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one eonelusion, na.uel¡r, that everJr avaflable piece of fertire
grouaê woulet one d.ay be eultivateð, rega:rd.less ef the obEtacles
wbieb e'LÍ.mate eoulê, asê d.ið., plaee in tb.e EâSr
El,ris' study of ÊsuthweËtern Manitciba, therefore begiae
wiüh eu, aaalyele of the ollmate and. of, the eeiÌ. whieþ wae
forned[ by the aeti.on of that e,Llmate Epen, the natenler reft
by the eontinentat glaeier, for tl¡e eomblnatlon of the ellmate
qndl, the ecitr Lt proé.ueedl h.ee had. e prefouad. effeet upon. artr
the people who, in sueeeeeien, earne to the region te ex¡llolt
Lte reeotrFGgso
Llttle le knetn ef the mosnet-bni.lðersr- the fi.ret Beople
to leavo behinö, Ëhen çonerete evl4ence of tbeir etay f.n the
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vlelnity of the &rrrlg Bf.ser.- r'ortqr¡aterrr however, the way
of Llfe eeËebllehe4 by those eho ,Bresunabry repl.aeeel then, the
Aesf,qlboins, ls tralrL¡¡ adlequate],y 3¡e¡r'Èrayeê tn the journar.s
of the fur*t:ra4er:e, who arriçed, ln tbe sourls baeÍn whl],e it
sas still oeetr¡ried bg tþeEe trndlaae.+ La Ferenôr¡re, Í.n L?sg ,
was the flrst EuroBrean known to eross the plains bet¡ceen lrurtAe
Moental.n ang the sourle Elver. Eie oÞeersations of the .&.*eln-
lbolne mske an ånportant eontributlon to uhet Ls l¡ou knorsn
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ebout theno- Ðavid, Elroqlson, ehe travelled ta l.?g? fr.on the
nouth of the fuu¡l* HÈuer, to loeaÈe the 4gth paraltel anû the
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