... preserve of the Hudson's Bay Company, many of their half-breed children dwelt on the plains The coming of the railway, the flocking in of settlers, and the rapid dwindling of the vast herds of buffalo ... themselves in the forest, first on the island of Jesus, at the mouth of the {2} Ottawa, and later in the parish of Lachenaie, on the north bank of the same river, where they grew in numbers until Lauriers, ... advance the power and the profit of the motherland The colonies and dependencies were plantations, estates beyond the seas, to be acquired and guarded for the gain of the mother country They were...