...Saskatchewan



Thig aid ugainn, carach, seòlta,
Gus ar mealladh far ar n-eòlais;
Molaidh iad dhuinn Manitòba,
Dùthaich fhuar gun ghual, gun mhòine.

They come to us deceitful and cunning,
in order to entice us from our homes;
they praise Manitoba to us,
a cold country without coal or peat.


(From Moladh Uibhist - in Praise of Uist - an emigrant song composed by Allan MacPhee,
who died at Loch Carnan, South Uist. Translation by Margaret Fay Shaw)

To Wapella, North West Territories (Saskatchewan) 1883- 1884

From the Islands of Benbecula and South Uist

Beaton, Farquhar & familyBenbecula1884
Buchanan, JohnBenbecula1883
Campbell, JamesBenbecula1884
Campbell, Malcolm & familySouth Uist1884
Campbell, Neil & familySouth Uist1884
Campbell, DuncanSouth Uist1892
Currie, AlexBenbecula1883
Ferguson, John & familyIsle of Barra1883 (*1)
MacCormick, Angus & familyBenbecula1883-4
MacCormick, Donald & familyBenbecula1883-4
MacCormick, Ronald & familyBenbecula1883-4
MacCormick, John & familySouth Uist1884
MacDiarmid, DonaldBenbecula1883
MacDonald, AlexanderBenbecula1884
MacDonald, Alexander & familyBenbecula1883
MacDonald, Angus & familyBenbecula1884
MacDonald, Archie & familySouth Uist1884
MacDonald, ArchieBenbecula1883 (*2)
MacDonald, Donald & familyBenebcula1883
MacDonald, Donald & familyBenebcula1883
MacDonald, Donald & familyBenbecula1884
MacDonald, John & familySouth Uist1884 (*2)
MacDonald, John & familyBenbecula1884
MacDonald, John & familyBenbecula1883 (*3)
MacDonald, John & familySouth Uist1884
MacDonald, Lachlan & familySouth Uist1884
MacDonald, Mr. Marion & familyBenbecula1884
MacDonald, Norman & familySouth Uist1884
MacDonald, Ranald & familyBenbecula1884
MacDonald, Roderick & familyBenbecula1883
MacDougall, Angus & familyBenbecula1884
MacDougall, Donald & familyBenbecula1884
MacDougall, John & familyBenbecula1884
MacEachan, RonaldSouth Uist1884
MacInnes, Donald & familySouth Uist1884
MacIntosh, FinlayBenbecula1884
MacIntyre, Mrs. Flora & familySouth Uist1884
MacIntyre, Peter & familySouth Uist1884
MacIsaac, RoderickBenbecula1884
MacKay, DonaldBenbecula1884
MacKenzie, PeterSouth Uist1883
MacKinnon, Donald & familyBenbecula1884
MacKinnon, Donald & familyBenbecula1884
MacKinnon, EwenSouth Uist1883- 4
MacKinnon, Hector & familySouth Uist1883-4
MacLeod, DonaldBenbecula1884
MacPhee, Angus & familyBenbecula1884
MacPhee, Archie & familyBenbecula1884
MacPhee, Hector & familyBenbecula1884
MacPhee, John & FrancisSouth Uist1884
MacPhee, Ranald & familySouth Uist1884
MacPherson, AlexBenbecula1883- 4
MacPherson, Donald & familyBenbecula1884
MacPherson, John & familyBenbecula1884
MacPherson, Lachlan & familyBenbecula1883
MacPherson, WilliamSouth Uist1883
MacQueen, DonaldSouth Uist1884
MacRae, Donald & familyBenbecula1884
MacRury, AngusBenbecula1884
MacRury, Malcolm & familySouth Uist1884
Miller, JamesBenbecula1884
Morrison, Ranald & familySouth Uist1884
Steele, Alexander & familySouth Uist1884

(*1) resident of South Uist
(*2) later returned to South Uist
(*3) later moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba



"The Crofters from the Western Isles" by Bert McKay

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