A Narrative of Occurrences in the Indian Countries of North America: Since the Connexion of the Right Hon. the Earl of Selkirk with the Hudson's Bay Company, and His Attempt to Establish a Colony on the Red River : with a Detailed Account of His Lordship's Military Expedition To, and Subsequent Proceedings at Fort William, in Upper CanadaB. McMillan, sold by T. Egerton, Nornaville and Fell, and J. Richardson, 1817 - 152 էջ |
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... boats or canoes . The journey , or voyage , is performed by loaded boats in about thirty days , and pro- visions must be taken for the whole time , as none are to be procured on the route . There are nu- merous portages , where the boats ...
... boats or canoes . The journey , or voyage , is performed by loaded boats in about thirty days , and pro- visions must be taken for the whole time , as none are to be procured on the route . There are nu- merous portages , where the boats ...
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... boats a considerable part of the distance , over rough untrodden roads and rugged precipices , and through dangerous rapids and waterfalls . The task was doubly hard on the old and inexperienced farmer and labourer , who was obliged to ...
... boats a considerable part of the distance , over rough untrodden roads and rugged precipices , and through dangerous rapids and waterfalls . The task was doubly hard on the old and inexperienced farmer and labourer , who was obliged to ...
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... boats and canoes navigating the river were fired at from the Fort , and from bat- teries erected on the banks ; brought to , and ri- gorously searched , and wherever provisions of any description could be found , they were plundered ...
... boats and canoes navigating the river were fired at from the Fort , and from bat- teries erected on the banks ; brought to , and ri- gorously searched , and wherever provisions of any description could be found , they were plundered ...
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... boats , in the hopes of finding a passage home to their native country . 66 extravagant , were made by the Earl of Selkirk himself at Stromness , " in June 1813 , to persons whom he was enticing to go out . " Few of these wretched men ...
... boats , in the hopes of finding a passage home to their native country . 66 extravagant , were made by the Earl of Selkirk himself at Stromness , " in June 1813 , to persons whom he was enticing to go out . " Few of these wretched men ...
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... boat , commanded by a Lieut . Holt , was fitted out on the Lake , and batteries , with cannon mounted , were erected on the banks of the river , to effect this object . The Canadians saw nothing before them but the prospect of confusion ...
... boat , commanded by a Lieut . Holt , was fitted out on the Lake , and batteries , with cannon mounted , were erected on the banks of the river , to effect this object . The Canadians saw nothing before them but the prospect of confusion ...
Common terms and phrases
Affidavit Agents Alexander appear appointed Archibald armed arrived Assiniboine River authority Baie de Hudson boat Bourke Canadians canoes Captain D'Orsonnens Captain Matthey Captain Miles Macdonell Charter Clerks Colin Robertson Colonists Colony command Company's conduct Courts Daniel Mackenzie Depo Deponent Deposant District Duncan Cameron Earl of Selkirk establish exclusive trade Fort Gibraltar Fort William Fourches Furs Gentlemen Governor Grant Half-Breeds Hudson's Bay Company Indian Territory Interior John Spencer jurisdiction Justice Lake Superior Letter Lord Selkirk Lordship M'Donell M'Donell's M'Lean M'Nabb M'Tavish Majesty's Government Memorialists ment Michael Macdonell Miles Macdonell Montreal morning Nord-Ouest North North-West Company orders pany Partners party pemican persons possession Posts prisoners prisonnier proceeded proposed Proprietors provisions qu'il Red River returned seize Semple sent servants Settlement Settlers Signed soldiers straits Sworn taken Thousand Eight Hundred tion took Upper Canada Warrant West Company winter York Factory
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Էջ 26 - Lake Saginagas,) thence along the main stream of those waters and the middle of the several lakes through which they pass, to the mouth of the Winnipic river; and thence in a northerly direction through the middle of the Lake Winnipic, to the place of beginning...
Էջ 12 - Quebec, and all other the subjects of the most Christian King whatsoever, to go by land, or by sea, whithersoever they please, out of the lands of the said bay, together with all their goods, merchandizes, arms, and effects, of what nature or condition soever, except such things as are above reserved in this article.
Էջ 15 - Company, and their successors, the sole trade and commerce of all those seas, straits, bays, rivers, lakes, creeks, and sounds, in whatsoever latitude they shall be, that lie within the entrance of the straits, commonly called Hudson's Straits, together with all the lands and territories upon the countries, coasts and confines of the seas, bays, lakes, rivers, creeks and sounds aforesaid, that are not already actually possessed by or granted to any of our subjects, or possessed by the subjects of...
Էջ 15 - ... the whole and entire trade and traffic to and from all havens, bays, creeks, rivers, lakes and seas, into which they shall find entrance or passage by water or land out of the territories, limits and places aforesaid...
Էջ 12 - Streights, and which belong thereunto, no tracts of land or of sea being excepted, which are at present possessed by the subjects of France. All which, as well as any buildings there made in the condition they now are, and likewise all fortresses there erected either before or since the French seized the same...
Էջ 12 - The said most Christian King shall restore to the kingdom and Queen of Great Britain, to be possessed in full right for ever, the bay and...
Էջ 14 - In 1745, indeed, the 18th Geo. II. cap. 17, for granting a reward for the discovery of a North-West Passage through Hudson's Straits, Enacts, " that nothing therein contained, shall any ways extend, or be construed to take away or prejudice any of the Estate, Rights or Privileges of or belonging to the Governor and Company of Adventurers of England, trading into Hudson's Bay...
Էջ 12 - But it is agreed on both sides, to determine within a year, by commissaries to be forthwith named by each party, the limits which are to be fixed between the said bay of Hudson, and the places appertaining to the French...
Էջ 15 - ... hereafter have, use and enjoy, not only the whole, entire and only trade and traffic, and the whole, entire and only liberty, use and privilege of trading and trafficking to and from the territory, limits and places aforesaid; but also the whole and entire trade and traffic to and from all havens, bays, creeks, rivers, lakes and seas, into which they shall find entrance...