Collection search - Harcus, John; address: Cumberland House via Prince Alber; claim no. 1780; born: 1837 at Lower Fort Garry; father: David Harcus, Orkneyman; mother: Margaret (Métis); married: in 1853 at Fairford to Flora, & in 1866 at Cumberland to Nancy Budd; children living: Elizabeth, Isabella & Jane Catherine; children deceased: John, David, Jennie, Thomas, Henry & Matilda; scrip for $160.00

Scrip was a certificate issued by the Department of the Interior which indicated the right of the holder to receive payment later in the form of money or land. The federal government distributed scrip to the Métis in exchange for their land rights, as a method of extinguishing their Aboriginal title to the land. The federal government also used scrip to distribute land to white settlers, including Original White Settlers, soldiers, and police who fought in the North West Resistance of 1885 (or North West Rebellion of 1885).