City of London, Ontaro, CanadaThe pioneer period and the London of to-day . ty presented theirclaims, the youngest of whom was 78 and theoldest 87, who must have been 15 and 24respectively at the period of the war. Theapplicants had been at different points —Lundys Lane, Queenston Heights, Detroit,Fort Erie, Stony Creek and elsewhere. Amongthe number were four Indians, one of them from No. 1 Military District, of which Londonis the headquarters, for South Africa, to takepart in the war with the Transvaal. It oc-curred on Wednesday, Oct. 25. The city wasin holiday attire. The day was marked bym
City of London, Ontaro, CanadaThe pioneer period and the London of to-day . ty presented theirclaims, the youngest of whom was 78 and theoldest 87, who must have been 15 and 24respectively at the period of the war. Theapplicants had been at different points —Lundys Lane, Queenston Heights, Detroit,Fort Erie, Stony Creek and elsewhere. Amongthe number were four Indians, one of them from No. 1 Military District, of which Londonis the headquarters, for South Africa, to takepart in the war with the Transvaal. It oc-curred on Wednesday, Oct. 25. The city wasin holiday attire. The day was marked bymagnificent weather, and in the brightness ofthe sun flags and bunting showed gaily. Manypublic and business buildings were splendidlydecorated. Streamers of red, white and bluebedecked the whole front in places, whileflags floated in the gentle breezes fromflag-pole and window. The air was filled withcheers and shoutings, with military music andloud hurrahs. The streets were a mass ofpeople, scarce kept in check to permit of apassageway for the soldiers en route to the. A PORTION OF NO. 2 WARD, POBMBBLY LONDON WEST, FROM KENT STREET. named George King. On embracing Chris-tianity, the Indians, in addition to their Pagannames, had fantastic cognomens bestowed onthem by the whites, and George King hadbeen known as King George because of hissupposed resemblance to that monarch, andhis legal name as a Christian was acquired bymerely transposing the two words of his nick-name. The first two Indians baptized inCanada, it will be recollected, received thenames of the King and Queen of France—Henri and Marie—from the French Catholicmissionaries,in 1610. TheEnglish reversed thispractice. The past year witnessed a militarydisplay in London the like of which had neverbefore been seen in Canada. The occasion wasthe departure of a contingent of volunteers waiting train. Among the men recruited atMontreal for the South African contingentwas J. W. Jeffrey, of London. The following v^^ere
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