Ruperts Land Girls School - Eagle Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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Rupe'rt's Land College Magazine THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY PAGEANT 119202 And in silence all the Warriors Broke the red stone of the quarry, Smoothed and formed it into Peace-Pipes. ' -LongfelloW's Hiawatha. No longer do the Indian chiefs meet around the council fires to smoke the Peace-Pipe of friendship and loyalty. They and their tribes have been driven Westward by the advance of l I i 1 civilization. No more can lumbering Wooden ox-carts be met on the rough prairie roads, as in the old days of our province's history. The herds of shaggy buffalo have passed from the Wide prairies and With these have gone the Wigwams of the Indians. HiaWatha's prediction has been marvelously fulfilled: All the land was full of people, Restless, struggling, toiling, striving. In the Woodlands rang their axes, ' Smoked their towns in all the valleys. ,X 16

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Rupertls Land College Magazine The sixth picture showed. Wyclif sending out the Lutter- worth tracts in 1375: O , One brave Reformer breaks the selfish ring, 'Food for the flesh,' he cries, 'and for the soul' The bread of God-the truth revealed of old Freed from the mildew of a thousand years. The seventh tableau showed the first Prayer Book being presented to Edward VII., 15495 the eighth, Queen Elizabeth returning thanks for deliverance from the Spanish Armada, 1588,-the-ninth, the Hampton Court Conference, 1611, the tenth, Cowper writing the Olney Hymns, 1768, the eleventh, Henry Martin leaving for India, 1800 3 and the final one, which was the most impressive, the arrival of John West at Fort Garry, 1820. V Westward the tide of Empire takes its way, Westward the white man's feet must ever stray, And ancient wand'ring tribes shall hear the cry Where endless prairies stretch into the sky. Here is Fort Garry, where adventurers bold In earlier seasons bartered pelts for gold- But gave no gift so great-no food so rare- As when they summoned over sea and land That first brave envoy of the Gospel band, Bringing to white and red the Bread of Life- The message of the Fatherhood of God, Redemption through the Son, and grace and power Breathed by the Spirit. Thus were the first fruits sown. And so, today, in our solemnity And high commemoration, let us yield All thanks to God the Giver who hath sent k Abounding fruits of increase. May we live Worthy of all His mercies, worthy, too, Of that fair heritage which He has given In trust for coming ages till that day When all the kingdoms of this world become His kingdoms-and the kingdoms of His Christ. The Pageant was presented three times, and on each occasion the large hall was filled with interested and enthus- iastic spectators. It will long live in their minds as a fitting commemoration of the founding of the Anglican Church, and as an inspiration to uphold and spread in the West the work and service of the Church of England. ' K. F. N. 15 I

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Ruperrfs Land College Magazine Last year, however, in celebration of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the Hudson's Bay Company, some of these old-time scenes were revived. Indians in war-paint and feathers came down the Red River in fur-laden canoes, attend- ed by the York boats, to trade at Lower Fort Garry and to renew their promises of friendship with the Company. Proud, strong men, remnants of the race which once owned Canada, who can tell their thoughts as they passed landmarks made almost unfamiliar by the white men? 1 4 -, . 4 w Y ,- After drawing their canoes up on the shore, they carried their packs up to the fort on their backs. They seemed to dis- dain the crowds of people who were trying to get a glimpse of them. They left their packs in one of the buildings and went out to a large grassy space around a Hag-pole, from which was flying a Canadian and a Hudson's Bay Company flag. 'Other Indians who had driven up the road in Red River carts, drawn by oxen, met them there. ' Sitting in a ring on the grass they solemnly puffed at the long Peace-Pipe as it was passed around to them. One old 17