to residence or improvement.

The land had been promised to them in 1870, but it was
1873 before any of it began to be allotted. (Some land in
the Brokenhead area officially passed into their hands
shortly after this.) However, in subsequent years the
terms for the distribution of this land were often changed
in favour of the white settlers and against the interests of
the Metis. In this area the first patents were issued in
October 1877. But little of this land remained long in the
hands of those to whom it was granted. Some of it was
sold the very day its owners received title to it; others held
on to it for a few months or, at the very most, a few
years. The first permanent settler along the Brokenhead
was Mr. John D. Campbell who settled on land just east
of Beausejour in July 1875. Other English families soon
followed.

In addition to English families, other early pioneers
came (in the 18805) from Bohemia, Poland and Germany
_ to Brokenhead. The next decade saw the arrival of
l considerable numbers of people from the Austro-
Hungarian province of Galacia - both Ukrainians and
, Germans. These Germans from Austria were almost all

1 Catholics, but a number of German speaking Lutheran

families (most of them from Russia) also arrived in the
district in the 18903. Eventually all of the English families
moved out of the district and for the last 60 years
Brokenhead has been populated almost entirely by people
of continental European background. '

The first people to arrive in this part of Manitoba were

from Bohemia (in present day Czechoslovakia).
Although many Bohemians are Protestant, those who
came to this district were Catholics with the exception of
Mr. Nikodem, who was Lutheran. Members of several of
these Bohemian families are buried on the NE 19-1441,
originally the Franz Nikodem homestead.

Among the first people to arrive in the Brokenhead
district from Poland was Peter Reich. (Mr. Reich was
actually of German Lutheran background although he
had been born in Poland, but, like Mr. Nikodem, was
married into a Catholic 1‘ amiiy and raised his children as
Catholics.)

The first German families arrived in Brokenhead in
1884 and theirstory will be found in Chapter IV. In 1895
the first Ukrainian settlers from Galacia took up land in
the district and soon became the largest ethnic com-
munity.

Having dealt in a general way with the pioneers of the
Brokenhead district, we may now include'a synopsis of
all those whose names appear in the early records of both
the Provincial Land Titles Office and the Provincial
Crown Lands Office.

It should be pointed out that the following lists include
the names of only those homesteaders who were suc-
cessful in obtaining the title to their land. in the
Brokenhead district, some homesteads were abandoned
two or three times before a third or a fourth homesteader
or even a fifth succeeded in improving the land suf-
ficiently and living on it long enough to secure his patent.

. TOWNSHIP 14-7

NATURE
OF DEED

NAME

Hom’d'
Hom‘d
Hom‘d
Hom’d
Hom'd
Hom’d
Hom’d
Horn'd.

George Sadler
Henry Gorst
Daniel {mlah
Robert McPherson
Samuel Law
Frank Palacek, Jr.
Frantisck Palecek Sr.
Joseph Eulsiewiesz
Joseph Amos Horn ’d
Charles Nuttall Hom’d
David B. Scott Sale
Johan Chmeletzki Horn’d
Arthur Watson Hom’d
Frank Staska Hom’d
Wm. Jack Hom’d
George W. Boyd Hom’d
Edward Jones Sale
John Hicks Horn ’d
Wm. Gardner Hom’d
Louis Palechek Hom‘cl
Daniel Imlah Sale

‘ Johan Bednarczyk Hom’d
VaclavKlimes Hom’d
Adolf Kadlec Hom’d
J osef Sokotowski Hom’d
Peter Sokotowski Hom’d
Martin Modrzejewslti Hom’d
Iltyd Thomas Hom’d
John Kubes Hom’d
Bartholomew Kubls Homld
Theophil T. Wyrzykowski Horn ’d ‘
John Komarniake Hom’d
Stephan Hasko Hom‘d
Peter Schreier Hom’d

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LEGAL DESCRIPTION ~ ~ DATE

SE 10-1431
NW 2-14.7
SE 2-14-7
NE 1444-7
SE 14- ! 4~7
36-14-7
36-14-71
24-144
12—144“
12-141?

20 Sept. 1883
1 Oct. 1883
18 Oct. 1883
21 April 1884
28 May 1884
1 Aug. 1884
1 Aug. 1884
1 Aug. 1884
25 Aug. 1884
29Aug. 1884
13—121»? 18 Nov. 1884
24-l4~7 2 Feb. 1885
2-1437 . 30May1885
26514-7 19Nov. 1887
“3644—7 28 Jan. 1888
2-14-3' 1 March 1888
E 112 SW 1714-? 14Apr111888
12—144 lOJuly1888
12-14-7 12July1883
36-14-31 18 Feb. 1889
1-14-7 . 3 March 1889
2444.7 ‘ 9May1889
{4-14-7 248cm. 1894
l4~14~7 4April 1895
22-14-7 30 May 1895
2244-7 30 May 1895
2244-? 3014213! 1895
24-14-7 8 July 1895
10-14—7 21 Oct. l896
10-14-7 IOSept. 1897
1-14»? 21Mar1898
1-14-7 . 25 May 1395
i-l4—7 lAug. 1898
13-14:.i ZMay 1900

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