8/6/2019 Sandy Bay: Metis Withdrawal from Treaty
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Sandy Bay: Metis Withdrawal from Treaty
Compiled by Lawrence Barkwell
Coordinator of Metis Heritage and History Research
Louis Riel Institute
On April !" #$$!" %rancois &esmerais" on behalf of the Half
Breeds at 'andy Bay who ha(e left
treaty" writes to the )rime Minister" to ask that the Reser(e be
opened for settlement* +hey state
that there are no Indians left li(ing on the Reser(e* 'ee the
actual petition appended below*
+he men who signed the April !" #$$! )etition are,
Beaulieu" Ale-andreBeaulieu" Antoine
Beaulieu" Baptiste
Beaulieu" .ean BaptisteBeaulieu" Michel
Beaulieu" )ascal
Boulette" %rancois&es/arlais" %rancois
&es/arlais" Isidore&es/arlais" .oseph
&es/arlais" )atrice&es/arlais" )ierre
Houle" %rancois
Houle" .osephLacouette" Augustine
Lacouette" Baptiste
Lacouette" .ean BaptisteLacouette" .ohn
Lacouette" Louison
Lacouette" 0apoleonLepasseur" Ale-andre
Lepasseur" Augustin
Lepasseur" .ohnLepasseur" .oseph
Lepasseur" MichelMousseau" Antoine .r*
Mousseau" Antoine 'r*Richard" Antoine
Richard" %rancis
Richard" .ohn 1illiamRichard" .oseph
Richard" 1illiam .r*
Richard" 1illiam 'r*
Roulette" Ambroise
Roulette" LouisonRoulette" Michel .r*
Roulette" Michel 'r*
Roulette" )ierre'pence" Baptiste
'pence" 2eorge'pence" .ean Baptiste
'pence" .ohn'pence" Louison
'pence" 0icholas
'pence" 'amuel'tar" 'tanislas
1est" 1illiam
'ubse3uently" on August !" #$$!" 4akousance and Baptiste
Metneaywewind write to Inspector
5* McColl to re(erse the withdrawal from treaty* +hey say that
they were decei(ed by agents6Mr* Martineau7 into taking Metis
'crip* +hey had apparently been told that any Band members
who had Metis ancestors or any white blood would lose
e(erything" thus they should take scrip*
+his letter is attached below*
On August 8" #$$!" Robert +weddell writes to Inspector 5* McColl
indicating that 4akousance
was well aware of what he was doing when the April !" #$$!
petition was signed and in factBaptiste 'pence was not in(ol(ed in
this August !" #$$! re3uest and told him he was 9not sorry
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