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Íhe effeet of erimate and soll upon tbe. people, whg, fro.n
tlne to time throughout the paet three ceaturlee, have eorre to an¿
lnhebltett tha Southçesüern Plaine of ãdanitoba, hae provldeet an
interesting *ubjeqt of etudly.
Bre taek of gathering lnformatlon for the pages whielr
forrow bae beea an interesting, even enjo¡rab.te one; Bhe wri.ter
nade nany new friend.s êuring hle seareh for naterlal, and ulu-
ar,waye renenÞer wlth gratltuùe the kind.nees wlth uhich they
reeef.vedt hin iate thefur homes a.qd the eager readlness çi,th whieh
they qad.a avatlabLe to hlm- tþ.e old. reeo¡rd.e an4 Xrersona]. diarl.es
theSr Boseeseecl.
rt ls. posslÞle to aehaowtedge the eesistanse of only a
eonpalrattrely f,ew of the nany ruho sontrlbnted Ëo the deveto¡ment
of thle stud.y.
the s.rlter wf'Èhee partÍ,eularly to thenk Professor Wil,pMoriton,
of the ÎI¡d.verelty of &{arli.tobe, for the euggeEÈloa thaÈ the history
of Seuthwes-ters ïãEnitobe uoulê provlÈe e proper tepi.e for a
thesl.ç, l{ot onty df,d, he naka the suggesgon, but, by hie eonetant
supernielon and hls patlent enoouragenent, he lighteneü com6fêer-
ably the wsrk i.nnoÏ.veâ in. Breparlng this etuôy.
ûlaterlar fo¡r thç pra*settre.sent perloè of the historJr Ëes
taken nostly fros, the $ournale and. aontenBorary hlEtorlee kept in
the Frovlneiatr Llbrary and, in the Publ|e Arehivee of [tanttobac
fo t..L.taekeo,re, Provlnelat arehtvlet, ü.L.Johneten, proylneial
r,lbreriea, anel Ray srl€ht, the aesietant tlÞra¡:len, the wrlter