The Red River Insurrection: Three Letters and a Narrative of EventsAborigines' Protection Society, 1870 - 28 pages |
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... following despatch : DOWNING STREET , 18th May , 1870 . SIR , I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your ... telegram of the 3rd inst . , that the Canadian Government and the delegates have come to an understanding as to the ...
... following despatch : DOWNING STREET , 18th May , 1870 . SIR , I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your ... telegram of the 3rd inst . , that the Canadian Government and the delegates have come to an understanding as to the ...
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... have next to consider the result of the negotia- tions with the Imperial Government , whose co - operation it was so important to secure . On learning by telegram the fact of the outbreak , Earl Granville sent the following 45.
... have next to consider the result of the negotia- tions with the Imperial Government , whose co - operation it was so important to secure . On learning by telegram the fact of the outbreak , Earl Granville sent the following 45.
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... following cable telegram to Sir John Young : 66 66 25th November , 1869 . Do what you like with the following : " The Queen has " learned with regret and surprise that certain misguided men " have joined together to resist the entry of ...
... following cable telegram to Sir John Young : 66 66 25th November , 1869 . Do what you like with the following : " The Queen has " learned with regret and surprise that certain misguided men " have joined together to resist the entry of ...
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... order to the Red River territory . The views of Her Majesty's Im- perial Government and of the Hudson's Bay Company were in exact accordance with those of the Dominion Government . On the 4th April , the following cable telegram was 50.
... order to the Red River territory . The views of Her Majesty's Im- perial Government and of the Hudson's Bay Company were in exact accordance with those of the Dominion Government . On the 4th April , the following cable telegram was 50.
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... following cable telegram was despatched to Earl Granville by Sir John Young : " Smith " came here on Saturday from Fort Garry with bad news . A " Canadian called Scott was by Riel's orders tried by Court " Martial and shot with the view ...
... following cable telegram was despatched to Earl Granville by Sir John Young : " Smith " came here on Saturday from Fort Garry with bad news . A " Canadian called Scott was by Riel's orders tried by Court " Martial and shot with the view ...
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1st December 7th November admit Rupert's Land appointed armed arrival authority Bishop British North America Canadian Government circumstances Colonel Dennis commission Council of Assiniboine Crown dated delegates Dominion Government duties election Electoral Division feeling following telegram force Fort Garry French half-breeds Garry Governor McTavish grant Honorable Howe's Hudson's Bay Company illegal Imperial Government Indian Title inhabitants instructions insurgents issue legal Governor Legislative Assembly Legislative Council Legislature letter Lieutenant-Governor Lindsay loyal Majesty Majesty's Government Manitoba McDougall's conduct Members ment ministers negotiations North America Act North-West Territories North-Western Territory opinion Ottawa Parliament Parliament of Canada party peaceable persons population possession Privy Council proceed proceedings Province of Manitoba Province otherwise provisions public peace purchase money Queen Queen's Proclamation RED RIVER INSURRECTION Red River settlement remain at Pembina responsibility Riel Seal of Canada Secretary sent settlers Sir John Young surveys taken tion townships troops
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