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Date: 1915
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  1. 1
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    27374
    Year:
    1915
    ... fur-bearing animals are trapped. The pelts are dressed and sold to the numerous fur buyers. With the proceeds they buy themselves clothing and provisions 
  2. 2
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    27366
    Year:
    1915
    ... fur in a good spirit, and look forward with eagerness to the time when fur shall go up higher than ever before. They are giving more attention during the 
  3. 3
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    27365
    Year:
    1915
    ... fur prevailing before the outbreak of the present European war, the Indians were able to make enough from their fur hunts to supply themselves in clothing 
  4. 4
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    27363
    Year:
    1915
    ... fur markets the result of the conditions caused by the war in Europe, the Indians have not realized very good prices for their fur catch. However, they were 
  5. 5
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    27426
    Year:
    1915
    ... fur traders dropped the prices paid for furs. This was rather serious for the Indians, as they depend very largely upon their hunting and trapping for a 
  6. 6
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    27411
    Year:
    1915
    ... fur prices so low just now, their lot is not an enviable one. Owing to migration and a high death-rate they are gradually decreasing in numbers. NAANEES 
  7. 7
    No digital object
    Library / National Library Collections
    Item ID number:
    6750158
    Adams, Frank Dawson, 1859-1942.
    Ottawa :Lowe-Martin Co., Limited,1915. [1915]
  8. 8
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    27356
    Year:
    1915
    ... fur, and hunt for big game during the open season. The low price of fur this year, owing to the war, has caused quite a decrease in the revenue of the 
  9. 9
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    27332
    Year:
    1915
    ... fur trade having failed almost altogether, they had to find another means of obtaining their subsistence. The Bersimis reserve being covered with timber and 
  10. 10
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    27381
    Year:
    1915
    ... fur, and fire-wood have been plentiful, and have furnished them with the means of making an easy living. This has conduced to a lack of interest in the more 
  11. 11
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    27336
    Year:
    1915
    ... fur-bearing animals and game are their only means of livelihood. There is no other occupation for the Indians in this vicinity. Fishing is being abandoned 
  12. 12
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    27335
    Year:
    1915
    ... fur during the winter season; but they cannot live on their hunt. This year I believe they will have more distress in making a living than usual, because 
  13. 13
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    27379
    Year:
    1915
    ... fur prices, yet the hardship is felt most by those who are best able to endure it, namely, by the more hardy and successful fur hunters. Accordingly, but 
  14. 14
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    27357
    Year:
    1915
    ... fur has been very low this season - muskrats about 10 cents each, and to show what a drug in the market furs are, one reliable Indian informed me that he 
  15. 15
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    27362
    Year:
    1915
    ... fur-hunting fairly successful, the prices being low on account of the effect on the markets by the war. FISHER RIVER AGENCY. The Indians of this agency are 
  16. 16
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    27390
    Year:
    1915
    ... fur. Buildings. - Their houses are small, mostly one-roomed, though a few have two-storied houses. Their stables are only closed in sheds made of logs with 
  17. 17
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    27324
    Year:
    1915
    ... fur market caused by the European war, the Indians of the Nipissing band are cutting pulp-wood for sale, for which they have a ready market at good prices 
  18. 18
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    27402
    Year:
    1915
    ... fur market, and the war. Temperance and Morality. - The Nass Indians are addicted to the manufacture and use of native-brewed liquors. I cannot say that 
  19. 19
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    27322
    Year:
    1915
    ... fur market low, they require assistance. The Red Rock Indians around Nipigon village act as guides on the Nipigon river during the fishing season and earn 
  20. 20
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    27348
    Year:
    1915
    ... fur prices are so low. The women make baskets, straw and rag mats, moccasins and beadwork of all kinds for sale, and some work out occasionally in the homes 
  21. 21
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    27097
    Year:
    1915
    ... fur trade, and consequently upon the earning power of the Indians, and I briefly outlined the steps which we had taken to prevent any hardship that might 
  22. 22
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    27351
    Year:
    1915
    ... fur. Some of the Indians work for the neighbouring farmers and earn good wages. Stock. - The Indians do not go in for cattle on these reserves, but a few 
  23. 23
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    27414
    Year:
    1915
    ... fur trade. The appointment of Constable Watkinson, with headquarters at Port Simpson, has given great satisfaction, and with Constable Phillipson the agency 
  24. 24
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    27328
    Year:
    1915
    ... fur-catch this year has not been too bad, but prices have been so low that little profit has been realized. Some have become discouraged and have devoted 
  25. 25
    2 digital object(s)
    Library / Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
    Item ID number:
    27413
    Year:
    1915
    ... fur trade; but the fishing season was fairly good, and as more attention has been given to agriculture, with the result that they are well provided with 
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