. Manitoba and the great North-West [microform] : the field for investment; the home of the emigrant, being a full and complete history of the country .... Agriculture; Natural history; Agriculture; Sciences naturelles. t. 490 MANITOBA AND THE GREAT NORTH-WEST. that time there were about thirty buildings outside the Fort, embracing eight stores, two saloons, two hotels, a mill, and a churcK; the total population being 215 souls. Then the great " Lone Land," which, according to Lord Beacons- field, is a land of " illimitable possibilities," became part of the Canadian Confed
. Manitoba and the great North-West [microform] : the field for investment; the home of the emigrant, being a full and complete history of the country .... Agriculture; Natural history; Agriculture; Sciences naturelles. t. 490 MANITOBA AND THE GREAT NORTH-WEST. that time there were about thirty buildings outside the Fort, embracing eight stores, two saloons, two hotels, a mill, and a churcK; the total population being 215 souls. Then the great " Lone Land," which, according to Lord Beacons- field, is a land of " illimitable possibilities," became part of the Canadian Confederation. About this time the Fort and its neighbourhood was the scene of the troublous events of the Red River rebellion, the movement being headed by Louis Riel and others. This was a critiail period for the little colony on the banks of the Red River. In consequence of its very isolated position, Winni- peg, or Fort Garry, was at all times a difficult point to reach. From the south the route was entirely through foreign territory. To the north ther" was a route via Hudson's Bay and the Nelson River to Lake Winnipeg, thence to Fort Garry by the Red River. A voyage from the motherland by this route occupied a whole season. The numerous portages to be encountered rendered it all but impracticable. To the west, for thousands of miles, stretched vast prairies,—the Rocky Mountains, and Selkirk and Coast Ranges on the Pacific, forming natural barriers over which no transportation could possibly take place. From the east an attempt had been made to enter the country by way of Lake Superior, and thence across intervening water stretches and portages. This route was the one adopted by the military authorities when they sent ^troops to quell the rebellion. On the 14th of May, 1870, Companies ''One" and "Four" of the Ontario Battalion, under command of Col. Boulton, sailed from Col- lingwood en route for Fort Garry. On the 21st of the same month Company G of the 60t
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