The Creation Of Manitoba Or A History Of The Red River Troubles

Written by historian Alexander Begg, this indispensable book provides a thoroughly documented account of the Red River troubles and the creation of Manitoba. Featuring detailed research and a lively narrative, this compelling history sheds new light on the political and cultural complexities of one of Canada's most pivotal moments. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Excerpt from The Creation of Manitoba: Or a History of the Red River Troubles Board. In this way, the people had to a great extent a voice in the management of their own affairs; but, be cause the Hudson's Bay Company also enjoyed the right of sending members to the Council of Assiniboia, it was reported abroad that the whole government of the country lwils in the interest of that august body, and that the settlers had little, if any, chance to control their own affairs. Another erroneous idea was that the councillors were overawed by the weight and influence of the Com pany; whereas the power was an equally balanced one, for the reason that the objection of one member of the Board was sufficient to overthrow any motion before it. Had the Hudson's Bay Company men, therefore, endea voured to carry a measure distasteful or detrimental to the interests of the settlers, any single one of the1r representatives had the power to defeat it; and, although a majority of votes would havelbeen the more correct way of carrying on the business of the Council, yet our readers can easily see that the plan adopted gave no balance of power to either side - the scales were evenly poised. We may here mention that the individuals chosen from amongst the settlers to act as councillors conjointly with those from the Hudson's Bay Company were, as a rule, men of integrity and high standing in the country, and, therefore, altogether above bribery and falsity to their people's interests. 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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