. North Dakota history and people; outlines of American history. ayed while allhearts went out and up for him who had been their friend, and who was now gonefrom earths activities. THE RED RIVER V.\LLEY The following sketch of the opening of the Red River trade belongs to this storyof Mr. Hill. It is from the pen of Capt. Russell Blakely, the head of the greattransportation interests, the immediate predecessors of the railroads: May, 1857, the English House of Commons took the initial steps towardopening the British Possessions in North America, then in the control of theHudsons Bay Company to
. North Dakota history and people; outlines of American history. ayed while allhearts went out and up for him who had been their friend, and who was now gonefrom earths activities. THE RED RIVER V.\LLEY The following sketch of the opening of the Red River trade belongs to this storyof Mr. Hill. It is from the pen of Capt. Russell Blakely, the head of the greattransportation interests, the immediate predecessors of the railroads: May, 1857, the English House of Commons took the initial steps towardopening the British Possessions in North America, then in the control of theHudsons Bay Company to civilization and unrestricted commerce. The committeehaving the matter in charge reported in favor of termination of the control ofthe Hudsons Bay Company at the end of their then twenty-first year term expir-ing in 1869. In 1857 the Hudsons Bay Company completed arrangements with the secre-tary of the treasury of the United States whereby goods for that company could becarried in bond through the United States, thus practically doing away with their CO o a c. HISTORY OF NORTH DAKOTA 347 Hudsons Bay Station known as York Factory, to which goods were then beingshipped, vessels arriving and departing once a year. In the summer of 1858 twoor three shipments of goods were so made leaving the Mississippi River at and conveyed thence by Hudsons Bay carts under the direction of JamesMcKey. In October, 1858, Capt. Russell Blakely of St. Paul, accompanied by John , visited the Red River Valley via St. Peter, Fort Ridgeley, Yellow Medi-cine, Lac qui Parle, and the Kittson Trail to Fort Abercrombie. Capt. NelsonH. Davis and Lieut. P. Hawkins of the Second United States Infantry, with theircompany were then stationed there. Jessie M. Stone was sutler. The fort hadbeen hastily built and consisted of a few log cabins on the low lands. Burling-ton and Sintominie, prospective Red River cities were passed and La-fayette, opposite the mouth of the Sheyenne, about three miles fro
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