This land was granted to him by the hudsons bay company, which is referred to as the selkirk concession, which included the portions of ruperts land, or the watershed of hudson bay, bounded on the north by the line. The settlement of the west holds few tales more vivid and tragic than that of the red river. Red river settlement article about red river settlement. Comment by patti flynn heimsness on february 4, 2014 at 12. The settlement was able, with great difficulty, to take root and grow until it became part of canada. It was the undertaking of thomas douglas, 5th earl of selkirk.
Founded in 1812 by thomas douglas, 5th earl of selkirk, the colony grew through times of extreme hardship into a multiracial society. Despite difficult beginnings, the red river settlement would be a permanent settlement. The anglican church and the disintegration of red river. Glendon college, york university the canadian west and north to 1921 the red river settlement.
In 1870, after a turbulent transition, the colony became manitoba, the fifth canadian province. Some red river furtrade activities by john perry pritchett. The red river colony or selkirk settlement was a colonization project set up in 1811 by thomas douglas, 5th earl of selkirk on 300,000 square kilometres 120,000 sq mi of land. An agreement on the transfer of ruperts land was signed canadian gov. With some account of the native races and its general history, to the present day. Red river settlement library and archives canada blog. Under the settlement, the parties agree on how the southern boundary of the red river is to be determined going forwardbased on the gradient boundary line, but the current gradient. Women of red river being a book written from the recollections of women surviving from the red river era by. The red river, or sometimes the red river of the south, is a major river in the southern united states. The red river valley portion of north dakota and minnesota did not become a part of the. Hbc did not consult those living in the red river settlement everyone was worried but mostly the metis november 1869. Lord selkirk and the red river settlement boundary trail national. The church was not built by mcrae but records indicate he oversaw its construction.
Throughout the succeeding decade several more contingents came. Archives of manitoba keystone archives descriptive database. The red river colony or selkirk settlement was a colonization project set up in 1811 by thomas douglas, 5th earl of selkirk, on 300,000 square kilometres 120,000 sq mi of land. Red river settlement pre1871 during the 18th and early 19th centuries, while the hudson. Responsibility for bringing moral and civil order to the barbarism that was red river fell. The colony was founded in 181112 by thomas douglas, 5th earl of selkirk, a scottish philanthropist, who obtained from the hudsons bay company a grant of 116,000 square miles 300,000 square km in the red and assiniboine river valleys. Red river settlement, ruperts land manitoba, canada. By the mid1800s, the red river settlement in ruperts. You need to be a member of red river settlement, ruperts land manitoba, canada to add comments.
The collected writings of lord selkirk 18101820 manitoba. Red river settlement, agricultural colony in present manitoba, north dakota, and minnesota. Surveyors arrive at the red river settlement and started to gird the landthey came and laid grid with no regard for the metisthey were forced to leave be the metisthe metis were unhappy with thier land being gridedthe surveryors thought the current occupants didnt own thier land. It became an official colony in 1812 with the arrival of settlers from the scottish highlands, known today.
This plan of red river settlement is based on fidlers map but contains much additional topographic information. The red river settlement 50 years of instability 18201870. Red river settlement, and stood at the north end of the slough at what is now known as fast selkirk village. The settlement, called the red river colony, was accepted by chief peguis of the saulteaux. Report of trials in the courts of canada, relative to the destruction of the earl of selkirks settlement on the red river with observations. Adams, ann early days at red river settlement, and fort. Exonerate to clear or absolve from blame or a criminal charge 5. Red river a river that flows north dakota north into lake winnipeg 4. The year 2012 marked the bicentenary of the founding of the red river settlement by scotsman thomas douglas, 5th earl of selkirk. The red river settlement colony was restored the following year. In the many studies of the red river settlement written since 1856, the prime factors affecting the settlement have been variously conceived as economic, geographic or political. First nations and metis people of red river settlement. Ross published the red river settlement in 1856, historians have tried to come to grips with the character of this exotic mixture of scot tish.
By donna sutherland the people of red river settlement before confederation red river settlement was a colony built at the forks of the red and assiniboine rivers long before confederation. The red river valley is a region in central north america that is drained by the red river of the north. Plan of the settlement on red river as it was june 1816 1. In the late 1860s, when canada or william macdougall and surveyors entered their community, the varied inhabitants of the future winnipeg lived peacably. The red river colony, a key part of manitobas rich history, was a settlement on the red and assiniboine rivers whose boundaries crossed parts of what are now manitoba and north dakota. It was the site of the red river resistance before reluctantly joining. The historiography of the red river settlement 18301868 auspace. Red river journal of alexander begg, 18691870 textual record, later published. Chief peguis was in favour of the settlement because it. Prominent among these were the rapid approach of american railways and settlement close to the 49 th parallel, the threat of u. Most of the returns include statistics for grantown, and some include swampy and saulteaux indian settlements. The establishment of canada in the late 19th century led to the creation of what is today manitoba, although. It was named for the redbed country of its watershed. Series consists of census returns of the red river settlement that were sent to the governor and committee in london.
It was the undertaking of thomas douglas, 5th earl of selkirk selkirk, thomas douglas, 5th earl of, 17711820, scottish philanthropist, founder of the red river settlement. Red river settlement 1848 by paul kane 1970 canadian. Merger of hbc and nwc the turmoil over the pemmican proclamation and battle of seven oaks were examples of a larger struggle between the hbc and nwc for control of ruperts land and the fur trade. William mcdougall fonds textual record, graphic material, 18441892. Early days at red river settlement, and fort snelling.
His much misrepresented purpose was to establish a settlement on the banks of the red river for the unsuccessful scotch and irish peasantry, who were living. Parties settle red river dispute texas agriculture law. These documents are kept at the provincial library in winnipeg, but photostatic copies have been ordered for the minnesota historical society because of its interest in. Joined ruperts land with the north western territory, renaming the entire region the north west territories in. This land was granted to him by the hudsons bay company, which is referred to as the selkirk concession. Having considered the motion, and the attached settlement agreement, the court hereby orders as follows. Dale gibson, law, life and government at red river, volume. Wishing to relieve the dispossessed and impoverished in scotland and northern ireland, he secured enough control of the hudsons bay company to obtain from it a grant of land called assiniboia. Plan of the settlement on red river as it was june 1816 map. A cannon blast at midday on september 4, 1812 near the forks of the red and assiniboine rivers summoned local inhabitants to witness a hudsons bay. Forming the border between minnesota and north dakota when these territories were admitted as states in the united states, this fertile valley has been important to the economies of these states and to manitoba, canada. His death led to the wolseley expedition to quell the red river rebellion. Although it was once a tributary of the mississippi river, the red river is now a tributary of the atchafalaya river, a distributary of the mississippi that flows separately into the gulf of mexico.
Red river settlement, a scottish colony founded in 1811 near the present city of winnipeg by a philanthropic scottish nobleman, lord selkirk, who at that time controlled the hudsons bay company. The metis and the red river settlement first peoples of. During the 18th and early 19th centuries, while the hudsons bay company hbc held sway throughout the interior of. In 1812 the hudsons bay company gave lord selkirk a land grant of 116,000 acres centred on the junction of the red and assiniboine rivers in the red river valley to bring in scottish settlers the metis opposed the settlers because they feared losing their lands, since they were squatters and held. The historiography of the red river settlement 18301868 frits pannekoek alberta culture, edmonton abstract.