Council Of Assiniboia


Appointed by the Hudson's Bay Company, for the

government of the colonists in their territory. The first meeting was

held Feb. 12, 1835, with Sir George Simpson as president. Bishop Tache,

Alexander Christie, Alexander Ross, Cuthbert Ross, and ten others formed

the Council. The Council, among other useful work, organized a volunteer

corps for defensive and police purposes; divided the settlements into

four districts with a magistrate for each; and made provision for a

public building. =Index=: (Mackenzie / Selkirk / Simpson era) Established by Hudson's Bay Company, 223;

its character, 223; Simpson head of, 244. =Bib.=: Begg, History of the

North-West; Bryce, Manitoba; Hargrave, Red River; Ross, Red River

Settlement.



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