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The Silver Chief : Lord Selkirk and the Scottish pioneers of Belfast, Baldoon and Red River / Lucille H. Campey.

Title
The Silver Chief : Lord Selkirk and the Scottish pioneers of Belfast, Baldoon and Red River / Lucille H. Campey.
Author
Campey, Lucille H.
Publication
Toronto, ON : Natural Heritage/Natural History, c2003.

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Description
xiv, 241 p. : ill., maps; 23 cm.
Summary
"Belfast, Prince Edward Island, founded in August 1803, owes its existence to Lord Selkirk. Its bicentennial is a timely reminder of Selkirk's work in Canada, which extended beyond Belfast to Baldoon (later Wallaceburg) in Ontario, as well as to Red River, the precursor to Winnipeg. Aptly named "The Silver Chief" by the five Indian chiefs with whom he negotiated a land treaty at Red River ... [The author] presents a new and powerful case for re-assessing the achievements of Selkirk and his settlers. Using a wealth of documentary sources, she reconstructs the sequence of emigration from Scotland to the three areas of settlement. She shows that emigration took place in a carefully planned and controlled way and reveals the self-reliance, adaptability and steely determination of the Selkirk settlers. They brought their rich traditions of Scottish culture to Canada and, in doing so, helped to secure its distinctively Canadian future ..." -- Back of cover.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • History
  • History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-215) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
1. Lord Selkirk: Philanthropist & Colonizer -- 2. Emigration Frenzy in the Highlands & Islands -- 3. Success at Belfast, Prince Edward Island -- 4. Initial Setbacks at Baldoon, Upper Canada -- 5. Early Conflict at Red River -- 6. The Silver Chief Arrives -- 7. The Scottish Settlers of Red River -- 8. Later Developments at Belfast, Baldoon & Red River -- 9. Selkirk & his Settlers -- App. A. Thomas Douglas, fifth Earl of Selkirk: A Genealogical Table -- App. B. Men Selected by Miles MacDonell to go to the Red River settlement, who were in Seal Islands, near York Factory in October, 1811 -- App. C. The first arrivals at the Red River settlement who came in August, 1812 -- App. D. List of people recruited in 1812 by Charles McLean, in Mull, for the Red River settlement and the Hudson's Bay Company -- App. E. Owen Keveny's list of the settlers and Hudson's Bay Company workers who sailed on the Robert Taylor from Sligo in June, 1812 -- App. F. Red River Inhabitants whose names appear in a petition asking for protection following the Seven Oaks Battle of 1816.
ISBN
1896219888
LCCN
^^2003363673
OCLC
51923179
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library