The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-07-18


n H.ss sSs seoui' 'suAn's nsns ~ 'A' ''''''-''
~ motion Of Joseph wharton, Aq. r. vas or
49, w. Ne Procee0ngs o. snis mess,ns " .u
boenseeo IN AZ tne papers " tne Stase.
Vn nouon' tne meeting tne1 adJournSo.
0so. WA' CVAvsh' Cnsa1ms"'
- FuxAA0ushs' oecy'
Asra gelkixk's setslsment ON tho Red River
az tho North.
cOorespondene: Of the Rochester Amsrsan.]
Several Of ny friends east, knowing that for
with that Interesting but little known section Of the
eo1ntyy originally settled BY the late Lord 6elkrk,
have asked me- 70 write to them concerning les PEG.
Iss; climate sou &c. An. s.S o c zen d.
With the assurance Of it, correctness In every sub
seannal particular:
N ISL the Hudson Bay Fur Company coded to
Lord Selkhk all that immense tract Of country ex.
hiding in longitude from the sources Of the streams
&t now from the east into Lake Winnipeg, west
vssd TO she western boundary Of the great plains Of
- 5as. KAT no wan and IN Latitude from the head
s ine Of International boundary between the United
Usaaes ard British America Al tais time their near
- nesgnoofs were the trading posts q ~ Peters,
= NE A,sslssippi, York Factory on Hodsons Bay,
Ies1cr and Lake Huron The earest OF these, 81.
Ssssrs on the AississipPi, was about four hundred
NEE distant rom the original point OF settlement;
- eise was wilderness - primitive ana wid e
NE cay Columbus hrst stepped on the shores OF me
"sssen Continent;
= was an undertaking OF tremendous magnitade-
70 plant colony In such climate, In such wilder
nsss, ana " s9Sn an immense distance from the
1sss OF the civilized world. Their goods we're pro-
sared a. York factory, on Hudson's Bay, which is
aecess,bse 70 ships during the mopths Of July and
Ankust, the ice and snow OF the north rendering all
ether ten months Of the year. The goods thus Oh
0Med were taken in canoes at the factory, thence
- Nelson river, 400 miles, to Lake Winnipeg, about
Ne same distance up the lake, and thence up the
hssade 90 deg. min. 20 N.
Lore Sekrk selected his earliest colonists princ-
rally from the highlands Of Scotland, men whe,
NON habits and disposition, were peculiarly fitted
N such an extreme undertaking. Exaggerated &C.
counts By the returned veterans Of the Far Com
Icny Of the fertility Of the soil the salubrity Of the
Safe, and the spirited barbarisDs Of the Red river
@ had gwen an sT q dramatic romance TO
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-. VI sne 0,.cu.y ~ Communlcsslon Wtn tne
- s, ane UIs PklnSsny cUxng 70 INC rum
1sok OSson =. ~ NoMwSs. OyMP3oy'
\, ~ 60. nSsSs sn,s tdcss Oussso.e w. noveo
- nue q the hon. hudson bay company. rev
- ~ ~ 4ss..es, O..on ~ nssinK ~ I,soNsaoo,
vae % Isequens oCcrnoocei ana tno 0i9 nunsers
- Tn = .nSse pasues wltn AZ tne pflae ana en-
=. '. v0 Soau.els llc il I, =, tnls sssso
ssin~ tha MSS ssvSry "a; ~ .ne Coaony,
-sv;n. trnous ~ ~. ;t".asts - ,hs s,.ia
erfi. sfSv rs sorso,;Satior - tne
Hsve,:r. : dissrent stste of thinrs ans,sS.
re- ~UaI ~ sny 1870 sppT..ns me
"a .,s x agrcuStnrs and o.ttIi,c
sSiCu'1.S sno .HS sS ss. .h
Ssssss, xs. Thirsytwo or three Years have since
trsnspred, and the Red River colony has crown from
u akDess 10 siren 9Th, and from infancy to manhood
Striving region Of the far Northwest.
Phe northern part Of the colony Il settled princi-
rally BY Canadian French. reIigIously disposed 70
IN time to time since he original sett,emert-
he great majority OF them having at some period ,
been employed By the fur company a canoe men !,
packers, hunters, &c.
he Scotch o,cupv the Southern. and BY far the
49, srs p,ss..tsrts I'LL q, ths rscss'ss,se and
No ~ tha viytna. ~ ths;, an csstars M Tlssc
V,e:ch ana H. alan Ia css n,sdcm;cate slthonch
~ - csnntrv TRe national necuifsrities 81 Ira
Ssss,sn 60 a. a.. n s,,i snrce IN re Pa p,vsr
ss,onv Tns TrsUch,, .' ~ n. Pa River = =
: fsc sim,jer of the Frenchmsn Of lover Canada.
%Hs,;.a "a nnv rhs,hs. the vnr,d s,ri,ss -
ffovns uum him. IN thc came vsv the High: ander
On Ned Rivrr still remembers that his national Coz
tame Ii the tartan his language the Gaelic and his
mukic the wild bsgpipee.
Among the Catholics are q Bishop aud three
prissts IRE Professionals have six clergymen. There
are think ten regular estsblished common schools
~ the ordinary bran shes Of education, and two
higher institutions of learning, 70 Wit: the Red
liver Academy, (Protessant) and the Assiniboine
8enibary, (Casholic) Toward sustaining these va
ysous schools and churches, the Hudson Bay Com
pany have always manifested very commendable
nm sr,ev,nc the rea P,vsr sr.,r, rak. w,nr.,.o
1As shores for the Art ten miesare low and vapy.
abouuding in wild fowls and various kinds Of
game; but further up, they rise to height varying
ken thirty to sixty Feet The east bank IL covered
visA heavy forests of birch, maple, pias, elm, oak,
-, and 70 the westward Of the river are the vast
p.sjns Of the 6askatch evan, covered for hundred
-sflfs with immense herds Of buiialoes, caribo0s
like. The settlements are mostly on the west
he general appearance Of the houses and farms