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	Red River Settlement - LoveToKnow 1911
		RED RIVER SETTLEMENT, a Scottish colony founded in 1811 near the present city of Winnipeg by a philanthropic Scottish nobleman, Lord Selkirk, who at that time controlled the Hudson's Bay Company.
		In 1821 and in 1835 two forts, known as Lower and Upper Fort Garry, were built to command the junction of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, and around them grew up a mixed population of Scots, French and Indians.
		The purchase in 1869 of the territorial rights of the Company by the Dominion of Canada led to a rebellion, and the setting up of a provisional government under Louis Riel, which was dispersed by a force of British regulars under Colonel (later Lord) Wolseley.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Red_River_Settlement (226 words)

	Red River Rebellion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Red River Rebellion of 1869 – 1870 is the term most often used to describe the actions of a provisional government established by Métis leader Louis Riel in 1869 at the Red River Settlement in what is now the Canadian province of Manitoba.
		In 1870, the Manitoba Act was passed, allowing the Red River settlement to enter Confederation as the province of Manitoba.
		As a means of exercising Canadian authority in the settlement and dissuading the Minnesota expansionists, a Canadian military expedition under Colonel Garnet Wolseley was dispatched to the Red River.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Red_River_Rebellion (2817 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Selkirk,
		It is named for the 5th earl of Selkirk, who established (1812) the Red River Settlement in the region.
		Red River Settlement An early 19th-century agricultural colony in the Red River (now Manitoba) area of central Canada that was granted by the Hudson's Bay Company to Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk (1771–1820).
		Lying in the heart of the Selkirk Mountains, within the northern bend of the Columbia River, it was established in 1886; it occupies an area of 521 sq mi (1,349 sq km).
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Selkirk, (1249 words)

	The RED RIVER "Great Canadian Rivers"
		In 1870, he was hailed by many Red River settlers-Métis and Scottish alike-as the founder of the province of Manitoba and a visionary protector of bilingual rights and freedoms.
		Manitoba Mission: Riel was born in 1844, in the Red River Settlement, part of the French-Native Métis culture that co-existed with Scottish and English-speaking mixed-blood ("country born") residents of the Selkirk colony.
		He led opposition to the Canadian proposal to re-survey and re-distribute all of the land in the Red River Settlement, ignoring the established river lot land tenure of the residents.
	www.greatcanadianrivers.com /rivers/redriver/history-home2.html (744 words)

	Red River Colony
		Red River Colony, settlement on the Red and Assiniboine rivers in what is now Manitoba and North Dakota, founded 1812 by the earl of SELKIRK.
		From 1801 Selkirk had sought British support for settlement in the region occupied by the HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY, but not until he and his family had gained control of the company in 1810 did his scheme become practical.
		Macdonell was arrested, the remaining inhabitants withdrew, and the settlement was burned.
	thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0006725 (413 words)

	Search Results for "Selkirk"
		...Thomas Douglas, 5th earl of, 1771-1820, Scottish philanthropist, founder of the Red River Settlement.
		...Red River Settlement, agricultural colony in present Manitoba, North Dakota, and Minnesota.
		It flows southwest in a mountain valley to join the Columbia River near...
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/65search?query=Selkirk (277 words)

	Horton Journal of Canadian History
		Louis Riel was pioneer in native, and the conditions of the Red River were what allowed him to rise to power, but his pride and his insanity are what lead him to his down fall.Louis Riel was born on October 27,1844 in present day Winnipeg.
		The Bishop of the Red River, Monseigneer Alexander A.
		When tension in the Red River began to rise, the Metis found that the Canadian government was sending William McDougall to take over as lieutenant governor of the Northwest, before the transfer for of the land had taken place.
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	Red River Settlement -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		It is formed by the confluence of the Bois de Sioux and Otter Tail rivers at the twin cities of Wahpeton (N.D.) and Breckenridge (Minn.).
		The river forms at the junction of the Otter Tail and Bois de Sioux rivers near the twin cities of Breckenridge, Minn., and Wahpeton, N.D. It is 545 miles (877 kilometers) long and flows northward to empty into Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba.
		Although fur trading and settlement did not go well together, Thomas Douglas, earl of Selkirk, became interested in the possibilities of settling Scottish farmers who had lost their farms at home in the fertile valley of the Red River near the site of present-day Winnipeg.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9062953?tocId=9062953 (881 words)

	Encyclopedia of North American Indians - - Riel, Louis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Riel was born in the Red River Settlement (at that time under the governance of the Hudson's Bay Company), and went to Montreal to study for the priesthood but turned to law instead.
		Beginning in the 1840s, the Métis at Red River presented a series of petitions to the HBC and to the imperial government in London, asking for recognition as a separate people and a voice in government.
		When he arrived at Red River, his entry was blocked by Riel and the Comité, on the grounds that the settlement had not been consulted about his appointment.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/naind/html/na_033400_riellouis.htm (1208 words)

	Freedom of choice As is known that the Halfbreeds of Red River
		Freedom of choice as is known that the Half-breeds of Red River Settlement 1870 as those of today, have the right to choose to be either Indian (First Nation) or European, of their ethnic background.
		Kenny Morin Chief of the Red River Half-Breeds / Captain of the Red River Half-Breeds
		Kenny Morin Chief of the Red River Half-Breeds/Captain of the Red River Half-Breeds
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	cane river culture
		In the mid-19th century, Red River changed its course and bypassed the town of Natchitoches.
		The former main channel of the Red River became Cane River, which still remained an important conduit to link the town to the outlying agricultural areas.
		The Cane River area maintained its agricultural character into the 20th century, but also became an educational center when the Normal School was established in 1884.
	www.caneriverheritage.org /main_file.php/heritagearea.php/33 (1205 words)

	Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
		Through his wife Kittson became strongly attached to the Métis people of the settlement and in the early 1850s he usually hired them as tripmen to load his Red River carts with furs and buffalo robes, drive them to St Paul, and return with supplies for himself at Pembina and for Red River.
		Red River carts were often used over the entire route because the water level on the Red River was frequently not high enough for steamboat travel.
		Its monopoly on the Red River during the 1870s, in the transport of immigrants and supplies to Winnipeg and the homesteads of southern Manitoba, made it an important factor in the development of the area.
	www.biographi.ca /EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=39749 (823 words)

	Significance in early human settlements (from river) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The main purpose of a settlement is the development and improvement of a neighbourhood or cluster of neighbourhoods.
		Generally, as a result of the settlement, prosecution of the action is withdrawn or dismissed without any judgment being entered (see nolle prosequi).
		Created by imperial decree, the Jewish Pale of Settlement was that part of the Russian Empire within which Russia's Jewish population was required to live and work for more than 130 years between the late 18th and early 20th century.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-29063 (903 words)

	River Lot Three, Victoria Settlement
		Favel (spelling also Favell, Favoll) likewise had his origins at Red River 13 and was descended of John Favell Jr., the son of a slopseller who worked his way through Hudson's Bay Company ranks to the position of deputy at Albany Fort.
		71 River Lot Three is significant not only for its unique association with the trade for furs and its history, but the subsequent transition of Victoria Settlement from an outpost of the fur trade (lastly represented by George Kennedy), to an agricultural community (as represented by James Alexander Kennedy).
		A private road on the property, through the forested north slope of the river valley, was developed in response to the long, narrow configuration of the lot, and was used to take horses and equipment up to the north field where a parcel of approximately 40 acres had been cleared for agricultural use.
	www.smokylake.com /history/settlement/riverlotthree.htm (3650 words)

	H. ROBERT BAKER \| Creating Order in the Wilderness: Transplanting the English Law to Rupert's Land, 1835-51 \| Law and ...
		The settlement sat within the "District of Assiniboia," a large tract of land that the Company had sold to Thomas Douglas, the fifth earl of Selkirk, in 1811 for the purpose of settlement.
		Also, the compact size of the settlement acted as a guard against the possible abuse of power by a small police/military unit—the volunteer corps was not linked to distant power but in the hands of Alexander Ross, a resident of Red River.
		Thom was almost universally hated and despised at Red River, and many of his contemporaries believed that he manipulated the law as he pleased while he served as recorder in the general quarterly court.
	www.historycooperative.org /journals/lhr/17.2/baker.html (14604 words)

	Ross House Museum: William and Jemima Ross (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		He was born in the Columbia River area of the Rockies in 1825.
		William was appointed Sheriff of Assiniboia in 1851 and in 1855 became the first Postmaster for the Red River Settlement.
		The postal rate for a letter sent between Red River and Pembina was one penny.
	www.geocities.com /roosha.geo/rosshous.html (342 words)

	Red River of the North -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer!
		The river, named after the reddish brown silt it carries, was a transportation link between Lake Winnipeg and the Mississippi River system.
		The Red River Settlement, an agricultural colony, was founded in 1811 near Winnipeg.
		It is bounded on the north by Egypt; on the east by the Red Sea and Ethiopia; on the south by Kenya, Uganda, and Zaire; on the west by the Central African Republic and Chad; and on the northwest by Libya.
	concise.britannica.com /ebc/article-9376619?tocId=9376619 (900 words)

	Red River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Red River of the North, a river that flows northward between North Dakota and Minnesota into Lake Winnipeg, site of the Red River Settlement; also center of the Red River Valley, a historic region of the United States and Canada
		Red River (Mississippi watershed), a tributary of the Mississippi River forming part of the boundary between Texas and Oklahoma
		Red River, New Zealand, a minor river in the North Island of New Zealand
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/R/Red-River.htm (209 words)

	St. Boniface Cathedral, Red River Settlement, 1858, by William Napier - The Canadian West - Exhibitions - Library and ...
		Boniface Cathedral, Red River Settlement, 1858, by William Napier - The Canadian West - Exhibitions - Library and Archives Canada
		Boniface Cathedral, Red River Settlement 1858, by William Napier
		Napier's sketch of St. Boniface Cathedral captures its grandeur and hints at the influence it exerted over the Red River Settlement.
	www.collectionscanada.ca /canadian-west/052910/05291032_e.html (68 words)

	The RED RIVER "Great Canadian Rivers"
		Captured at Fort William while returning and dramatically freed by Lord Selkirk's raid on the Fort, Lagemodière became a hero and celebrity, and was rewarded with a generous grant of land on the east bank of the Red River.
		Though he succeeded in preserving the Red River Settlement, thereby securing its future as one of the most successful agricultural communities in Canada, Selkirk himself suffered catastrophic financial losses in the legal battles that resulted from his clash with the rival fur trading company.
		His efforts to relocate his disenfranchised countrymen to the Red River Valley, and to personally defend them against hostile fur trading interests, sowed the seeds of the great grain fields of western Canada, but ultimately cost him his health and his wealth.
	www.greatcanadianrivers.com /rivers/redriver/history-home.html (866 words)

	Rebellion of 1865 in Manitoba
		Throughout this era, the settlement was greatly dependent on the Hudson's Bay Company and in many ways the Red River Settlement was a "company town".
		The company formed the official government of the settlement, it had an official monopoly on business, it was the largest landowner and, in one way or another, everyone in the settlement was somewhat dependent economically on the company.
		By 1840 the population of the Red River Settlement (one of the largest west of the Mississippi and north of the Missouri on the plains of North America) consisted of 5,720 francophone Metis, 4,080 anglophone Metis and 1,600 non-Aboriginals.
	www.geocities.com /SoHo/Atrium/4832/rebel.html (882 words)

	Empire of the Bay: Site of Red River Rebellion
		Although the settlement had been growing for more than half a century, Red River had never established a government.
		Afraid of losing their land and their homes, to which they had no official title, the Métis had organized a militia under the command of Louis Riel.
		He fled to Montana but remained alive in the consciousness of the followers he left behind in the Red River.
	www.pbs.org /empireofthebay/maps/red_river.html (233 words)

	Asham Stompers -
		For years the settlers at the Red River were virtually isolated from the outside world.
		From 1822 to 1869 Red River was the home to this rich cultural mix of people who, on a whole, lived in harmony with each other.
		Said one resident of the Red River, “There is hardly a lock and key, bolt or bar, on any dwelling house, barn or store amongst us and our windows are … without any shutters.
	www.ashamstompers.com (761 words)

	Leaders of the Canadian Church, Edited by Canon Bertal Heeney (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		West first arrived in the Red River settlement, the news was carried far and wide, and the Indians at Cumberland heard of him.
		After he left Swan River, he worked for a number of years under the late Archdeacon Cowley, in St. Peter's Indian Settlement and outlying missions, and shortly after the Diocese of Saskatchewan was set apart from the Diocese of Rupert's Land, he went to Saskatchewan, and was employed there in the same kind of work.
		Hunter hired a skilled carpenter from the Red River Settlement, and for the rough work, getting out logs, sawing, etc., he found very willing workers among the Indians, who, being dwellers in the forest could use their axes, and soon learnt to turn the logs into lumber with a whip-saw.
	justus.anglican.org /resources/pc/canada/bheeney/2/3.html (4589 words)

	The Red River Settlement essays & term papers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Red River Settlement was founded by the Fifth Earl of Selkirk, Thomas Douglas, Inthe year 1812.
		The settlement was split into twomajor groupings: The French speaking and predominate Roman Catholic Metis and the Englishspeaking and predominate Protestant “country born”.
		They were extremely helpful to the settlerswhen the first moved to the red river area.
	www.essaylink.com /essay254/redriversettlement.html (218 words)

	A Brief Canadian History \| In Flanders Fields (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Red River Rebellion, led to the creation of the province of Manitoba in 1870.
		Red River Colony, settlement on the Red and Assiniboine rivers in what is now Manitoba and N Dakota, fd 1812 by the earl of Selkirk.
		Red River Rebellion, (also known as the Red River Resistance), a movement of national self-determination by the Metis of the RED RIVER COLONY in what is now Manitoba, 1869-70.
	www.macleod9.com /music/lrielbrief.html (376 words)

	Manitoba Pageant: Council Minutes - Red River Settlement, June 16, 1837
		Minutes of a Council held at Fort Garry, Red River Settlement, this sixteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, at which were present: George Simpson, Governor in Chief, Alex.
		That the duty on Exports and Imports to Red River Settlement be reduced to 4 p.
		That Governor Simpson be requested to purchase and forward for the use of the Police Corps 25 well finished guns, 2 feet, 9 inches barrel, 28 ball to the lb.
	www.mhs.mb.ca /docs/pageant/24/minutes1837.shtml (429 words)

	Red River -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		In the spring of 1864, Union General Nathaniel Banks led an expedition up the Red River and, with the support of a river fleet commanded by Admiral David Dixon Porter, took Fort DeRussy and the town of...
		Bordered by Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia on the west and Saudi Arabia and Yemen on the east, the Red Sea occupies an area of approximately 174,000 square miles (451,000 square kilometers).
		Red Bird was born near Prairie du Chien, Wis. As miners moved into the area in the 1820s, the Winnebago began digging up lead to sell to the traders.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9062948?tocId=9062948 (881 words)

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