Register entry 198 - W. E. Jone
Visited the Bell Farm on Sept. 22, 1885 - W.E. Jones lived in Qu'Appelle, and was a cousin of Ford Jones, a Brockville business associate of Major Bell. The two cousins were reported hunting for geese in the Qu'Appelle Valley in October 1895.
W.S. Jones arrived in Qu'Appelle around 1881; and Jones' Hill is named after him. He later became Indian Agent at Pelly. The Directory of Indian Agents indicates that he served as the Acting Agent at Pelly in 1888, and was appointed full time in 1891. In 1900 he was transferred to the Duck Lake Agency; and in 1903 Jones was appointed to the nearby Carlton Agency.
According to the Biography noted below (p. 483): "Jones, W.E., clerk in Regina departmental office; first Agent in Pelly 1888; transferred to Carlton 1900, on advice of Agent Markle at Birtle and Liberal merchant E.A.W.R. McKenzie. He may be the same W.E. Jones hired by Qu'Appelle and Long Lake Land Co. to report on the company's lands to prospective immigrants, Winnipeg, c. 1882."
SOURCES:
"Regina Evening Leader", 17 Oct. 1895, p. 9
Local history: "Qu'Appelle: Footprints to Progress", p. 3
"Historical Directory of Indian Agents & Indian Agencies in Canada", by G.M. Matheson, p. 175 (Carlton), 179 (Duck Lake), 195 (Pelly / Swan River) (No Date for this Directory, but most recent date is 1958)
"Key People in Land Demand, Consent, Acquisition", p. 483 - Dept. of Indian Affairs, Dept. of the Interior, and others - No Date - estimated ca. 1979)
"Annual Report: Dept. of Indian Affairs", 1889. http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?id=1889-IAAR-RAAI&op=pdf&app=indianaffairs - pages 5, 168, 179, 303, 351, 371, 380, 381, 402, 601, 629, 824, 841, 867. - plus other annual reports
RESEARCH BY:
Frank Korvemaker, Regina, Sask.