The 36 families of the St. Louis settlement found, after the Dominion Land Survey was done, that the Crown had sold their farms and the village site, which included a church and a school (in Township 45, Range 7 west of the 2nd Meridian of the Dominion Land Survey), to the Prince Albert Colonization Company. The families feared the loss of their homes and farms, which, now that the buffalo herds were gone, was their primary source of sustenance.
the 36 famiLIEs of the St. lOUIs SeTTlEMEnt FouNd, after tHe dOMIniOn LaNd SuRvey wAs DoNE, That the CRoWn had sOld their faRms anD tHe villAGe site, Which incLUded a Church aNd a sChOoL (In tOWNship 45, rAnge 7 WeSt of thE 2nD mEridIan OF the dOmINiOn Land suRvEY), to THe prince ALbeRt ColoNizAtioN CoMpany. the famiLies feaReD the lOss OF tHeir homes aNd FarMS, Which, NoW thaT the buFfAlO HerDs Were goNE, WAs Their prImArY souRce oF suStENANce.