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 XLV.

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TROUBLES OF THE TRANSFER OF RUPERT'S LAND.

Transfer Act passed--A moribund Government--The Canadian surveying party--Causes of the rebellion--Turbulent Metis--American interference--Disloyal ecclesiastics--"Governor" McDougall--Riel and his rebel band--A blameworthy governor--The "blawsted fence"--Seizure of Fort Garry--Riel's ambitions--Loyal rising--Three wise men from the East--_The New Nation_--A winter meeting--Bill of Rights--A Canadian shot--The Wolseley expedition--Three renegades slink away--The end of Company rule--The new Province of Manitoba 459