AlbertaG. Routledge & sons, Limited, 1912 - 250 頁 |
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第 244 頁 - A more adventurous colonist than man, With whom he came across the eastern deep, Fills the savannas with his murmurings, And hides his sweets, as in the golden age, Within the hollow oak. I listen long To his domestic hum,' and think I hear The sound of that advancing multitude Which soon shall fill these deserts. From the ground Comes up the laugh of children, the soft voice Of maidens, and the sweet and solemn hymn Of Sabbath worshippers. The low of herds Blends with the rustling of the heavy grain...
第 186 頁 - All Crown lands, mines and minerals and royalties incident thereto, and the interest of the Crown in the waters within the province under The North-West Irrigation Act, 1898, shall continue to be vested in the Crown and administered by the Government of Canada for the purposes of Canada...
第 36 頁 - Justice and Crime. Justice is administered by Supreme Courts, District Courts, and Courts of Petty Sessions. In these last Justices of the Peace sit, presided over in the more important centres by stipendiary magistrates. The Supreme Court consists of a Chief Justice and four Puisne
第 76 頁 - Going to hear Peter Cartwright preach in Early Days," written by myself in after years, and being one of the party then and about ten years old. "Surely this continuous 'blossomed plain' over which our wagon wheels rolled so swiftly without jolt or jar was all one of Bryant's Gardens of the Desert for which the speech of England has no name — the prairie, about which he sang in noble strain soon after.
第 82 頁 - Blaekfoot confederacy, a powerful combination which for a century held by force of arms against all comers an extensive territory reaching from the Missouri river north to the Red Deer, and from the Rockies east to beyond the Cypress hills. The protection of their vast territory against invasion imposed upon these Indians a life of almost constant warfare with the numerous enemies...
第 62 頁 - I am bound to state that, although we have hitherto considered the black earth of Central Russia the richest soil in the world, that land has now to yield its distinguished position to the rich, deep, black soils of Manitoba and the North- West Territories. Here it is that the champion soils of the world are to be found.
第 28 頁 - COLONY of the expense of transport, of outlay for the settlers, of government, of protection, and of quieting the Indian title to the lands. The die was now cast. A territory consisting of some one hundred and ten thousand square miles, a region larger than Manitoba, was possessed by one man. He was a determined enthusiast who would imperil his estates and all his means for the furtherance of his project. He would beat down opposition...
第 62 頁 - According to the opinion of an eminent agriculturist, the first foot of soil in the three provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta is its greatest natural heritage. It is worth more than all the mines in the mountains from Alaska to Mexico, and more than all the forests from the United States boundary to the Arctic Sea, vast as these are. And next in value to this heritage is the three feet of soil which lies underneath the first.
第 34 頁 - Province, and of all the registers and archives of any government whatever that has had jurisdiction over the territory, or any part of the territory, forming this Province, which have been delivered to him in virtue of section one hundred and forty three of the British North America Act, 1867.