Petition Witnessed by George G. Mann
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| Database ID | 28628 | |
| Institution | University of Saskatchewan Archives | |
| Fonds/Collection | George Gwynne Mann Family Fonds | |
| File/Item Reference | Mann Petition | |
| Date of creation | 1887 | |
| Physical description/extent | one folder; 16 pages; 4 mm of textual records | |
| Number of images | 16 | |
| Historical note | George Gwynne Mann was born in Darlington, Upper Canada on November 24, 1843. He spent most of his youth and young adult life in Bowmanville, Ontario where he tended his father's farm. In the mid to late 1860s he was a member of the 45th West Durham Battalion of Infantry and saw action in the Fenian raids. In 1878 he sold his property and moved west as a Government farm instructor, first at Fort Pitt and then Onion Lake North-West Territories. He was joined there by his wife Sarah and their three children, Blanche, Charlotte and George Junior in 1883. The evening of 2 April 1885 after the so-called Frog Lake massacre they were helped to escape to Fort Pitt by the family of treaty Chief Seekascootch (Cutarm). Two weeks later they were taken prisoner and held for two months by Plains Cree warriors under the leadership of Wandering Spirit. In the winter of 1885 Mann was promoted to Indian agent and he and his family remained in Onion Lake until 1900 when he was transferred to Saddle Lake, NWT. In 1905 he was transferred to Hobbema, Alberta where he remained until his death in 1916. He is buried in the Wetaskiwin cemetery. | |
| Scope and content | A photocopy of a petition and letters sent by Indian agent George G. Mann of Onion Lake to Ottawa in November and December, 1887. This correspondence was in regard to the early release of Way-way-see-too-win (Dressy Man), Charlebois and Louison Mongrain who had been convicted of murder in 1885 and sentenced to life in prison. Mann names these three men as the ones who saved his life on 2 April 1885 after the so-called Frog Lake massacre. There is also a letter of support in French, written by Father Piere Merer. | |
| Restrictions on access | There are no restrictions on access. | |
| Copyright holder | Public domain | |
| Other terms governing use and reproduction | Responsibility regarding questions of copyright that may arise in the use of any images is assumed by the researcher. | |
| Type | Archival | |
| Primary Media | Textual documents | |
| Specific document types | Correspondence | |
| Provenance Access Point | Mann, George 1843-1916 (Indian agent) | |
| Location of originals | National archives of Canada. Record Group 13, volume 1423, file 44967 and 44362. Capitol case files. | |
| Other notes | Related family materials can be found at Saskatchewan Archives Board, Regina and Saskatoon offices, and at the Glenbow Archives in Calgary, Alberta. | |
| Treaty boundaries | Treaty 6 | |
| Cultural region | Plains | |
| Names | Charlebois Dressy Man Macdowall, D.H. Mann, George (1843-1916) Mongrain, Louison Reed, Hayter | |
| Subject | Government officials -- Indian Agent Government departments -- Indian Affairs Government officials -- Administration Churches -- Roman Catholic Northwest Resistance Petitions Cree Frog Lake Massacre | |
| Date Range(s) | 1880-1889 | |
| Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/28628
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