Canadian adherents in the Red River settlement and at Portage la Prairie have incited the Sioux Indians to a raid on Pembina and St. Joseph, in retaliation, as... View Full Article in Timesmachine ...
Fur trading companies were among the most vocal opponents. Red River settlement A settlement at Red River could prove to be the beginning of the slow, inexorable civilizing of the west ...
The North West Company had bitterly opposed settlement around Red River from the start because this threatened its trading routes. Richard Binsley portrayed Miles Macdonell, governor of Lord ...