. 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 . pposition to the wishes and instructions ofthe government, to the countenance, sup-port and protection of which each party hasan equal claim. The Earl of Selkirk hasengaged to furnish the party under yourcommand with provisions during the timeof your absence. You are on no occasionto separate from your party, but to returnwith his lordship, and on no account tosu
. 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 . pposition to the wishes and instructions ofthe government, to the countenance, sup-port and protection of which each party hasan equal claim. The Earl of Selkirk hasengaged to furnish the party under yourcommand with provisions during the timeof your absence. You are on no occasionto separate from your party, but to returnwith his lordship, and on no account tosuffer yourself or any of your detachment tobe left at any settlement or post in theIndian country. All being in readiness, this formidablebody started via Toronto, Lake Simcoe andGeorgian bay for the Red River settlementsome time in .June, ISP!. A month before this date Miles Mac-donnell, the ex-governor of Assiniboia, who had,as a prisoner, been sent down toMontreal by the Northwest partnersin the summer of 1815, had precededLord Selkirk, with several canoes belongingto the Hudsons J£ay Company, and pushedthrough to thojjtterior, arriving at LakeWinnipeg shorter after the Semple tragedy. The Selkirk Settlement ksu rm Settlers. Scene of the Seven Oaks Fight, ^^^ ^^^w^>
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