. 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 . fe I, DONALD MURRAY, OF KILDOXAX, MANITOBA. My name is Donald Murray; I was bornat Kildonau, Sutherlandshire, Scotland, inor about the year 1801. I came to thisplaee in 1815, with Lord Selkirks fourthparty of colonists, and I have lived hereever since. I remember perfectly well LordSelkirks being here in 1817, but I was thentoo young to be now able to recall anyt
. 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 . fe I, DONALD MURRAY, OF KILDOXAX, MANITOBA. My name is Donald Murray; I was bornat Kildonau, Sutherlandshire, Scotland, inor about the year 1801. I came to thisplaee in 1815, with Lord Selkirks fourthparty of colonists, and I have lived hereever since. I remember perfectly well LordSelkirks being here in 1817, but I was thentoo young to be now able to recall anythingin particular about him employed for many years afterMichael Lambert, the bugler of theparty of DeMeurous that cameup with his lordship. 1 , how-ever, that Lord Selkirk held a great meet-ing with the colonists close to the spotwhere the Kildonan ferry now is, by thechurch lot. This was after we returnedfrom Jack Fish River, now called NorwayHouse, where we had taken refuge after thedestruction of the settlement by the North-west men in 181b. At this meeting newarrangements were made with all the set-tlers as to their lands. Before leavingScotland the agreement was that we shouldpay five shillings an
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