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. treaties. . "~<)’f'"th5'”Gr§ni<%aii’irgut1;¢131<(11 itnhethfn Am, between 1‘_ when the Iro- the war of lndopefigelfdd and siS“9'1iz°d quois adherpd to ttgl in her domain, the their ‘“”°"t‘°n1t(;§e too “The Six Nations” "°y“1g-rant O51: territory lying Vltmn °°mp1:1S°d t 6 both sides 05 th° six miles on from its Source PP Grand River’ H a tract that in- to its .m0uth’ rtion of the present eluded 3, 1arS°f P2 Waterloo. Brant Counties of we11in'§hOIt,was 100 years 8.80? ; and H“1dimmd' sf Nations now? A W‘ “W hm W b I in 53 000 acres of ‘scrap of reserve aim brfrclesg and in ma“-7 uninteresting’ t 131 while the garden lands P13-°°3 marshy Mn '1 in the white man’9 of the fivar a" she“ nure the Six Nations Possession‘ To 8308000’ with the Dominion have deposited l$t is"the sale price of only - Government. d but not nearly the value some of their lan 5. -11 these shores have rthereof. But altholltfi the moccasined foot along been stra-1180"‘ lghou 11 many moons of the red hunt°"-34 inge these xnishtb’ have palsladggd dgguasd their numerous '. :1;::C1?:s above b F6t”that .}l‘8.IlO.6$i’a or all Indian races, the pure old iroquois, still the river voices, and the

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Sing of the lonely ears. when a il‘hese shores they eard the In ~----~--~**""'“‘“"""“" son

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. . whispering canoe

Fht like a spirit, as they listened to

Fire fleeing tootstefis ot thestartlcd deer

‘Phat paused to sla e_ its thirst in waters clear.

And in the midst. of this territory the little Dutch village has sprung up; its citi- zens, stolid, prosaio,. unromantic, are as great a contrast to‘ the erstwhile legend-

loving Indians, who lived and hunted and died here, as two nations of two continents could well be. ’ ’

After noon on the second day ‘we sighted the‘ prettv_ ‘*""'" ’ of Doon nestling in its I~“'~' ‘ « ““““°‘ not find this «w r ~:w ...i.s1c1es. One may 1. /‘

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hemians it is a householffname, -inasmuch as artists have made it a sort of summer breathing spot, where nature and study blend harmoniously. Before reaching the village we drifted by a magnificent elm tree that is destined to become famous in Canadian art, inasmuch as one of the most gifted landscape painters in the country has ‘_ reproduced it on canvas underpvarious .=

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as ects, until it is known far and wide-as

“ atson’s Elm." It is the most princely

thing all along the river, and with its grace

and grandeur is__a. fitting sentinel "“ """""‘ ,“Zf;'r nrzfi portals of Ijoon, pui(llgwho¥

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And watghed his eliish.