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clearly from the way I
have explained it. If you have anything to
say to me I will
remain in council, if not, and you wish, to consider this matter
further, I
will now leave the room, and will return any time you desire to ask me
any
questions.
KAY BAY GAH BOW:- Well
these men have listened to you, all that I called for from you. They will take the matter under
consideration and hare a talk among themselves this afternoon. There is something more that I want to tell
you. The sum of money that you have
been naming now; such promises as that is what I have been given in the
past,
naming great big sums of money to me. It
is a shame the way I have been treated; for any man to
come here and
name big sums of money to me, I am glad that you are an Indian
Inspector. The money due us that we make
complaints a about,
you must know why I don't get it. That is all I want to say in regard
to these
sums of money that you have been talking about.
Mr.McLAUGHLIN:- I want to
reply to my friends remarks, they are very good. The
sum of money that I offer is not based upon anything that is
contingent, nor upon the appraisement of lands, nor upon the
classification of
lands, or anything of that kind. It is
simply a trade. That is, you are giving
so much land, for which the Government is giving you a definite amount
of money
at certain times. It is a straight
business transaction with two parties to the trade.
Men have not to be sent over there to see how many acres
of land
there are, or how many acres are good agricultural land, or how many
acres are
poor land, whether any of it is marshy, or how many acres of swamps
there
are. We simply buy the land for so much
money, the poor with the good.
In considering this matter in
regard to the
cession of that piece of land, and with reference to those who live on
that
tract of land, any of you who want to remain there, your names and the
number
