; and employment is given to all who are 
  18. 18
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    19591
    Year:
    1907
    ... fur-bearing animals, and renders a hunter's life increasingly precarious. The younger men turn their attention to other and more modern methods of earning 
  19. 19
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    19672
    Year:
    1907
    ... fur being high, it pays them better than farming; but, as the country around the reserve is good for farming, the settlers are likely to settle the vacant 
  20. 20
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    19576
    Year:
    1907
    ... fur, fish, and fruit were very plentiful. This led to indolent habits and improvidence. The Indians are now compelled by necessity to be more industrious 
  21. 21
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    19582
    Year:
    1907
    ... Fur, wild fruit, senega-root, baskets and bead-work, & co., form an addition to the general earnings. Buildings. - Great improvement is being made each year 
  22. 22
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    19679
    Year:
    1907
    ... fur-bearing animals there were plenty and good catches made, which likewise obtained with all the bands. The prices for pelts are uniformly high and, as 
  23. 23
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    19527
    Year:
    1907
    ... fur during the past season. Those who work in the lumber woods obtain very high wages. The other industries in which they make considerable money are the 
  24. 24
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    19622
    Year:
    1907
    ... fur-bearing animals, and big game, during some seasons of the year; they also do considerable fishing for their own use. The Indians here have gardens and 
  25. 25
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    19729
    Year:
    1907
    ... fur-catch will amount to; bad weather has largely interfered with the seal hunters, and at the present writing the outlook is not encouraging. Mink and 
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