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Scottish landowner began evicting their tenant farmers because they wanted to change their land into sheep pastures. Wool would make more money for the landowners than the price of rent.
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Since he was also a director of the HBC, he used these new powers to launch an ambitious project in the Northwest.
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This land was in (presently) Manitoba and North Dakota. He thought this property was legaly his, but he gave no thought to those who were already living there.
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They were commanded to do so by a former member of the militia named Miles Macdonell. They had to go to Selkirk's new land to find a good spot for the colonists.
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The Labourers had little time to find a suitable place for the colonists to live before they arrived. The colonists had to take shelter at Fort Pembina and eat pemmican.
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After taking shelter at Fort Pembina, the colony returns to the Red River Valley.
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The Pemmican Proclamation prevented people from selling or exporting pemmican from the Red River Valley for a whole year. This angered the Metis people, who usually made their living from trading pemmican.
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They were employees of the NWC and were ordered to drive the British colonists away. Cuthbert Grant and the Metis planned to help them do this.
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They went to Fort William on Lake Superior and the rest of the colonists left for Norway House on Lake Winnipeg. All of this inspired the Metis people to fight for their own rights.
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The boats belonged to HBC in the Assiniboine river. This led to a battle that lasted all of 15 minutes. Robert Semple had lost 20 men and the Metis only lost 1.
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This treaty was with the local Anishinabe and Cree Nations to lease land along the Assiniboine and Red Rivers. When he left, he thought he had solved matters with the NWC, but he was mistaken. Back in England, he was faced with lawsuits.
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Selkirk died a short time before his 49th birthday.
