It is summer, 1884.
Many in.
Meanwhile, tensions are mounting further to the west in the valleys of the Saskatchewan.
At the moment, they are growing pork, beef, chickens, and grain for flour, mostly for their own tables.
All have the long-term view that when There are railroads to carry their grains and livestock to market, they Will have the cash flow to survive.
Most folks in the fledgling community of Blaris in western Manitoba have had two to three years to establish their subsistence farms.
It is summer, 1884