. 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 . Si i i\ i i;iv Sj in i \i ini iin: ;> :;:: in Assinihoia. It is Likely that the compli-cations arising oal oi the settlement of theOregon boundary line induced the Britishgovernmen to despatch, vis Xork Factory,the 6th Royal regiment (347 men) underCol. Urofton, in 1846; though it is possiblethat the insecurity of the Hudsons i;.;\ (,>.in their excl
. 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 . Si i i\ i i;iv Sj in i \i ini iin: ;> :;:: in Assinihoia. It is Likely that the compli-cations arising oal oi the settlement of theOregon boundary line induced the Britishgovernmen to despatch, vis Xork Factory,the 6th Royal regiment (347 men) underCol. Urofton, in 1846; though it is possiblethat the insecurity of the Hudsons i;.;\ (,>.in their exclusive fur trading privilegesoaused tin company to represent stronglyt«> tin government the necessity for thepresence of troops The 6th regiment de-parted in ISIS, ami were suc-ceeded by a force of 70 pen-sioners the Bameyear,areinforcement comingout the following mmsou. These pensionerswere commanded by a Major Caldwell, whoalso acted as govei nor. MONOPOLY IN PURS the spring of 1849 a serious disturb-ance took place on the occasion of the trialof a French half-breed named Wm. Sayre, on the charge of illegally trading for furswith the Indians, contrary to the laws ofthe land, founded on the terms of the Hud-. KILDONAN CHURCH. sons Bay Company charter of 1(570. Onthe 17th May, when the trial took place,the Mais gathered in force. They werearmed, and plainly avowed their intentionof resisting the punishment of the prisonerif he was found guilty of the charge. Noviolence was offered to any person by thecrowd, but the authorities recognized thatthey would be unable to enforce the de-cision of the court if it should prove un-favorable to the prisoner, and, although hepleaded guilty, he was allowed to depart, onsome quibble of his claim to having receivedpermission from an official to trade. Theverdict was received by the waiting crowdas an admission by the company that themonopoly in the fur trade was broken, andwith loud cries they tired salutes from their guns an
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