The Cree take over parts of the Peace area pushing the Beaver further south into Sekani territory. Intermarriages began between the Beaver and Cree tribes.
Britain, France and Spain sign the Treaty of Paris, marking the end of the Seven Year War. Consequently Britain’s King George III publicizes a document referred to as the Royal Proclamation of 1763 wherein the British make official claims to North American Territory. Their claims for sovereignty included the land which is now known as British Columbia.
Louis Kwarakwentha Calliou L'Iroquoise, patriarch of the Kelly Lake Cree Nation, born 1782, Iroquois Village of Chaughawaga near Montreal, Quebec, died 1846 at Wilmore Wilderness National Park.
In 1782, the Beaver began receiving guns through trade and the power of the Cree was balanced. This led to a conclusion of the conflict between the Beaver and the Cree. The two groups met at Peace Point along the Peace River. The two tribes agreed to boundaries. It is said that this was where the Peace River received its name.
Alexander Mackenzie reported that the Beaver occupied the vast regions from what is now known as the Saskatchewan to the Peace River in the North and the Lesser Slave Lake in the south
Thomas Karaconti Calliou, L'Iroquoise, born 1806 Jasper's House, (Alberta) died April, 1876 Fort Dunvegan, (Alberta)
S. Prescott Grey in a study of bighorn sheep “One Calliou, of Iroquois ancestry was reported to have travelled to Grande Prairie alongside Alex Monkman (which Monkman Park is named after this man) in 1898.”
The Saulteau adhered to Treaty 8.