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Statement Respecting the Earl of Selkirk's Settlement Upon the Red River
Excerpt from Statement Respecting the Earl of Selkirk's Settlement Upon the Red River: In North America, Its Destruction in 1815 and 1816, and the Massage of Governor Semple and His Party With Observations Upon a Recent Publication For a specimen of Mr. Cameron's curious letters to the settlers, see Appendix, [c. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Swiss Emigration to the Red River Settlement in 1821 and its Subsequent Exodus to the United States
Everything went wrong. Having crossed the Atlantic for about 3 months and getting stuck in the ice of Hudson's Strait for another three weeks, the band of Swiss emigrants had to row with great hardship up the Hayes River over some 6o portages, and cross Lake Winnipeg in its full length. Arriving starved, exhausted, and deprived of their belongings at the Red River Settlement just before the snows, they were told that nothing had been prepared for them. Lodging and food was there none due to a plague of grasshoppers and floods that had destroyed the harvests of the previous four years. The so-called Promised Land was bare of any prospect. Thoroughly embittered and disgusted, one family after ...
Unsettled
The fascinating story of the Red River Settlement, now Winnipeg, in the years 1813 to 1816, told with archival journals, reports, and letters Unsettled tells the story of two hundred Highlanders who flee the Scottish Clearances in 1813 to establish a settlement on the Red River in what eventually became Winnipeg. They are sponsored by the Earl of Selkirk, a man who has never been west of Montreal. Families who have never left their Highland crofts take an epic journey over ocean, up wild rivers, and through boundless wilderness, surviving disease and brutal winter only to face the determined opposition of fur barons who want no sodbusters threatening their trade and are prepared to stop at nothing to destroy their dream. The “empty” land they’ve been promised is also anything but, already occupied by First Nations bands and the beginnings of that proud nation soon to be called Métis, whom they must befriend or fight. Unsettled takes you inside the experience, relying on journals, reports, and letters to bring these days of soaring hope, crushing despair, and heroic determination to life — to bring their present into ours.
A Brief History of Canada
Presents a concise history of Canada, from the time of early exploration by Europeans to the present day.
Report of Trials in the Courts of Canada, Relative to the Destruction of the Earl of Selkirk's Settlement on the Red River: with Observations
An English barrister examined the proceedings. Persons on trial included: Colin Robertson, Michael Heden, John Bourke, Louis Nolin and Martin Jordon, for a riot; Paul Brown and Francois Firmin Boucher for murder of Robert Semple; John Siveright, Alexander Mackenzie, Hugh M'Gillis, John M'Donald, John M'Laughlin and Simon Fraser as accessories to murder of Semple; Paul Brown for robbery; and John Cooper and Hugh Bennerman for theft.
Sights of Resistance
CD-ROM contains: Chapters from text -- Glossary.
