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PSB\. tienne SAprule is credited with heing the first white man 60 VLPLW 0° 207 Indisans, when He explored the district in 1610 to 1613. "amuel de Champlain also visited the Indians in Bruce in 1616, and on a map of the time the explorer marked an Indian villase in "ruce County. The French explOrer, Peilllon, visited the county ten years later, in 1626, while the early Jesuit and Recollet friars whose companions met their deaths around Fort Ste. lLarie,gt 'idland, vigited the district, and endeavoured, without much success, to establish missions. As late as 1660 efforts wore made to win the trinhes in the Aistrict to the Shristian fai'bho & * in their way to Sault Ste. Farie and the west, Dollier de Casson &N | selinme, French fur traders and explore®s, passed up the vwest shore--~line of rpruce County, visiting Indian encampments. As far as can he learned, in the latter part of the 17th century, there were Indinan villages at Viarton, Southampton, . Talsley, and in the HBrice leninsula at Tobermory, Flower Pot Island, Cove Island ; Nunks Bay, Stokes Pay, Red Bay, and Cape CGroker. 'Then Paul Kané visited South= anipt on , (the n Saugeen¥, in 1845, he vas shown a huge mound in which werse many numan bones, and told hy the lndians that, 200 years carlier, a nattle had heen fought there, with the Iriquois driving out other trihcs. Pearly all the T!urons were oxterminated in this@ hattle, fought about 1648. The Iriquois then settled the district, adopting memhers of other trihes, the scattered remnnants of the battle. in time, the Iriquois were driven out hy the Chippewas, who came from ~ _ 'The following article hy .O concerns the early history © Since that time ilife has gone on peacefully on the r2s"ryr g. \'ke Indiap ulation is not large, it is neither increasing nor decreasing noticesh1y, The 'an, who once ruled 'ruce, now keeps to himself, trinking: perchance of 2 happ day. If so, he gives no indicstion of his thoumhts. . n the confines of "riace County are two Indianm Reservationg.which serv?, 28 a reminder to the people ofifif';_'the county, that at on? time all Bruce w28 2 part of the vast domain over which tl;le red man roam 4 and ruled. « j ive' | Tthe Sougeen Peserve, DeAT vouthampton is clof® to the site~of &'dep pa¥-- indian hattle of the 1'/th Ce::xtury. The other, at c3p° {roker, near =1arb0;1.ce- is a part of land once famili2r to Indians and early -trader:g. (nly once ssm in 'ruce was opened to early settlers have the Indians Sshown signg of uprisingér 1855, they prepared to don war-p'aint and wreak vengeance On the~sebtlers ove a dispute as to the houndary of the Inugeen Reserve. e "hile the history of the reéd man in "ruce County extends over centuri®s, the first records are scanty 17th century documents Sshow1"G that explorers, fur traders, and Jesuit missionaries came into nrigef contact with the Indians, most of whom were Ottawas in the feningsula, and furtner south, FTetuns, 07 Tohacco l.ndi'-'il'IS. © 0 *. 2 * . * & mow ko c & o o o% k ko e 02 c ol o oo kx s4jedt+o "ruce '"etters came to a head in tky, 1855, when George Gould was surveying around the Chippewa reserve. The Indians tore up the stzkes, and refused to allow the survey to continug. Yith Rev. Conréd van Dusen, they sent four chicfs to see the 'Tovernor--Ceneral , and protest. /After making the long trip to 'uehecy, the party was informed it must have a letter from the Superintendant of Indian affairs, 'apt .T.G.Anderson, who resided at Cohourg. ack in "Pruce, the trih smen conside ped this an ingult to their chicfs, and the younger element was preparing to make an issue of 'i1t. By arransing a pow--wow at Floodwood Crossing (now Alle_nfoI.d) Capt Anderson reached a compromise with the Indians, and all talk of an uprising was stilléd@. in 1861, Colpoy : ay lands vere dceceded over, and in 1855 the FiShing.Isl-- ands w;re su;rendered to the Crown. Since that e has gon > n the reosar nlTatioan i1242 not 7:3:33 l':ll-f:'f i m np'lg'f:ohmen O?nffffff:ljlfnro Ap.nr'p.qc!'inr;-rp:m'gl-';,:n};:.ea_!ndi.?.n pop-- 'Anitoulin Island and 'Iake Superior district. It is their de~cendants who now live -- at the Cape Crokar and Chippewa "1ll resorves. | After the land was opened to white settlers, relations hetvween them and the vhippewas were amilcahble. In 1836, on August I9th, the Indians dceded over most of their title to Bruce County. The documents were signed hy Sixr Franclis Bond Head, and by the various chiefs. Saqaugeen, Arran, Bruce, TAderslie, Eincardine, !uron, Greenock, Brant, KHinloss, Culross and Crrrick townships were lncluded in the land deedcd over. For this, the Indians were promised 1250 gounds sterling per annum, "as long as grass grows or water rung." On June 20, 1847, the 'ruce Feninsula waes decded over by the Indians, with reserves heing kept out. The Indians were prom-- ised the proceeds of the sale of lands, and separate titles to farm lots. The latte stipu:l:_apion was not carriecd out _;'of some time, and was"thg'cause ofi, hard feeling. l.w., Veleod, published d with hbein,g --white man to visit "ruce district in igioffisfc'fi. Camuel de Champlain al8s0 in 1616, and on a map of the time the explorer "ruce County. The French explorer, Paillon, visited in 1626, while the early Jesuit and Recglle'tj E'figrs in Sruce County« _ in the London ltpee Pre88. J lhe Red 3 happier