CHAPTER XXIX
WESTERN CANADA
1870-1920
238.  Early government of the Territories.-Out of the Riel
Rebellion, as we have see, grew the province of Manitoba.
No sooner was order restored than settlers began to flock
into the country.  Immigration was encouraged by free
grants of land.  Many farmers from Eastern Canada moved
west, while from Europe came an ever increasing number
of colonists, of British, Scandinavian, and German stock.
The newcomers spread beyond the limits of Manitoba,
many finding their way into the valley of the Saskatchewan,
a few even to the foothills of the rockies.  The western
country lying outside the province of Manitoba was organ-
ized as the North-West Territories.

In 1870 Lieutenant-Governor Archibald of Manitoba
was appointed, also, lieutenant-governor of the North-
West Territories.  To assist him, a Council of not less than
seven nor more than fifteen members was to be appointed
by the governor-general-in-council.  The lieutenant-gover-
nor, however, misunderstood his order and himself ap-
pointed a Council, which acted for a short time.  It was
not until 1872, under the lieutenant-governorship of Mr.
Alexander Morris, that a Council of eleven members was
regularly appointed.  This Council contiuned to advise the
lieutenant-governor until 1875, when a change was made in

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