October 6, 1782
The days once again grow short and cold. I haven't been able to write as much because of this. With so much prepareing to do, writing is one of the less important things to do on my list. Anyways, lately I have been spending most of my free time studying the topic of loyalists in general, and I have learned many interesting facts in the process. I found that both in both Quebec and Nova Scotia the loyalists who settled there have had to face many different problems, leading to difficult times. In Nova Scotia, they would first have to receive a land grant, which takes much time to obtain. Once they finally receive the grant, they would need to clear the land. You can imagine how long and hard it would be to do that! After that they have to plant crops and build a house. Only then do they finally get a house to live in. How's that for tough times? In Quebec however, things are abit different. There are temporary refugee camps for the loyalists to stay in untill they recive their land, which is given out through a system like a lottery. Even so, both Quebec and Nova Scotia had shortages of food, clothes and tools, making living in either place hard. There are also black loyalists, who have to go through even tougher times than the other loyalists. They are the last to receive supplies and are treated much worse than the already badly treated loyalists. I have to go, there are more preperations to be made for the winter, and time is running out.
March 12, 1283
It seems that the natives are on the verge of another stupid revolt. Ever since the Treaty of Paris, I have heard rumors of hostile Natives. From what I have heard, they are angry because the Treaty of Paris gave all of the land west of the Mississippi river to the United States, otherwise known as the crazy Rebels. I think I'll start calling them that from now on. Crazy Rebels. It has a nice ring to it... Oh! I'm getting off topic! Anyways, the Natives had been the ones taking up most of that land, so when they found out that we, the British, had simply given their land to the Crazy Rebels, they were very angry. They had though that we "didn't have the right to give their land away like that." Honestly? They really think that? Who do they think they are anyways?! We OWN this land! We can do WHATEVER WE WANT with it! If they don't like it, that's TOO BAD!! They can just live some where else for all I care if they don't like it but this land is ours to control, so how DARE they think they have such power over the place they live, which is on our property. I also heard that there is this guy who is going to go to London with a petition requesting their land back. Hah! Good luck with that. The higher ups will not give in, and I have faith in the fact that they won't. Untill next time.
October 25, 1784
THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!!!! I can not BELEIVE the news I have just heard. The higher ups have AGREED to the natives request! They WILLINGLY gave up some of our land to a grant!!! HOW COULD THEY! I don't think I have EVER been angrier than this... I heard it just a little while ago. That guy with the petition, whos name happenes to be Thayendanegea, (I know, what kind of name is that?) went with the petition and the governer Fredrick Haldimand granted them their land! It's been called the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and me and many others are VERY upset about it. I still can't beleive that the government has let our country down like that. Now the Natives will have it in their heads that they can get whatever they want from our cowardly government. It just makes me so angry! Too angry to write... I will have to continue later, when I am cooled down. Untill then.
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