- G overn or ▁D ew d ney ' s ▁preference ▁for ▁Buff alo ▁B ones ▁— ▁in ▁the ▁case ▁of ▁Qu ' App elle ▁ultimately ▁virt ually ▁elimin ated ▁— ▁is ▁even ▁today ▁in ▁the ▁Canadian ▁Encyclopedia ▁indicated ▁by ▁a ▁simple ▁reference ▁to ▁it : ▁" General ▁Middle ton ' s ▁original ▁plan ▁was ▁simple . ▁He ▁wanted ▁to ▁march ▁all ▁his ▁troops ▁north ▁from ▁the ▁rail head ▁at ▁Qu ' App elle ▁to ▁B ato che ." ▁The ▁resolution ▁of ▁the ▁S ask atch ew an ▁Reb ell ion ▁perhaps ▁need less ▁to ▁say ▁did ▁not ▁compreh ens ively ▁resolve ▁conflicts ▁among ▁sett lers ▁and ▁ab original ▁people . ▁ ▁Many ▁Qu ' App elle ▁children ▁of ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 th ▁and ▁early ▁ 2 0 th ▁centuries ▁rec ount ed ▁fright ening ▁enc oun ters ▁with ▁angry ▁C ree ▁and ▁M ét is , ▁who ▁not ▁un reason ably ▁bore ▁a ▁considerable ▁grud ge ▁against ▁white ▁sett lers ▁in ▁the ▁Qu ' App elle ▁region . ▁ ▁Early ▁town ▁life ▁and ▁economy ▁From ▁ 1 8 8 2 , ▁early ▁residents ▁of ▁Qu ' App elle ▁included ▁numerous ▁English ▁rem itt ance ▁men ▁whose ▁cult ured ▁background s ▁contributed ▁significantly ▁to ▁the ▁life ▁of ▁the ▁town . ▁Am ateur ▁the atr ical s ▁and ▁musical ▁even ings ▁were ▁a ▁regular ▁feature ▁of ▁winter ▁social ▁life ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁important ▁to ▁early ▁Qu ' App elle ▁residents ▁that ▁there ▁be ▁an ▁" opera ▁house ": ▁an ▁aud itor ium