The Red River Colony / A Chronicle of the Beginnings of Manitoba
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Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. This book is printed in black & white, Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Reprinted in 2022 with the help of original edition published long back 1921. As this book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages. If it is multi vo Resized as per current standards. We expect that you will understand our compulsion with such books. 194 The Red River colony ...
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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
- 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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