. The Selkirk settlement and the settlers. A concise history of the Red River Country from its discovery, including information extracted from Original Documents lately discovered and notes obtained from Selkirk Settlement Colonists . ple left the country four years later. \ Q0\ KKNOK. From the date of Samples death in1816, to 1822, Alexander McDonell was,when cironmstances permitted, acting asgovernor of the colony. In 1 S2*J CaptainBulger entered on the duties of the gover-nors office, George Simpson (afterwards SirGeorge) being the governor-in-chief. Btruoted, oocupied Fort Gibraltar, a
. The Selkirk settlement and the settlers. A concise history of the Red River Country from its discovery, including information extracted from Original Documents lately discovered and notes obtained from Selkirk Settlement Colonists . ple left the country four years later. \ Q0\ KKNOK. From the date of Samples death in1816, to 1822, Alexander McDonell was,when cironmstances permitted, acting asgovernor of the colony. In 1 S2*J CaptainBulger entered on the duties of the gover-nors office, George Simpson (afterwards SirGeorge) being the governor-in-chief. Btruoted, oocupied Fort Gibraltar, and itwill be interesting to notioe here that the marriage register of the Rev. John West,under date of April IS, 1822, contains anentry of the solemnization of a marriage,George Simpson attesting as witness, atFort Gibraltar, the next six entries madebeing of marrisgeB at Fort Qarry, oneof which was witnessed by Simpson, while astar is placed opposite the first entry,drawing attention to a foot note,which reads that Fort Gibraltaris now named Fort Garry. Withoutdoubt, on that date Simpson changed thename to remove any feeling of resentmentstill existing amongst the Northwesternelement at the occupation of it by the Intkkior Fort Garry, 1875. In 1822 Mr. Halket, a relative and execu-tor of Lord Selkirk, visited the colony andenceavored to arrange its affairs, but thecontinual trouble experienced by the settlersmade this an almost hopeless task. He,however, managed to ameliorate their con-dition somewhat by throwing off one-fifth oftheir debts. An arrangement was madewhereby goods were sold at the followingadvance on invoice cost: First 33 wasadded, then this value was increased bv 58per cent., *o make the retail cost to the con-sumer. The FORT GARRY 8 ORIGIN. Hudsons Bay Company, as recon- Nicholas Garry, a member of the Hud-sons Bay Companys Council, visited thecountry about this date, his name appear-ing, with that of Simpson, as witness to themarriage of Thomas I
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