LAIRD, DAVID

. In 1899 McKenna was chosen to join Indian commissioner David Laird and James Hamilton

WELLS, DAVID, conscientious objector; b. c. 1897 in England; d. 18

Indian affairs, David Laird, outlined the government’s offer of treaty terms and stressed that the freedom to hunt

Antigonish, N.S., son of David Graham and Mary Elizabeth Bigelow; m. 16 June 1875 Annie

reserve. Indian affairs commissioner David Laird would discover the following year that eight others, including some

commissioner David Laird for support. Partly as a result of his action, the government abandoned any immediate plans to

Laird*, and Massey agreed to provide a building. Begun in 1908 and opened in 1913, it was regarded as the finest facility on the continent and went far to counter persistent questioning of the

help the Métis of the Qu’Appelle area to obtain some guarantee of land and other rights. He wrote to Taché and David Laird

opponents charged that Cochrane was not above lining the pockets of his acquaintances, citing especially the government’s decision in 1906 to award $130,000 to his brother-in-law David Alexander Dunlap in the

, Lieutenant Governor David Laird tried to engage L’Heureux as his interpreter. But L’Heureux indicated that he would be

stipend of $2,000, upon the expiry of David Laird’s term of office. Dewdney agreed and became lieutenant governor on 3

fellow officer of the Canadian Northern, David Blythe Hanna*, said of his legal work: “So exquisite was his appreciation of word values that

be found on all sides of the issues. One of his sisters was married to David Laird, a leading anti-confederate

FORGET, Sir RODOLPHE (baptized Joseph-David-Rodolphe), businessman

lairds bearing the title Glenaladale. In 1772 he transported over 200 Highlanders to St John’s (Prince Edward) Island, where he had purchased 20,000 acres of farm land. His son Donald, who became a

Métis and Indians of Lieutenant Governor David Laird had

*, minister of the interior, and Francis Pedley, deputy superintendent general of Indian affairs. David Laird, who had

. It was in fact the debt incurred in building railways that obliged the Island to consider entering confederation. In February 1873 Haythorne and David