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The Journals of Cumberland House

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Alex R. Cameron
Saskatchewan History, vol. 6, no. 1, Winter, 1953, pp. 31-34
Describes the establishment of Cumberland House, the Hudson Bay Company’s (HBC) first inland post, as a shift in company policy, allowing it to better compete with the North-West Company (NWC). Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 31.
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Memorandum in Support of an Address to Her Majesty from the Inhabitants of Red River Settlement, Praying to be Formed Into A Crown Colony

Alternate Title
The Red River Settlement. Memorandum to His Grace, the Duke of Buckingham, Secretary of State for the Colonies
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Red River Settlement Inhabitants
Reviews the history of the settlement as a means of arguing that it should be purchased by the government from the Hudson's Bay Company and therefore become a colony.
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New Light on the Early History of the Greater Northwest: The Manuscript Journals of Alexander Henry, Fur Trader of the Northwest Company, and of David Thompson, Official Geographer of the Same Company 1799-1814: Exploration and Adventure Among Indians on the Red, Saskatchewan, Missouri and Columbia Rivers [Vol.III]

Alternate Title
Henry and Thompson Journals, Volume lll
Manuscript Journals of Henry and Thompson Journals, Volume III
E-Books
Author/Creator
Alexander Henry
David Thompson
Index and maps.
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New Light on the Early History of the Greater Northwest : The Manuscript Journals of Alexander Henry, Fur Trader of the Northwest Company and of David Thompson, Official Geographer of the Same Company 1799-1814: Exploration and Adventure Among the Indians on the Red, Saskatchewan, Missouri and Columbia Rivers [Vol. I]

Alternate Title
Henry and Thompson Journals, Volume I
Manuscript Journals of Henry and Thompson Journals, Volume I
The Red River of the North
E-Books
Author/Creator
Alexander Henry
David Thompson
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New Light on the Early History of the Greater Northwest: the Manuscript Journals of Alexander Henry, Fur Trader of the Northwest Company and of David Thompson, Official Geographer of the Same Company 1799-1814: Exploration and Adventure Among the Indians on the Red, Saskatchewan, Missouri and Columbia Rivers [Vol.II]

Alternate Title
Henry and Thompson Journals, Volume II
Manuscript Journals of Henry and Thompson Journals, Volume II
The Saskatchewan and Columbia Rivers
E-Books
Author/Creator
Alexander Henry
David Thompson
Elliott Coues
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A New Nation: The Métis

Alternate Title
People and Stories of Canada to 1867
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
[Michele Visser-Wikkerink]
[E. Leigh Syms]

Chapter 9 of People and Stories of Canada to 1867 by Michele Visser-Wikkerink and E. Leigh Syms. Recommended by Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth as a Manitoba Grade 5 Social Studies learning resource.

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The North West Company

Alternate Title
University of California Publications in History ; vol. VII
E-Books
Author/Creator
Gordon Charles Davidson
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Northwest Changes

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Kerri Martin]

Power point looks at how the conflict between the Hudson's Bay Company and the Northwest Company influenced events in the Red River Settlement which ultimately led to the Battle of Seven Oaks.

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Notes and Comments on Harmon’s Journal 1800-1820

Articles » General
Author/Creator
George Bryce
D.W. Harmon
Transactions of the Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba, no. 9, Series 1, December 13, 1883, p. [?]
Author of journal was employed in the fur trade by the North West Company.
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Plains Indian Reactions to the Lewis and Clark Expedition

Articles » General
Author/Creator
John C. Ewers
Montana, vol. 16, no. 1, Winter, 1966, pp. 2-12
Comments on the reactions of the meetings between Native Americans and the explorers and the importance these interactions were to future relations.
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Red River Rendezvous

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Julijana Capone
The Beaver, vol. 90, no. 1, February/March 2010, p. 27
Description of the annual event, Festival du Voyageur, held in Winnipeg, Manitoba's French Quarter to celebrate the fur trade era.
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Saving David Thompson

Articles » General
Author/Creator
D'Arcy Jenish
Canada's History, vol. 90, no. 2, 2010, pp. 41-44
Brief profile of David Thompson's work as a trader, explorer, map-maker and writer and discussion of the latest, affordable editions of his writings.
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Seven Oaks: An Account of the Affair of Seven Oaks; and a Report of Proceedings of the Gathering for the Unveiling of the “Seven Oaks Monument,” June 19th, 1891

Alternate Title
A Thousand Miles of Prairie: The Manitoba Historical Society and the History of Western Canada
Transactions (Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba) ; ser. 1, no. 43, 1891
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
George Bryce
Charles N. Bell

Authors present two different viewpoints on the Battle. Bryce regards it as a massacre, while Bell adopts a more neutral stance.

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The Seven Oaks Reader (Excerpts)

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Myrna Kostash
TransCanadiana, vol. 8, Canadian Sites of Resistance: Solidarity-Struggle-Change(?), 2016, pp. [73]-80
The Reader gathers texts with differing perspectives to narrate the "battle" between armed settlers and armed Métis buffalo hunters on June 19th, 1816. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 73.
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