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Thomas Douglas, Fifth Earl of Selkirk. From the painting at St Mary's Isle
THE RED RIVER COLONY
A Chronicle of the Beginnings of Manitoba
BY
LOUIS AUBREY WOOD
TORONTO GLASGOW, BROOK & COMPANY 1915
TO MY FATHER
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I
ST MARY'S ISLE
CHAPTER II
SELKIRK, THE COLONIZER
Place D'Armes, Montreal, in 1807. From a water-colour sketch after Dillon in M'Gill University Library.
CHAPTER III
THE PURSE-STRINGS LOOSEN
Joseph Frobisher, a partner in the North-West Company. From the John Ross Robertson Collection, Toronto Public Library.
CHAPTER IV
STORNOWAY—AND BEYOND
CHAPTER V
WINTERING ON THE BAY
The country of Lord Selkirk's Letters.
CHAPTER VI
RED RIVER AND PEMBINA
Hunting the Buffalo. From a painting by George Catlin.
Plan of Red River Colony
CHAPTER VII
THE BEGINNING OF STRIFE
CHAPTER VIII
COLIN ROBERTSON, THE AVENGER
CHAPTER IX
SEVEN OAKS
CHAPTER X
LORD SELKIRK'S JOURNEY
CHAPTER XI
FORT WILLIAM
Fort William. From an old print in the John Ross Robertson Collection, Toronto Public Library.
Simon M'Tavish, Founder of the North-West Company. From a water-colour drawing in M'Gill University Library.
William M'Gillivray, a partner in the North-West Company. From a photograph in the M'Gill University Library.
CHAPTER XII
THE PIPE OF PEACE
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
PRIMARY SOURCES
SECONDARY MATERIAL
INDEX
THE CHRONICLES OF CANADA
THIRTY-TWO VOLUMES ILLUSTRATED
Edited by GEORGE M. WRONG and H. H. LANGTON
THE CHRONICLES OF CANADA
PART I THE FIRST EUROPEAN VISITORS
PART II THE RISE OF NEW FRANCE
PART III THE ENGLISH INVASION
PART IV THE BEGINNINGS OF BRITISH CANADA
PART V THE RED MAN IN CANADA
PART VI PIONEERS OF THE NORTH AND WEST
PART VII THE STRUGGLE FOR POLITICAL FREEDOM
PART VIII THE GROWTH OF NATIONALITY
PART IX NATIONAL HIGHWAYS
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