The mutineers in tended seiz.ing the captain and crew and taking the ship and cargo to some port for the purpose of disposing of tbem, but their conspiracy being discovered, its accomplishment was prevented, the conspirators overpowered, and the sbip reached York Factory in safety, during the month of August. [...] Added to this, the settlement was on the eve of a series of disturbances which shortly afterwards resulted in the destruc tion of the colony by the servants of the North-West Company. [...] James Sutherland was left in charge, and when that gentleman saw that the colony was utterly at the mercy of the Nor'Westers, be and Surgeon James White, who was afterwards killed in the Semple tragedy, signed the following agreement on June 25,1815: Articles of Agreement entered into between the Half-Breed Indians of the Indian Territory, on one part, and the Honorable Hudson's Bay Company on the [...] The result of Cameron's attack on Fort Douglas was the destruction of the settlers' hOllses, and the breaking up of the colony. [...] This first attempt to penetrate the northern districts was, however, only partly suc cessful, owing to the lateness of the season when the brigades reached their destination, and the lack of provisions, which, owing to the opposition of the North-West Company, the new comers had diffi~ulty in obtaining frpm the Indians.
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Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Title 4
- Copyright 5
- Table Of Contents 6
- INTRODUCTION 8
- Early History of the Selkirk Settlement 16
- Hudson's Bay Company versus Sayer 33
- Annual Routine in Red River Settlement 43
- The Battle at the Grand Coteau. July 13 and 14. 1851 60
- John A. Macdonald, Confederation, and the Canadian West 75
- Big Bear. Indian Patriot 86
- Canadian Nationalism in Western Newspapers 104
- A Mennonite Community in the East Reserve: Its Origin and Growth 114
- Expansion of Settlement in Manitoba, 1870-1900 135
- The Hutterians: History and Communal Organization of a Rural Group 146
- The Patrons of Industry in Manitoba. 1890-1898 157
- W. R. Motherwell: The Emergence of a Farm Leader 181
- Liberal Politics, Federal Policies, and the Lieutenant-Governor: Saskatchewan and Alberta, 1905 194
- History of the Saskatchewan Stock Growers' Association 206
- The Reform Movement in Manitoba, 1910-1915 230
- J. S. Woodsworth and a Political Party for Labour, 1896 to 1921 245
- The Origin of the Farmers' Union of Canada 269
- The Saskatchewan Relief Commission, 1931-34 282
- The Bias of Prairie Politics 304
- Select Bibliography 316
- Note on the Editor 328
- The Contributors 330
