Macdonell Miles 1767-1828 Governor Of Assiniboia Born In

Scotland. Came to America with his father, Colonel John Macdonell, in

1773; and entered the army. In 1794 lieutenant in the Royal Canadian

Volunteers, and captain in 1796. Appointed by Lord Selkirk governor of

his projected colony on Red River, and arrived there with a party of

colonists in 1812. Opposition on the part of the North West Company

culminated in an attack, June 11, 1815, by the Company's agents, on the

col nists, and Macdonell, to avoid bloodshed, surrendered. A threatened

trial at Montreal fell through, and returned to Red River Settlement,

where for nearly twelve years was one of its leading pioneers. =Index=:

(Mackenzie / Selkirk / Simpson era) Quoted on Selkirk's Red River scheme, 100; a United Empire

Loyalist, settled in Glengarry, Upper Canada, 150; sent for by Selkirk

to take charge of the Red River Colony, 150; sails for Scotland, 150; at

Stornoway in the Hebrides, 151; at York Factory, 153-155; at the Red

River, 157; winters at Pembina, 158; returns to the Forks, 158-159;

difficulties in feeding the colonists, 161; beginning of troubles with

the North West Company, 161-164; goes to meet new settlers, 163;

summoned to Montreal to answer charges, 164; his proclamation, 169; and

its effect, 170-171; sends John Spencer to seize North West Company's

provisions at Souris River, 171-172; is arrested and taken to Montreal,

174. =Bib.=: Bryce, Hudson's Bay Company and The Romantic Settlement

of Lord Selkirk's Colonists; Ross, Red River Settlement; Laut,

Conquest of the Great North-West.