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| | METIS CULTURE 1779-1780 |
 | | Pierre Jr 1780, Charles and Paul 1781, Louis 1782, Antoine 1785, Thomas 1787, Marie 1791, Jean Baptiste 1795, Elen 1796, Margaret 1800 (she claimed a Sioux mother), Comanaka/Comanna 1807, a baby 1811. |
 | | A smallpox epidemic during the period 1780 to 1782 swept through northern Ontario, Rainy Lake and Red River, sweeping away three fourths of the Ojibwa, and compelling those on the prairies to lay aside their intention of cutting off all white men to the interior of the country. |
 | | July: Patt Sinclair, Lt. Governor of Mackinac, in July, 1780, wrote to Governor General Haldimand that there is not the least necessity for an officer or troops at St. Mary's, as the Indians are under the absolute authority of Mr. |
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