When the English conquered the French in the French and Indian War, they placed oppressive controls over the French, even deporting thousands of Acadian French to Louisiana to make room for English settlerrs. These people knew the ways of both the French and the native people. A separate culture emerged known as the Metis. For this reason, many of the early settlers took native wives. When the French colonized eastern Canada in the 1600s, they sent many soldiers and trappers, and very few women. However, the situation in Canada was even more complicated. The wars between the soldiers of the United States and the Native American tribes are well known by most Americans. Neil Young is Canadian, of course, and has always had strong ties to the native peoples. I have always thought that this song was about the Metis Rebellion which took place in westen Canada in the last quarter of the 19th Century. Shelter me from the powder and the fingerĬover me with the thought that pulled the trigger He told me, Red means run, son, numbers add up to nothingīut when the first shot hit the docks I saw it coming So the Powers That Be left me here to do the thinkin' 'Cause it don't look like they're here to deliver the mailĭaddy's gone, my brother's out hunting in the mountainsīig John's been drinking since the river took Emmy-Lou With a big red beacon, and a flag, and a man on the rail ![]() Look out, Mama, there's a white boat coming up the river
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