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RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Chief Peguis - Scroll Chocolatier Constance Popp - Prominent Manitobans chocolates Feature photo page on Prominent Manitobans chocolatesthis, individual photos of each of the 12 chocolates and some of them together in the box. The page will be laid out like a matching game with the chocolates on one side and the names of the Manitobans on the other. Excerpt from booklet attached to box of chocolates. On July 18th, Chief Pequis was one of the five Saulteaux and Cree chiefs who signed a critical treaty with Lord Selkirk to provide land for settlement purposes. As a young man he led a band of his tribe westward to the Red River, where they established themselves at Netley Creek MB. The scroll depicts the importance of this treaty and all treaties signed in Manitoba and Canada. May 11, , 2016