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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Campey, Lucille H., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scots--Canada--History--19th century.

Scots.

Pioneers--Red River Settlement--History.

Pioneers.

Pioneers--Prince Edward Island--Belfast--History.

Pioneers--Ontario--Baldoon--History.

Highlands (Scotland)--Emigration and immigration--History--19th century.

Highlands (Scotland).

Canada--Emigration and immigration--History--19th century.

Canada.

Red River Settlement--History.

Red River Settlement.

Belfast (P.E.I.)--History--19th century.

Belfast (P.E.I.).

Baldoon (Ont.)--History--19th century.

Baldoon (Ont.).

Selkirk, Thomas Douglas, Earl of, 1771-1820.

Selkirk, Thomas Douglas.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ontario : Natural Heritage/Natural History, Inc., [2003]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Called "The Silver Chief" by the Native Chiefs with whom he negotiated a land treaty at Red River, the fifth Earl of Selkirk helped Scottish Highlanders relocate in Canada.

Contents:

Contents; Tables and Figures; Acknowledgements; Preface; Abbreviations; 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; APPENDIX A: Thomas Douglas, fifth Earl of Selkirk: A Genealogical Table

APPENDIX B: Men selected by Miles MacDonell to go to the Red River settlement, who were in Seal Islands, near York Factory in October, 1811APPENDIX C: The first arrivals at the Red River settlement who came in August, 1812; APPENDIX D: List of people recruited in 1812 by Charles McLean, in Mull, for the Red River settlement and the Hudson's Bay Company; APPENDIX 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

APPENDIX F: Red River Inhabitants whose names appear in a petition asking for protection following the Seven Oaks Battle of 1816Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Cover Credits; About the Author

Notes:

Originally published: Toronto, Ont. : Natural Heritage/Natural History, c2003.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-215) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786611967697

9786613609274

9781281967695

1281967696

9781554883547

1554883547

9781280579493

1280579498

9781770704381

1770704388

OCLC:

700698696