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The Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists The Pioneers of Manitoba
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The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists, by George Bryce
Title: The Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists
The Pioneers of Manitoba
Author: George Bryce
Release Date: December 19, 2005 [eBook #17358]
Language: English
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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.
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| 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 | 80 |
| Chapter 7. Fight and Flight | 95 |
| Chapter 8. No Surrender | 107 |
| Chapter 9. Seven Oaks Massacre | 117 |
| Chapter 10. Afterclaps | 133 |
| Chapter 11. The Silver Chief Arrives | 142 |
| Chapter 12. Soldiers and Swiss | 152 |

