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English: in 1880, a settler ("R.W.P." ?) moves to the Northwest Territories, only to find multiple signs telling him that there is no land available for him: "Reserved for Friends of the Governm't", "This Land Sold to Speculators", "Gov't Land Policy: Keep Off'n The Grass", "Keep Off Grass", "This Lot Not for Sale", "Go West", "This Land is Sold to an English Company", and "Parties Wishing to Secure Land in Canada, Go to Kansas"
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Source Grip Ltd. (http://www.begbiecontestsociety.org/REBELLION.htm)
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John Wilson Bengough  (1851–1923)  wikidata:Q3182771 s:en:Author:John Wilson Bengough
 
John Wilson Bengough
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JW Bengough / L. Côté / L. Cote
Description Canadian caricaturist, writer, poet, alderman, cartoonist and publisher
Date of birth/death 7 April 1851 Edit this at Wikidata 2 October 1923 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Toronto Edit this at Wikidata Toronto Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q3182771

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