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The Bison Hunt
Metis hunted Bison for emmican and buffalo robes. -
The Land Grant
The H.B.C gave Lord Selkirk a land grant of 116,000 acres centred of the junction of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers. -
The Pemmican Proclamation
Miles Macdonnell passes a law that stopped the export of pemmican -
The Battle of Seven Oaks
28 men led by Robert Semple rode out to confornt the metis. The metis killed Semple and 20 of his men in 15 minutes. -
Lord Selkirk
Also known as Thomas Douglas, was born in 1771 and died in 1820. He asstablished a settlement in Baldon UK. -
John West
born in 1778 and was the son of a Anglican minister, ordained in 1806. arrived in Red River i 1820 as Rupert's Lands first protestant missionary. -
Miles Macdonnell
He was born in 1767 and he died in 1828. He was also a soldier. -
Alexander Macdonnell
Born in 1762 and died in 1840. He was the first catholic bishop of Kingston, Upper Canada. -
Polish rebellion against Russia defeated
The polish tryed to rebel against Russia and they failed. -
Duncan Cameron
Born in 1762 and died in 1848. He was a canadian fur trader. -
Great Potato Famine in Ireland
A horible event that killed alot of Irish people. -
Cuthbert Grant
Born in 1793 and died in 1854. He was the captain of the metis. -
Abraham Lincoln becomes President of America
This was a major event in american history. -
Anti-black Ku Klux Klan formed
A group of people that hated black people. -
The Manatoba Act
The lands surrounding the Red River Vally was the new provence of Manatoba. -
The Metis Move
The metis moved to the northwest to find other metis communities. -
The Cypress Hills Masacre
A group of nakota were camping at Cypress Hills when they got attacked by a group of american wolfers. 20 nakotas were killed.