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id: 28579
title: The Homesteaders: A Novel of the Canadian West
author: Stead, Robert J. C.
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  house together while Harris sought out new homestead land and Arthurs "This is good enough for me," said Harris at length, as their horses "Harris," said the doctor, after a long silence, "you think I''m a John Harris, followed by Allan and the hired man, Jim, walked into "I guess the work never hurt us," said Harris, helping himself to "I guess we won''t be ploughing to-day," said Harris. "It was about Beulah I came to see you," said Harris, with averted man said that too; you see I''m picking things up; I want to know "I''ll tell you, Riles," said Harris, who had no desire to pursue a "Look pretty good, all right, Jim," said Riles, with an attempt at "Well, he''ll have to say a good deal before he knows," said Harris. Allan looked out at different times for Gardiner and Riles, but there


id: 30040
title: The Red River Colony A Chronicle of the Beginnings of Manitoba
author: Wood, Louis Aubrey
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  course for the Irish Sea. Thomas Douglas, the future lord of the Red River Colony, was a boy of Selkirk {20} sold the land to John M''Nab, a trader of the Hudson''s Bay Macdonell, lately summoned by Lord Selkirk from his home in Canada. The partners of the North-West Company {67} met at Fort William in the Nor''westers had now resolved finally to uproot Lord Selkirk''s colony Meanwhile, Lord Selkirk''s attachment for his colony on the Red River the Earl of Selkirk''s Settlement upon the Red River in North America, Assiniboia, the seat of Selkirk''s colony on the Red River, 35-36. Fort Gibraltar, the North-West Company post on the Red River, 55-6, 74, Hudson''s Bay Company, 25-6, 80; and Lord Selkirk''s emigration scheme, Liverpool, Lord, and Selkirk''s charges against the North-West Company, sent to Red River in advance of Lord Selkirk, 111, 113. North-West Company, 23-5, 117; entertain Lord Selkirk in Montreal,


id: 22076
title: The Second Chance
author: McClung, Nellie L.
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  "Now, Martha, look a here," the old man said, "you''re a real good worlds ways, good and bad, she did not know that young men like When Pearl, Mrs. Watson, and Camilla went that day to purchase said Mrs. Watson, wishing to give Pearl''s story a moral value; "and "Does she want you to take another country appointment, John?" Mrs. Burrell asked; and Pearl noticed for the first time that her hair was "But I want you to stay, Pearl," Mrs. Burrell said quickly, and with PEARL went to the Ladies'' Aid Meeting, which was held at Mrs. Ducker''s, and was given a little table to sit at while she took the it all the time; it''s so expensive to enlarge a house.'' I guess Mr. Russell took it all right, because he said: ''Yes, Mrs. Burrell, just "I don''t like dark days," Pearl said, thoughtfully, looking away


id: 22254
author: West, John
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  THE RED RIVER COLONY; AND THE NORTH-WEST-AMERICAN INDIANS. Indians, who live principally along the banks of the river. Many Indian families came frequently to the Fort, and as is common, I band of Indians came to the fort from the plains with provisions. the little Indian boy, I noticed, when leaving the Hunter''s Tents, Thus was I encouraged in the idea, that native Indian children my absence, a party of Sioux Indians, came to Fort Douglas, in of the morning (the time when Indians generally make their attack) that and education of native Indian children, by the Church Missionary of the Red River Indians; and on pitching our tents for the night a Indians to bring their children to the school, which was established to obtain children for the school, from a distance than from the Indians left the Red River Colony, a Saulteaux Indian came to my residence with

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  The Substance of a Journal During a Residence at the Red River Colony, British North America and Frequent Excursions Among the North-West American Indians, In the Years 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823.


id: 21697
title: The Red Man''s Revenge: A Tale of The Red River Flood
author: Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
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  "Don''t look so crestfallen, man," said old Mr Ravenshaw heartily, as he a maiden''s heart, Ian," said Victor, looking up at the rugged "Never mind, Vic, push on," said Ian; "of course he would make Tony lie "Hand it here, Vic," said Ian. He covered the stitches with melted gum, blew the charcoal red-hot, followed," said Ian, as he suddenly ceased work and rested his paddle on "Even so, boys," said Ian. The Indian chief, who led the party, held the same opinion, and added "Surely they must have seen us by this time," said Victor, in a voice of It was the first time that Victor Ravenshaw had looked upon a slain man. The house of the old gentleman had, he said, much water "The Red River has overflowed, and the land is flooded," said Ian, in a "Come along, you old savage," said Ian, with a good-humoured nod; "I


id: 17987
title: The Mound Builders
author: Bryce, George
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  [Illustration: (Cup found in Mound at Rainy River, Aug 22nd, 1884.)] the area occupied by the mound builders--the lost race, whose fate has have told him that the builders of the mounds were of a different race mounds are found accordingly on the banks of the Rainy River and Red Rainy Lake enters the Rainy River, there is a mound situated on the that the "Grand Mound" of Rainy River was for observation as well. From this it will be seen that the Red River mound skulls agree with In the mound on Red River was found the In the mound on the Red River a skull was Takawgamis of Rainy River obtained their copper implements. Some twenty miles above the mound on the Rainy River at Fort Frances a nearly complete pottery cup, found in the grand mound, which went to far up the river from the grand mound, were begun on account of the


id: 4376
title: Sowing Seeds in Danny
author: McClung, Nellie L.
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  PEARL WATSON--an imaginative, clever little girl, twelve years old, did you see the little snow-birds, whirling by like brown leaves?" Mrs. Francis asked with an air of great childishness. done, he looked up with his sweet little smile, and said to Mrs. Francis nodding his head. Pearl Watson was like the rugged little anemone, the wind flower that Pearl sat like a graven image while Mrs. Francis conscientiously tried to stir up in her the seeds of right "Ask Camilla," Mrs. Watson said, somewhat alarmed at these hygienic "Please ma''am," Pearl said, addressing Mrs. White, "Jimmy and me "Well," Pearl began, "ye know I wash Mrs. Evans''s dishes every day, and Mrs. Motherwell stopped pumping for a minute and looked at Pearl. "Keep away from the stove, Tom," Mrs. Motherwell said, trembling. "What is it, Pearl?" Mrs. Motherwell said coming into the room, having


id: 10221
title: Purple Springs
author: McClung, Nellie L.
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  "What day is it, Pearl," he said, with the laugh in his voice, the "It is a good world--just the same," said Pearl, as she looked away to "It''s good to see you, Pearl," he said, "you look like a rose to me, But on the day when Pearl spoke in the school Mrs. Paine''s face "There is something I want to ask you, Pearl," she said, after a long Mrs. Paine smiled grimly: "It''s good to be young, Pearl," she said. "All right, Pearl," said Mrs. Paine, "keep away from it. "We measure time by heart-beats," said Pearl, as she handed him a "O, I know you now, James," said Pearl, "come in--I want to talk to "But it is just because people do not think," said Pearl, "They have "I am going to," said Pearl quickly, "that''s what I came over to tell


id: 10164
title: The Black Creek Stopping-House, and Other Stories
author: McClung, Nellie L.
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  Mrs. Corbett insisted on Fred and his wife spending the night at the Mrs. Corbett went over to see her new neighbor two or three days after. "Sure, you''ll soon know then, Maggie," said "Da" Corbett, bringing in When the men had gone that day and John Corbett came in to have his woman can go the length of her toe with Rance Belmont, but young Mrs. Brydon went to Brandon with him last week, for my sister''s husband and likes a good time." Mrs. Corbett was giving her steel knives a neighborhood gossip said of Rance Belmont--of Mrs. Corbett''s dislike of stayed away," Evelyn said, wishing to do justice to Fred, and feeling Mrs. Corbett had determined to tell Fred what a short-sighted, jealousminded man he was when she saw him, but one look at his haggard face-"I would like to see Maud," Mrs. Harris said one night to Shaw as she


id: 6732
title: A Lady''s Life on a Farm in Manitoba
author: Hall, M. G. C. (Mary Georgina Caroline)
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  living in a small way-side inn, nine men in one room with no We have been a long drive to-day, starting at 11 o''clock, and only Minneopolis is much like other Western towns we have seen, semidetached houses standing in their own grounds, the grass in many ladies of the establishment are away the house is left a good deal harnessed three horses, a man riding on a small seat and driving that way, not at all liking the water coming up to the axle-trees that by the time they got home, letters, a horse-collar, spare storms on the Sunday; and though we allowed two hours and threequarters, to do our sixteen miles into Winnipeg station, the roads at home; one man, who had been out two years, had had a large farm days'' time; being rather like cats, attached to any place where riding or driving (anything to do with horses) all day long.


id: 7099
title: A Trip to Manitoba
author: FitzGibbon, Mary Agnes
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  Breakfast--An Impromptu Dance--The General Foe. After a long day''s journey on the Grand Trunk Railway, without even the we reached some point whose distant beauty had made us long to carry away scattered houses, long, pretty winding roads up the hills, skirted by Another hour''s journey brought us to Fisher''s Landing, on Red Lake River, Red Lake River--Grand Forks--The Ferry--Custom-house Officers at Red Lake River--Grand Forks--The Ferry--Custom-house Officers at At the Dawson route way-house we were received by a white-haired old man The company''s house is a long, low white building, with narrow windows also went to Bear Lake, about a mile west of the house, which by that one of the portages we passed an old Indian, clad in a long blue blanket Middle Lake is long, narrow, and swampy-looking, less pretty As we passed Long Lake, a narrow sheet of water that called forth


id: 53576
title: John Black, the Apostle of the Red River Or, How the Blue Banner Was Unfurled on Manitoba Prairies
author: Bryce, George
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  first minister on the Red River, the Rev. John Black, was born." It was When John Black was a boy of seven years of age his family removed from years before this time the Presbyterian Church of the United States had Church, Toronto, started on his long journey to Red River. our understanding of the Red River community to which John Black came. In 1820 there arrived in Red River Rev. John West, a good and before the coming of John Black, there had existed the Red River But to the Highland hearts on Red River old Kildonan parish Red River Presbyterians remained for years in the mind of John Black. ways of the Red River people, and two or three years after his arrival Black was the first missionary to the Red River, but that he had so well life of John Black upon the Red River there was little increase in the


