| Description: | Consists of HBC documents related to the Metis population in the Saskatchewan District of the company's territory. Includes a letter from Lt-Gov Archibald about possible reserves for "half-breeds" and future immigration to Saskatchewan; a letter to the editor of the Manitoban newspaper about Metis winterers near Carlton; a petition by Metis for a mill at Lac St. Anne; summary of Metis meeting at St. Laurent concerning choice between nomadic life and farming; letter to Lt Gov Archibald about Metis claiming land for a colony; and census records of Metis, white and Indian populations at HBC posts, Prince Albert and St. Laurent. These records were inherited by Richard Hardisty, Chief Factor of the HBC, from his immediate predecessor, W.J. Christie.
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