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THOMAS, 5TH EARL OF SELKIRK
The Founder of Red River Colony, 1812.
From copy of painting by Raeburn, obtained by author from St Mary's Isle, Lord Selkirk's seat.

The Romantic Settlement

OF

Lord Selkirk's Colonists

[The Pioneers of Manitoba]

BY

DR. GEORGE BRYCE

Of Winnipeg

President of the Royal Society of Canada, etc., etc.

Toronto

THE MUSSON BOOK COMPANY

Limited

"Copyrighted Canada, 1909, by The Musson Book Company, Limited, Toronto."

CONTENTS

Chapter 1. Patriarch's Story An Extinct Race. The Gay Frenchman. The Earlier Peoples. The Montreal Merchants and Men. The Dusky Riders of the Plain. The Stately Hudson's Bay Company.	9
Chapter 2. A Scottish Duel	33
Chapter 3. Across the Stormy Sea	44
Chapter 4. A Winter of Discontent	58
Chapter 5. First Foot on Red River Banks	69
Chapter 6. Three Desperate Years	... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN! Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR!