REBELLION OF BATOCHE, SK - 1885
" REBELLION OF BATOCHE" is a misnamer -- should be "Movement of Liberation" as written by
Mr. George Stushnoff pf Department of Secretary of State
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Purpose of this Book:
This book is being published for the sole purpose of awakening and retaining the souvenir of the early settlers of the St. Louis District. The hour has struck -- it is time to re-discover ou History. All the colonists are dead, but we must keep their memory alive. To do this, the Senior Citizens of St. Louis conceived the idea of writing their local history.
While keeping in mind the ai8m of the members ofs the "Club St. Joseph" this volume also purposes other goals.
--To recall and revivify the cherished souvenirs of the past ....joys, sorrows. the great faith and courage of our pioneers.
-- That the future generations of our youth, will have a consciousness and awareness of the part played by their ancestors in the development of our country. They left their stamp upon itm convinced Christians, lovers of God, their families and their country
-- To rediscover the richness of different cultures -- Indian, Métis, French, English -- and to convince us that while belonging to different ethnic cultures, it is still possible to live in peace and harmony
The pioneers of the district of St.Louis were French speaking. Many stilll speak and read their mother tongue and are proud it. On account of different circumstances and situations, others undertand English better. In justice to all, it was decided to publish two editions, one in French and one in English.
The book contains many allusions to surrounding districts. It is impossible to write thehistory of St.Louis without mentioning other districts as at the time there were no boundaries. The great majority of the residents of St. Louis are ralated to those of Batoche, St-Laurent de Grandin, Fish Creek, Duck Lake. Thjey have the same names, same faith, same memories. All have a common culture, which is "their own" That the history of St-Louis is in conjunctionwith the neighbors.
In June 1979, two buses brought students from Cumberland House and Lac la Ronge to Batoche. The students signed their names in the Visitor's Register. The majority of the names were the same as those engraved on the tombstones in the cemetery of Batoche. It is evident that after the Insurrection of 1885, the scattered settlers tried to regroup. We find their descendants at Titanic, Meadow Lake, Ile-à-la-Crosse . Green Lake and other places. Most of them belong to the third generation of the settlers of Fish Cree, St.Laurent and Batoche. A visit to the cemeteries of St. Louis, Batoche, St. Laurent, Duck Lake should convince us. once for all that the people residing there were all related. Their descendants are in some degree cousins:
REASON FOR HAVING AN ARTICLE ON THE SASKATCHEWAN INSURRECTION OF 1885
When speaking of the consequences of the "After War". Mgr. Alfred Boucher wrote in his momoirs. "There were deaths, wouded soldiers, suffering in every pioneer family." The Insurrection of 1885 had so profoundly demoralized and upset the lives of settlers,. tjat it is impossible to epak about some of the outstanding phases. Without this the history of St-Louis would be like an "uprooted tree". To really understand the life of the ancestors of the people living in St.Louis and district it is essential to consecrate The first pages of our to this unfortunate event.
ref: translated by the book committee
History of Batoche and surrounding areas - I remember
This book is being published for the sole purpose of awakening and retaining the souvenir of the early settlers of the St. Louis District. The hour has struck -- it is time to re-discover ou History. All the colonists are dead, but we must keep their memory alive. To do this, the Senior Citizens of St. Louis conceived the idea of writing their local history.
While keeping in mind the ai8m of the members ofs the "Club St. Joseph" this volume also purposes other goals.
--To recall and revivify the cherished souvenirs of the past ....joys, sorrows. the great faith and courage of our pioneers.
-- That the future generations of our youth, will have a consciousness and awareness of the part played by their ancestors in the development of our country. They left their stamp upon itm convinced Christians, lovers of God, their families and their country
-- To rediscover the richness of different cultures -- Indian, Métis, French, English -- and to convince us that while belonging to different ethnic cultures, it is still possible to live in peace and harmony
The pioneers of the district of St.Louis were French speaking. Many stilll speak and read their mother tongue and are proud it. On account of different circumstances and situations, others undertand English better. In justice to all, it was decided to publish two editions, one in French and one in English.
The book contains many allusions to surrounding districts. It is impossible to write thehistory of St.Louis without mentioning other districts as at the time there were no boundaries. The great majority of the residents of St. Louis are ralated to those of Batoche, St-Laurent de Grandin, Fish Creek, Duck Lake. Thjey have the same names, same faith, same memories. All have a common culture, which is "their own" That the history of St-Louis is in conjunctionwith the neighbors.
In June 1979, two buses brought students from Cumberland House and Lac la Ronge to Batoche. The students signed their names in the Visitor's Register. The majority of the names were the same as those engraved on the tombstones in the cemetery of Batoche. It is evident that after the Insurrection of 1885, the scattered settlers tried to regroup. We find their descendants at Titanic, Meadow Lake, Ile-à-la-Crosse . Green Lake and other places. Most of them belong to the third generation of the settlers of Fish Cree, St.Laurent and Batoche. A visit to the cemeteries of St. Louis, Batoche, St. Laurent, Duck Lake should convince us. once for all that the people residing there were all related. Their descendants are in some degree cousins:
REASON FOR HAVING AN ARTICLE ON THE SASKATCHEWAN INSURRECTION OF 1885
When speaking of the consequences of the "After War". Mgr. Alfred Boucher wrote in his momoirs. "There were deaths, wouded soldiers, suffering in every pioneer family." The Insurrection of 1885 had so profoundly demoralized and upset the lives of settlers,. tjat it is impossible to epak about some of the outstanding phases. Without this the history of St-Louis would be like an "uprooted tree". To really understand the life of the ancestors of the people living in St.Louis and district it is essential to consecrate The first pages of our to this unfortunate event.
ref: translated by the book committee
History of Batoche and surrounding areas - I remember
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