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TO HIS EXCELLENCY The Right Honorable the Earl of Dufferin,
The Treaties of Canada with the Indians of Manitoba and the North-West Territories Including the Negotiations on Which They Were Based, and Other Information Relating Thereto · Alexander Morris
Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador at St. Petersburg, K. P. P. C., K. C. B., G. C. M. G., &c., &c., &c.
My Lord,--
Encouraged by the earnest interest, your Lordship ever evinced, in the work of obtaining the alliance and promoting the welfare of the Indian tribes in the North-West of Canada, and in opening up the Territories for settlement, by obtaining the relinquishment of the natural title of the Indians to the lands of the Fertile Belt on fair and just terms, I have the honor, by your kind permission, to dedicate this collection of the treaties made with them, to your Excellency, in the belief that its publication will be timely, and that the information now supplied in a compact form, may prove of service to the Dominion of Canada.
I have the honor to be
Your Lordship's obedient servant,
ALEXANDER MORRIS,
Late Lieut.-Gov. of Manitoba, the North-West Territories, and Kee-wa-tin.
TORONTO, March, 1880.