Identifier: statementrespect00halk (find matches)
Title: Statement respecting the Earl of Selkirk's settlement upon the Red river, in North America : its destruction in the years 1815 and 1816 ; and the massacre of Governor Semple and his party ; with observations upon a recent publication, entitled " A narrative of occurrances in the Indian countries," &c
Year: 1817 (1810s)
Authors: Halkett, John, 1768-1852
Subjects: McGillivray, Simon Selkirk, Thomas Douglas, Earl of, 1771-1820
Publisher: London : John Murray
Contributing Library: University of British Columbia Library
Digitizing Sponsor: University of British Columbia Library

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by John Mu/umy, KZbemvdiz StKe,et,London in ISH. ThAA edition contains ^Ive. »up4 not In the. ^AA^tzdltlon depleting thz Red Rlve/i count/iy oa ^ottot^-i f. A map Oji poAt o^ the. IHVIKH TERnjTOJllES InNORTH AMERICA, exhlbitAng thz Route, oi the,Indian Fu/i TfiadeAi ^fiom fORT WILLIAU to the.REV RIVER, HI6, Z. Ua.p oi thz VJSTRKT OV ASSIWIBOIA, U11, the.EoAl Se,ikln.k Gfiant, 3. Map to 4fiow iAWS AT REV RlVBi conveufed byIhtVUN CHJEfS to tiie, EARL OF SEiXlRK, 1817. 4. Plan oi the, REV RWER SETTLEmhfr showing the,LINES Of THE MARCH 0¥ THE METIS andeA CuXhbeAtGAant, and the, me,n oi the. 6eXttetne,nt andeAGoveAnoK Semple,, 5. Plan oi the. REV RIVER SETTLEMENT a6 U umIn JUNE nu. We. oAe. IndeJbtzd to Ma. John A. Bovey, PftovlnclalAAchlvltt oi Manitoba, io^ providing a6 with the,abovz mate/UoJL CANAVIANA HOUSETofionto - )969 THIS EDITION IS LIMITED TO 220 COPIESOF WHICH 200 ARE FOR SALE. THIS COPY IS NUMBER: a... STATEMENT hespecting The Earl of Selkirks Settlement UPON THE RED RIVER ^
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ADVERTISEMENT. The Earl of Selkiiit, after his arrival inCanada, at the end of the year 1815, trans-mitted, upcMi various occasions, to his friendsin England, the details of the first aggressionswhich had been instigated against the RedRiver Settlement, and the dispersion of thesettlers in the preceding summer. He alsosubsequently furnished them with the par-ticulars and evidence which had been col-lected relative to the second destruction of thatCk>lony, in the following year. The informa-tion thus received, was not extended beyonda very limited circle in this country; but, inconsequence of the repeated misrepresenta-tions made with respect to the occurrenceswhich had taken place at the Red River^ andthe numerous reports, raised for the evidentpurpose of injuring Lord Selkirks character inEngland, his friends^ at length, thought it VI advisable to select from tlie documents in theirpossession, such materials as seemed to thembest calculated to remove the unjust impres-sions whichstatementrespect00halk

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