Manitoba Act

Following the Red River Rebellion  of 1869-1870, the Parliament of Canada enacted the Manitoba Act  (33 Victoria, c. 3 – assented to on May 12, 1870). The Act embodied many of the demands that had been made by Louis Riel and the Métis at the time of the rebellion.  These demands had been written in a succession of Petition of Rights drafted by the Métis and their Provisional Government at the time of the rebellion.

As soon as the settlers arrived at their homestead, they needed a place to live. Some people slept in a tent, and kept their food, furniture, and clothing in the tent, until their house was built.

Their first homes were built of logs, lumber, or sod. On the prairies, there weren't many trees and lumber was expensive. Homes were small with one or two rooms. Later in the year, a stable was built for the farm animals.

Scrip

Scrip is any substitute for currency which is not legal tender and is often a form of credit. Scrips were created as company payment of employees and also as a means of payment in times where regular money is unavailable, such as remote coal towns or occupied countries in war time. Other forms of scrip include subway tokens, arcade tokens and tickets.