Manitoba And The Northwest Territories

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Excerpt from Manitoba and the Northwest Territories: The Real New Northwest Some idea of the extent to which the Northwest Company have pushed their trade may be seen in the fact that in 1845 they had some sixty trading is in this region, principally in the valleys of the Red Saskatchewan. Athabasca, etc. This condition of trade and occupancy of this section, continued undisputed, at least so far as the Red River was concerned until 1811 when, at the solicitation of, Lord Silkirk, one of the stockholders of the Hudson Bay Company, that company laid claim to the exclusive jurisdiction, under their charter, over this immense region and in 1812 they established their first Fort and Trading t on Red River near this place. Oming thus into so close daily competition the state of aflairs went from bad to worse, resulting in great injury to both com panies, and finally bloodshed. In one of their afi'rays the commanding offi cer of the H. B. Company was killed. The result of this regular battle brought both com anies to their senses, and soon after in 1821 these two competi tors formed a coalition continuing nu der the chartered name of the Hudson Bay Company. The company so con solidated, continued in undisputed pos session until 1868 when they sold their right to their exclusive trade and Juris diction claimed under their Old charter over this entire portion of British America and British Columbia, receiv. In g some cash, and' one-twen tieth of the land with es ec.al reserva tures about some of the r posts, fully acres. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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