The Metis

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some time that Canada was busy constructing a colonists highway from Lake
Superior to the Red River. The situation became tense surveyors were sent
into the flow of settlers, and it was considered a wise move to have the
surveying well under way before settlement began in earnest. It was decided
to use a system or land survey similar to that used in the western part of
the United States. Townships were to be divided into thirty-six sections,
each containing one square mile or 640 acres. The sections were then to be
divided into, the quarter-section was thought to be enough land for each
family settling in the North West. (An interesting aspect of the survey
system was the plan of the setting asside two sections in each township for
the future support of education. The idea to sell these sections at a later
date and use the money for the construction of schools.) When th survey
began, friction occured in those areas where the french specking Metis had
settled along the river, ...

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