HIST 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Port Moody
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Cpr received second bail out to finish railway. Craigellachie bc - last spike hammered in by donald smith. Felt canadian pride even though he is american. Ave. salary: -2/day --- therefore that is a very expensive ticket. 129 imprisoned: 46 metis, 19 convicted, 1 hanged (riel, 7 conditional discharged, 81 first nations, 44 convicted, 8 hanged. Big bear and poundmaker - both went to jail. Big bear- got disowned by his people because he hadn"t done more to encourage the rebellion. Riel: not guilty, not insane: on vs. qb doctors. Louis didn"t belie(cid:448)e that he (cid:449)as insane - but he got assessed. Doctors examined louis riel on would say he is insane qb said he was fine. National policy and the west: very bad publicity. Free land in the us: better climate. 1/4 of canada"s population went to the us. Turning the tide in 1896: closing of the american western frontiers, canada is now the last best west.
