Thank you for impartial articles about Hlaf breeds in your paper; those who call me rebel utter something false; in '69 Ottawa had no jurisdiction over Manitoba; we never gave cause to take the country by force and annex it in an arbitrary manner; we merely opposed a daring invader; American public opinion favored us and the republic administration protected us; I have acted according to the rights of nations and I am the founder in Chief of a free province. (Add. note: Judge Murphy refused votes of several as he doubted their citizenship but I know they were citizens).