Semple Robert 1766-1816 Born In Boston Mass Engaged In


mercantile pursuits, and travelled extensively. In 1802 visited Cape

Colony, and from 1805 to 1810 travelled through Spain, Portugal, the

West Indies, and Brazil. In 1813, while on a journey in the rear of the

allied armies from Hamburg to Gottenburg, arrested by Lord Cathcart as

an American spy. In 1815 appointed governor of the factories and

territories of the Hudson's Bay Company. In the course of his tour of

inspection, reached his headquarters at Douglas (now part of Winnipeg),

early in 1816. For some time there had been an active feud between the

Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company, and in an attack at

Seven Oaks by a party of "Nor'-Wester's," under Cuthbert Grant, Semple

was killed. =Index=: (Mackenzie / Selkirk / Simpson era) Brings party of Highlanders to Red River,

1815, 164; succeeds Macdonell as governor of Red River settlement, 164.



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