300px|right|assiniboia in january of 1814 governor miles macdonell, appointed by thomas douglas, 5th earl of selkirk issued to the inhabitants of the red river area a proclamation which became known as the pemmican proclamation. the red river colony or the selkirk settlement included portions of present-day southern manitoba, northern minnesota and eastern north dakota, in addition to small parts of eastern saskatchewan, northwestern ontario and northeastern south dakota.the canadian encyclopedia ==synopsis== the proclamation defined the borders of the lands ceded to lord selkirk by the hudson's bay company over which miles macdonell had been appointed governor. the proclamation next outlined the reasons and the means by which the governor would control the flow of food, mostly pemmican from the area. ==source== the proclamation was submitted as evidence during the pemmican war trials held in montreal in 1818. and published in the: report of trials in the courts of canada, relative to the destruction of the earl of selkirk's settlement on the red river with observations (p. 61-62) by amos andrew in 1820. ==the proclamation== {{quote|"whereas the governor and company of hudson's bay, have ceded to the right honourable thomas earl of selkirk, his heirs and successors, for ever, all that tract of land or territory, bounded by a line running as follows, viz:--beginning on the western shore of the lake winnipic, at a point in fifty-two degrees and thirty minutes north latitude; and thence running due west to the lake winipigashish, otherwise called little winnipic; then in a southerly direction through the said lake, so as to strike its western shore in latitude fifty-two degrees; then due west to the place where the parallel of fifty-two degrees north latitude, intersects the western branch of red river, otherwise called ossiniboine river; then due south from that point of intersection to the height of land which separates the waters running into hudson's bay from those of the mississouri and mississippi rivers; then in an easterly direction along the height of land to the source of the river winnipic, (meaning by such last named river the principal branch of the waters which unite in the lake sÃ¡ginagas,) thence along the main stream of those waters and the middle of the several lakes through which they pass, to the mouth of the winnipic river; and thence in a northerly direction through the middle of the lake winnipic, to the place of beginning. which territory is called ossiniboia, and of which i, the undersigned, have been duly appointed governor. and whereas, the welfare of the families, at present forming settlements on the red river, within the said territory, with those on the way to it
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