. Canada: an encyclopædia of the country; the Canadian dominion considered in its historic relations, its natural resources, its material progress and its national development, by a corps of eminent writers and specialists. troubleresulted, culminating in the Kiel Rebellion of1869-70. A military expedition was despatchedin 1S70, consisting of regulars and volunteers,under the command of Colonel (now Field-Marshal and Commander-in-Chief Lord) Wolsc-ley, but the insurrection was practically at an endbefore the arrival of the force, as the result ofnegotiations that had previously taken place, in
. Canada: an encyclopædia of the country; the Canadian dominion considered in its historic relations, its natural resources, its material progress and its national development, by a corps of eminent writers and specialists. troubleresulted, culminating in the Kiel Rebellion of1869-70. A military expedition was despatchedin 1S70, consisting of regulars and volunteers,under the command of Colonel (now Field-Marshal and Commander-in-Chief Lord) Wolsc-ley, but the insurrection was practically at an endbefore the arrival of the force, as the result ofnegotiations that had previously taken place, inwhich I had the honour to represent the Govern-ment of the Dominion. As showing the isolated position of the country at the time, it may bestated that it took Lord Wolseley from May 25thto August 23rd to convey his small force fromPort Arthur to Fort Garry—a journey which cannow be made by train in twenty hours. The principal business of the Hudsons BayCompany was the purchasing of furs from theIndians in exchange for arms and ammunition,clothes, and other commodities imported from theUnited Kingdom. For a long period prior to thesurrender of the Companys Charter, the mostvaluable trade of the Hudsons Bay Company. Sir Cieorge Simpson. was in the remote districts where, nobody havingthe power to interfere with them, they took mea-sures by which the fur trade was preserved. The\-encouraged the Indians only to kill a certainnumber of animals whcn in good season for theirfurs, and not to kill so many as to interfere withthe continued supply. The price given for fursvaried with the state of the market, but it wasalso arranged so as to enable the Com[)an)spolicy for the preservation of the fur trade tobe properly carried out. There is not much 24 CANADA : AN ENCYCLOPAEDIA. large game now in the regions traversed by theCanadian Pacific Railway, except, perhaps, in themore inaccessible districts between the Lakesand Hudsons Bay, and in the territory northand north-west of the River
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