Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1855-04-26

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about slxs ~ N \ y III
3nearl all of si,sil
iand u, HID u busIse isi i icasI
sisskrnesss Tks II I'D Il 5Sjng h ~
and lnHny s,f il llssln sA s,y IN plNlS FEWER
alierslhey enterat ssisnssas The
.refnainder were fsfred u, winter VII |
Fart Churchill Il and ala nOt arrive 1t the |
plaes VI thsSr dsst nAtiSn TIL the mex,
Hsg1isvhiIA lS n sststd shott
NC proxisi1l " IN ~ E IlIEs ttfad-
NM Ssi ia H..
Iiassl M als u " n l1 II lIss
taok adyas,esgr u their scircsntsta tanees,
and greatly oppressed theni. they
eveuI took NM Escks frhm sthe.rs st1wling-
pieces i. niatl,eir killing any game.
md shen said them ssaltrd and injured
gpreyisi.ns al 40 enormous price. The
winter t1 them was i long one. They
aIl left in March On snOw-sboes. and
alter, ensaunteriHg an&ny difficulties,
arrived II Red River, not 81 Ind
quiet hsune, hut II meet continuation
Iof trials and d<apPointments. IL
f. A company Of fur traders. however,
tby the name of the N ntfls w est Cons-a
.panY, had, after the cession of Canada
[to Great Britain, rapidly spread them
selves over the interior OF North Ame-
rica 10 the Arctic Circle, and Pacific
Ocean. and finally extended their es-
iahlishmenis 10 Hlds,h q Baysf "A con-
ltesl between this aud the Hud.on's lBa.
Company marked y n great bitterness
and amnesty, Increased. and was car
rieda onafsr many years, and ended only
linthe coalition of the rival parties IN
lIe2l. sssS3 Is. /; ss5t sssss
{ II was during these qMarrels that the
4 first COMPANY sent out by lord Se)kirk
tarrived ut Red River. The Hudson :
bay Companys favored their settling
4 there, while the North West stefnls
4 opposed il, They had not ing against
4 the people themselves, but they feared 4
Il THAT Their srttling there might serve td
strengthen The Hudson q Bay company. /.
WI ca they were trying to Aeaken and
4 aeatr.,y The North West i;enpAny /.
il other Eespects, treated the epigrant~
I kindly |. and while they gave them q i,n-
\ dsrzias asld thHt 4 her EoAl.bl,sps
times If they attsmpifd - settle there,
they Offered them free pass gge IL
4 lsanada, and alss d, SER them cdInts,rta-
4 |hlyy settled, ill ireatmsn they had
d received al CburchilI from. some DC tht
Hudson ! Bay q M them The mere
readily q accrdr to The prspossiss os lEs ress-
\ quiremen1s. &c the N,,rth West Cou,-
/ pany and tAsy wtnt q 'anada tha
same summer aud settled 81 The NORTH
.ssfs Lake Erie. ss's 1
AccSrdabe to2the original plan, ! ase.
cond sand larger party came ,',er ir.H
q llScctland in tha s.giApef sinf isis. ss 'Etn
II first parry had written hems tp thei
!. parents aud friends, giving them y,
account of their trials. and Of thej
Er@nrnyal q Can da, hut ii,snt Of tIleIl
Iletfefs had sbernirceised, and ktbey haa
d come On expecting "a. 6asl stheiuAh hildssl
IquietIy settled On, Red River. and pre,
4 pared 10 receive hens Great was thei
diAap ppniinimcnt III finding ,niy two 81 1
!. ltifs,s.a 4 who, hid c6me out btf,re hem
land those twa they met I'D Fort York
olslthe shore &c Hnds6n,s 'Bhy hf'
! bad refdAedE 10 Rfs to Csanadh btti'
lrrst, aud were etrrninSd Jsi i7id tll3i
] lRay bHckt6 ScofI,i,,d. frHiip MEM thte,
1 1recfiy+1 the lfissa ii,simstiDn h thes 40
4 M sfiAirA i III I'M. SssfrdidNti VIII.
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