The Remarkable History of the Hudson's Bay Company Including that of the French Traders of North-Western Canada and of the North-West, XY, and Astor Fur Companies

CHAPTER XXXV.

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RED RIVER SETTLEMENT.

1817-1846.

Chiefly Scottish and French settlers--Many hardships--Grasshoppers--Yellow Head--"Gouverneur Sauterelle"--Swiss settlers--Remarkable parchment--Captain Bulger, a military governor--Indian troubles--Donald McKenzie, a fur trader governor--Many projects fail--The flood--Plenty follows--Social condition--Lower Fort built--Upper Fort Garry--Council of Assiniboia--The settlement organized--Duncan Finlayson governor--English farmers--Governor Christie--Serious epidemic--A regiment of regulars--The unfortunate major--The people restless 348