1790 → treaty 2, district of Hesse (step into wolf)
province of quebec
“We do herby certify that the following goods were delivered to the
several Nations”
list
to one side jousting a stripe of colour
35 pieces of Strouds
(coarse from england)
1 dozen black silk handkerchiefs
(the first head bands in the hood
did the chiefs take them in hand)
20 dz. plain hats
(plains indian hats)
40 nests of tin kettles
(they sign the treaty
they want to raise tin
birds)
60 guns
20 rifles
400 lbs. powder
1,600 lbs. ball and shot
2,000 flints
(rabbit hell)
30 dz. looking glasses
(piece of hard hard water everyone must see)
Aboriginal refraction
Life reflection
Indigenous carol
Cast through the holes
Expressionistic glass
Treaty lines/Treaty lies
© 2002 Marvin Francis reprinted by permission from City Treaty, Turnstone Press (Winnipeg, MB).