Tommy Prince.


Lord Douglas Hamilton, 11th Earl of Selkirk.


Chief Peguis continued to be a friend to the settlers. He converted to Christianity and took the name Wil- liam King, giving the surname Prince to his four sons. He lived to be 90 years old, passing away in 1864. His youngest son, Henry Prince (Red Eagle) would be sig- natory to Treaty 1, the first post-confederation treaty in Manitoba. Te Second World War hero, Tommy Prince, was the great-great grandson to the famous chief. Te memory of Chief Peguis is still honoured by the descendants of the Selkirk settlers. Lord Selkirk did not fare as well. He died three years later in England. Tis summer, James Alexander Douglas Hamilton, 11th Earl of Selkirk, will again return to Manitoba to honour the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the Selkirk Treaty. A committee co-chaired by John D. Perrin, repre- senting the settlers, and William Shead, a descendant of and representing Chief Peguis, has been working on the commissioning of a statue honouring Chief Pe- guis and the treaty to be erected on the grounds of the Manitoba Legislature. For his part, to honour the treaty this summer, Pre- mier Brian Pallister will take a three-day, 160 km bi- cycle ride between the original Peguis reserve at St. Peters in East Selkirk and the current Peguis Reserve in the Interlake.


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