University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections
The University of Montana--Missoula
Missoula, MT 59812
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Mss 292
Métis Land Scrip Collection
1892-1913
0.1 linear feet
The collection includes correspondence
and legal documents which are aimed at facilitating land purchase in Canada via
the somewhat speculative route of buying Métis land scrip or their rights to
land scrip.
Materials are in
English
Historical Note
In 1906 Albert Fisher and Clarence Rushing of Augusta, Montana, began
to pursue land in Manitoba, Canada, through the purchase of land scrip issued
to Métis, individuals of mixed indigenous and Euro-American ancestry, as the result of
decisions made after the admission of Manitoba into the Confederation in 1870.
Both the relatively early admission of Manitoba and attention to the Métis
aboriginal land rights are credited to the efforts of Métis leader Louis Riel's
leadership in a rebellion in 1868-1870.
Savier Amelin, Louis Wolfe, James Harkinson, and Veronique Swain, the
Métis parties in the land deals with Fisher and Rushing, were former residents
of Manitoba with birth dates that fell between the prescribed dates for
receiving land scrip. The documents give no certain indication of the final
outcome of the land speculation.
The collection contains twenty-three items dating from 1892 through
1913 and includes correspondence and legal documents which are aimed at
facilitating land purchase in Canada via the somewhat speculative route of
buying Métis land scrip or their rights to land scrip.
Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of
Archives and Special Collections, the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, and The
University of Montana--Missoula.
Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. and
any other applicable statutes. Copyright not transferred to The University of
Montana.
Métis Land Scrip Collection,
Archives and Special Collections, Muareen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of
Montana--Missoula.
The Archives has no record of donor or date of donation.
The actions of the original processors are unknown. In 2000, the
collection was reprocessed.
A map from approximately 1912, indexing townships in Manitoba,
Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia, Canada, was transferred to the
Maps section of library.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
Amelin,
Savier
Fisher,
Albert
Harkinson,
James
Rushing,
Clarence
Swain,
Veronique
Wolfe,
Louis
Land
speculation--Manitoba
Métis--Manitoba
Native Americans
Labor
History
1
Letter from E. B. Edwards, Ontario,
Canada to Clarence Rushing, August, Montana
1906
1
Letter from A. C. Fleming, Helena
attorney for Al Fisher, to Clarence Rushing
1906
1
Letter from Short, Cross &
Biggar to A. C. Fleming
1907
1
Letter from Short, Cross &
Biggar to Clarence Rushing
1907
1
Attached letter from Short, Cross
& Biggar to A.C. Fleming
1907
1
2nd attached letter from Short,
Cross & Biggar to A.C. Fleming
1907
1
Letter from E.N. Brandegee to
August State Bank
1912
1
Letter from nephew (R. Percy Abbey)
to Uncle G.K. McEwan
1913
1
Unsigned copy of letter to Winnipeg
Land Titles Office
1912
1
Unsigned copy of letter to Al
Fisher
1913
1
Stapled packet of notes and
correspondence regarding title search on a section of land in Portage La
Prairie, Manitoba
1911-1912
1
Letter from G. K. McEwan to R.
Percy Abbey
1913
1
Agreement between seller, Savier
Amelin of Saypo Teton County, and buyer, Albert Fisher of Augusta, Montana, for
purchase of Canadian land scrip
1906
1
Document giving Savier Amelin's
power of attorney to Albert Fisher for purpose of making claim on land
designated by half-breed land scrip
1906
1
Blank copy of Power of Attorney
document
undated
1
Savier Amelin's will bequeathing
all rights to his scrip land to Albert Fisher, witnessed by Clarence Rushing
1906
1
Agreement between seller, Louis
Wolfe of Butte, Montana, and buyer, Clarence Rushing of Augusta, Montana, for
purchase of Canadian land scrip
1906
1
Document giving Louis Wolfe's power
of attorney to Clarence Rushing for purpose of making claim on land designated
by half-breed land scrip
1906
1
Louis Wolfe's will bequeathing all
rights to his scrip land to Clarence Rushing, witnessed by Chas. Stevenson and
John Taylor
1906
1
Agreement between seller, James
Harkinson of Butte, Montana, and buyer, Clarence Rushing of Augusta, Montana,
for purchase of Canadian land scrip
1906
1
Document giving James Harkinson's
power of attorney to Clarence Rushing for purpose of making claim on land
designated by half-breed land scrip
1906
1
James Harkinson's will bequeathing
all rights to his scrip lands to Clarence Rushing, witnessed by Jessie Malatarl
and Chas. Stevenson
1906
1
Deed of Land for property located
in Manitoba, Canada, by Veronique Swain and husband to John Fisher
1892
1
Duplicate Deed of Land, apparently
for same property
1892