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Landowners wanted to convert the land used by tenant farmers into more profitable sheep pastures. (Near the end of the 1700's)
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Located in what is now south Manatoba and North Dakota. Selkirk and the HBC felt they had legal rights to the land as it was a part of Ruperts Land.
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They searched to find a suitable spot for the colonists. They were fored to spend the winter at the York factory
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Two months later >100 men, women, and children arrived. They were forced to spend winter at Fort Pembla, surviving on pemmican.
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The sale and export of pemmican from Red River was banned for one year. This was to ensure that if settlers were forced to spend another winter at Fort Pembla, they would have enough to survive. This was a hard blow to the Metis population, as selling and exporting pemmican was their trade.
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The NWC ordered two of their employees to drive the British colonists away. They burned buildings, destroyed crops, and fired rifles into the night.
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As a result of the harassment by the NWC, more than 100 clonists left the settlement. Soon after, the rest left for Norway house at the north end of Lake Winnipeg.
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Led by Cuthbert Brant. A large supply of Pemmican was taken.
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The pemmican thiefs were spotted, and a 15 minute battle followed. Twenty on colonists and one Metis died.
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Land leased from the local Anishinabe and Cree Nations was divided among the colonists. It was also promised that a school and church would soon be built.
