Seize+Upper+Fort+Garry+in+Winnipeg

After a long hard think, you ultimately decide to seize Fort Garry and established a Provisional Government. Your Provisional Government did not wish to hinder the land transfer, so you hoped to establish a "bill of rights" for the inhabitants already living there. You attempted to stake federal claim, but was rejected. Words reached the Prime Minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, but he wanted to delay the transfer in hope that negotiations could drag out. Macdonald realized the urgency of negotiations and sent Donald Smith, on behalf of the government, to Fort Gary. Your fellow men announces the arrival of a man who claims to come for negotiations. You could decide to wave Smith away, who knows if he's a spy ready to make signals with the army from the government hiding in the bushes? Or you could welcome him in politely and negotiate your terms.