He said, "We do not acknowledge these men as an independent tribe." "L'Homme Noir," the Assiniboine chief, among other things, said: "We have often been told you were our enemy, but we hear from your own mouth the words of a true friend." "Robe Noire," the Chippewa, tried in lofty style to declare: "Clouds have over-whelmed me.

I was a long time in doubt and difficulty, but now I begin to see clearly." While Lord Selkirk was still in his Colony, the very serious state of things on the banks of Red River and the pressure of the British Government led to the appointment, by the Governor-General of Canada, of a most clear-minded and peace-loving man as Commissioner.

This appointment was all the more pleasing on account of Mr.W.B.

Coltman being a resident Canadian of Quebec.

Coltman was one man among a thousand.