B 46 - Commission of Inquiry Into the Red River Disturbances

B 46 - Commission of inquiry into the Red River Disturbances. Lower Canada RG4-B46 Finding aid no MSS0568 vols. 620 to 621 R14518 Instrument de recherche no MSS0568

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File consists of correspondence and documents related to the resistance to the settlement of Red River; the territories of Cree and Saulteaux and Sioux communities; the impact of the Red River settlement on the fur trade; carrying places (portage routes) between Bathurst, Henry Bathurst, Earl, 1762-1834 ; Montréal, Lake Huron, Lake Superior, Lake Drummond, Gordon, Sir, 1772-1854 of the Woods, and Red River. File also (Correspondent) ; Harvey, John, Sir, 1778- consists of statements by the servants of 1 folder of 1 -- 1852(Correspondent) ; Loring, Robert Roberts, ca. 5103234 Textual Correspondence 620 RG4 A 1 Open the Hudson's Bay Company and statements textual e011310123 English Manitoba 1815 137 by the agents of the North West Company records. 1789-1848(Correspondent) ; McGillivray, William, related to the founding of the colony at 1764?-1825(Correspondent) ; McNab, John, 1755- Red River. Correspondents in file include ca. 1820(Correspondent) ; Selkirk, Thomas Lord Bathurst; Lord Selkirk; Joseph Douglas, Earl of, 1771-1820(Correspondent) Berens; J. Harvey; William McGillivray; Alexander McDonell; Miles McDonell; Duncan Cameron; Sir Gordon Drummond; John McNab; Major Loring; John McLeod; William Robinsnon, and the firm of Maitland, Garden & Auldjo.

File consists of a summary of evidence compiled in 1816, as well as a list of affidavits related to the Red River disturbances. File also consists of correspondence describing the resistance against settlers of the Red River Colony by men of the North West Company, including Métis leaders Cuthbert Grant, William Shaw, Peter Pangman Bostonnais (or Bastonnais), and Robert "Bonhomme" Drummond, Gordon, Sir, 1772-1854 Montour. Correspondents in file include (Correspondent) ; Harvey, John, Sir, 1778-1852 Mitchell Charin; Pat Clabby; Andrew (Correspondent) ; Loring, Robert Roberts, ca. Colville; John Cooper; Sir Gordon 1 folder of 138 -- 1789-1848 (Correspondent) ; Macdonell, Miles, English 5103235 Textual Correspondence [Part I] 620 RG4 A 1 Open Drummond; Lord Selkirk; Peter Fidler; J. textual e011310124 Manitoba 1816 333 French Harvey; William McGillivray; Lt. Frederic records. 1769-1828 (Correspondent) ; McGillivray, de Graffenreid; Joseph Kenny; Michael William, 1764?-1825 (Correspondent) ; Selkirk, Killbride; Donald Livingston; Michael Thomas Douglas, Earl of, 1771-1820 McDonnell; Archibald McDonald; Miles (Correspondent) McDonell; Major Loring; Alexander McLean; Hector McLeod; John McLeod; Duncan McNaughton; Patrick McNolty; John McVicar; Francis Monguinia; John Murray; Samuel Romilly; William Cruise; G.S. Holroyd; J. Scarlett; John Bell; Alexander Sutherland; Angus Sutherland; George Sutherland; Hayman Sutherland, and James White.

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File consists of correspondence regarding interaction between North West Company and Chief Catawabité of Fond du Lac, the stop of Hudson Bay Company boats on the Qu'Appelle River by Cuthbert Grant, arrest of Jean-Baptiste Lagimodiere, Drummond, Gordon, Sir, 1772-1854 arrest of Duncan Cameron, attack of Fort William, the decline of the fur trade. (Correspondent) ; Gore, Francis, 1769-1852 Correspondents in file include Louis 1 folder of (Correspondent) ; Pambrun, P. C. (Pierre 334 -- English 5103236 Textual Correspondence [Part II] 620 RG4 A 1 Open Blondeau; Joseph Brisebois; Charles textual e011310125 Manitoba 1816 534 Chrysologue), 1792-1841 (Correspondent) ; French Bruce; Sir Gordon Drummond; Earl of records. Selkirk, Thomas Douglas, Earl of, 1771-1820 Selkirk; Archibald MacLeod; James Grant; Robert Henry; John McLaughlin; Grant (Correspondent) ; Sherbrooke, John Coape, Sir, Morrison; Eustache Roussain; John C. 1764-1830 (Correspondent) McTavish; Jasper Vandersluys; Louis Nolin; C. Pambrun; partners of the North West Company; John Richardson; John C. Sherbrooke; D'Arcy Boulton, and Lieutenant Governor Gore.

File consists of correspondence and documents related to the seizure of Fort Bathurst, Henry Bathurst, Earl, 1762-1834 William, and the interdiction of the Red (Correspondent) ; Fraser, Simon, 1776-1862 River colony. Correspondents include Lt. 1 folder of (Correspondent) ; Gore, Francis, 1769-1852 535 -- Charles Brumby; Theodore Missani; Simon 5103237 Textual Correspondence [Part III] 620 RG4 A 1 Open textual e011310126 English Ontario 1816 661 Fraser; Sir Francis Gore; Lord Bathurst; (Correspondent) ; McGillivray, William, 1764?- records. Sir John C. Sherbrooke; William 1825 (Correspondent) ; Selkirk, Thomas Douglas, McGillivray; John Richardson; David Ross; Earl of, 1771-1820 (Correspondent) ; Sherbrooke, Andrew William Cochran; Lord Selkirk, and John Coape, Sir, 1764-1830 (Correspondent) Jasper Vandersluys.

File consists of correspondence and documents regarding the appointment of the commissioners of special inquiry; the arrest of Jean Baptiste Lagimodière; the arrest of Lord Selkirk; details of voyages to Fort William; and the arrest of Cuthbert Grant. Correspondents in file include Lt. Col. T.F. Addison; Col. Wm. Gore, Francis, 1769-1852 (Correspondent) ; Claus; Sir John Johnson; Robert Brash; 1 folder of Johnson, John, Sir, 1742-1830 (Correspondent) ; 662 -- English 5103238 Textual Correspondence [Part IV] 620 RG4 A 1 Open William Coltman; Sir John C. Sherbrooke; textual e011310127 Ontario 1816 801 Selkirk, Thomas Douglas, Earl of, 1771-1820 French John Fletcher; Robert Cowie; Henry records. (Correspondent) ; Sherbrooke, John Coape, Sir, Forrest; William Hands; Jean B. Blondin; Baptiste Lapointe; Alexander McDonell; 1764-1830 (Correspondent) Lt. Col. McKay; Roderick Mackenzie; Andrew Wm. Cochran; William Morrison; John Mure; Charles de Reinhard; John Richardson; David Ross; Lord Selkirk; Lt. Col. Francis Gore; John Fletcher, and John Scuyer.

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File consists of copies of affidavits given by First Nation traders of the North West Company, including Alexander Kennedy, Donald McIntosh, and James Grant. File also consists of correspondence regarding the battle at Seven Oaks; the commissioners of special inquiry; the seizure of Fort William, and the seizure of furs from the North West Gore, Francis, 1769-1852 (Correspondent) ; 1 folder of Mr. Fletcher's 802 -- Company. Selkirk, Thomas Douglas, Earl of, 1771-1820 English 5103239 Textual 620 RG4 A 1 Open textual e011310128 Ontario 1816 Correspondence [Part I] 906 Correspondents in file include W.W. French records. (Correspondent) ; Sherbrooke, John Coape, Sir, Baldwin; H.J. Boulton; W.B. Coltman; John 1764-1830 (Correspondent) Fletcher; Francois Boucher; Sir Francis Gore; William Baldwin; Sir John C. Sherbrooke; Peter Dunn; William Henry; Alexander Kennedy; Auguste Lavigne; John Liveright; Donald McDonald; James Pinkham; Lord Selkirk; Hugh Swords; Francois Taupier; Donald McIntosh; James Grant, and Joseph Gunnerman.

File consists of documents and correspondence regarding detachments at the Falls of St. Mary (Sault Ste. Marie); detention of settlers at Falls of St. Mary (Sault Ste. Marie); Guard House at Drummond Island; the arrest of James T. Gaston; travel to Fort William; Macdonell, Miles, 1769-1828 (Correspondent) ; transactions at Fort William; as well as McGillivray, Simon, 1783-1840 (Correspondent) ; the mission to Drummond Island. 1 folder of Mr. Fletcher's 907 -- Monk, James, Sir, 1745?-1826 (Correspondent) ; English 5103240 Textual 620 RG4 A 1 Open Correspondents in file include W.B textual e011310129 Ontario 1817 Correspondence [Part IV] 1072 French Coltman; John Fletcher; John C. records. Rastel de Rocheblave, Pierre de, 1773-1840 Sherbrooke; Samuel Gale Jr.; Simon (Correspondent) ; Sherbrooke, John Coape, Sir, McGillivray; Lt. Col. J. Maule; Jean 1764-1830 (Correspondent) Baptiste Desmarais; James T. Gaston; Joseph B. Challe; Archibald McDonald; Lt. William Moir; Chief Justice James Monk; Justice Edward Bowen; Patrick Walter; James Bird; Miles Macdonnell; Pierre de Rocheblave, and William Smith.

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File consists of correspondence and documents related to the custody and escape of Cuthbert Grant and Joseph Cadotte; the appointment of commissioners of special inquiry; title to land granted in Red River; prisoners involved in Red River disturbances; the seizure of Fort William by Lord Selkirk; the purchase of land from First Nations, as well as the political relations between Cree, Pyke, George, 1775-1851 (Correspondent) ; 1073 - Saulteaux, Sioux, and Assiniboine nations 1 folder of Selkirk, Thomas Douglas, Earl of, 1771-1820 English 5103241 Textual Correspondence 620 RG4 A 1 - Open and North West Company. Correspondents in textual e011310130 Ontario 1817 French 1233 file include W.B. Coltman; Colin records. (Correspondent) ; Sherbrooke, John Coape, Sir, Campbell; Henry McKenzie; Frederick 1764-1830 (Correspondent) Malthey; Captain D'Orsonnens; William Laidlaw; Sir John C. Sherbrooke; Andrew W. Cochran; George Pyke; Jean Baptiste Desmarais; John Fletcher; Samuel Gale Jr.; Jean Baptiste Lapointe; William Henry; Charles Marshall; Lord Selkirk; John Young; Irvine James; Oliver Perrault; A.L.J. Duchesnay, and William Smith.

File consists of correspondence and documents regarding Catholic Mission for Red River, as well as affidavits describing First Nation territory McGillivray, William, 1764?-1825 boundaries around Red River, Lake (Correspondent) ; Monk, James, Sir, 1745?-1826 Winnipeg, and Lake of the Woods. (Correspondent) ; Pambrun, P. C. (Pierre 1234 - Correspondents in file include W.B. 1 folder of Chrysologue), 1792-1841 (Correspondent) ; English 5103242 Textual Correspondence 620 RG4 A 1 - Open Coltman; Sir John C. Sherbrooke; John textual e011310131 Ontario 1818 French 1383 Bourke; Michael Heden; George Campbell; records. Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, Andrew William Cochran; James Flynn; 1764-1819 (Correspondent) ; Robertson, Colin, Samuel Gale Jr. ; William McGillivray; 1783-1842 (Correspondent) ; Sherbrooke, John Chief Justice James Monk; Justice Edward Coape, Sir, 1764-1830 (Correspondent) Bowen; agents of the North West Company; Duke of Richmond; Pierre C. Pambrun; Colin Robertson, and John Spencer.

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File consists of correspondence and documents regarding the arrest of North Bathurst, Henry Bathurst, Earl, 1762-1834 West Company partners at Grand Rapids. (Correspondent) ; Coltman, William Bacheler, d. Correspondents in file include Joseph 1828 (Correspondent) ; Dalhousie, George Berens; Lord Bathurst; George Bowles; Ramsay, Earl of, 1770-1838 (Correspondent) ; Frederick Matthey; William Williams; William McGillivray; Archibald N. McLeod; McGillivray, Simon, 1783-1840 (Correspondent) ; 1384 - Pierre De Rocheblave; Antoine Brisebois; 1 folder of McGillivray, William, 1764?-1825 English 5103243 Textual Correspondence 620 RG4 A 1 - Open Gabriel Prudhomme; Jean Baptiste Chauvin; textual e011310132 Ontario 1819-1820 (Correspondent) ; McLeod, Archibald Norman, French 1523 Earl of Dalhousie; W.B. Coltman; Col. records. époque 1791-1839 (Correspondent) ; Monk, James Ready; William Connolly; agents of the North West Company; Henry Forrest; James, Sir, 1745?-1826 (Correspondent) ; Rastel Archibald McLeod; The Duke of Richmond; de Rocheblave, Pierre de, 1773-1840 James Monk; James Leith; John George (Correspondent) ; Richmond and Lennox, Charles McTavish; Charles Marshall; Simon Lennox, Duke of, 1764-1819 (Correspondent) ; McGillivray; John McTavish; James Stuart; Thomas Thain; Angus Shaw. Thain, Thomas, 1778-1832 (Correspondent)

File consists of report by W.B Coltman, dated June 30th, 1818, titled "A General Statement and Report related to the W.B. Coltman's Report on the 1524 - Disturbances in the Indian Territories of 1 folder of Québec 5103244 Textual Disturbances in the Indian 621 RG4 A 1 - Open British North America by the undersigned textual e011310133 English 1818 Coltman, William Bacheler, d. 1828 (author) (Province) Territories 1838 Special Commissions for inquiring into records. the Offences committed in the said Indian Territories and the circumstances attending the same."

File consists of a copy of the report by W.B Coltman, dated June 30th, 1818, titled "A General Statement and Report Copy of W.B. Coltman's 1839 - related to the Disturbances in the Indian 1 folder of Report on the Disturbances Québec 5103245 Textual 621 RG4 A 1 - Open Territories of British North America by textual e011310134 English 1818 in the Indian Territories Coltman, William Bacheler, d. 1828 (author) (Province) 2137 the undersigned Special Commissions for records. [Part I] inquiring into the Offences committed in the said Indian Territories and the circumstances attending the same."

File consists of a copy of the report by W.B Coltman, dated June 30th, 1818, titled "A General Statement and Report Copy of W.B. Coltman's 2138 - related to the Disturbances in the Indian 1 folder of Report on the Disturbances Québec 5103246 Textual 621 RG4 A 1 - Open Territories of British North America by textual e011310135 English 1818 in the Indian Territories Coltman, William Bacheler, d. 1828 (author) (Province) 2420 the undersigned Special Commissions for records. [Part II] inquiring into the Offences committed in the said Indian Territories and the circumstances attending the same."

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File consists of correspondence and documents regarding traders of the North West Company; tensions between the Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company; interactions between traders and Coltman, William Bacheler, d. 1828 Muskegon (Swampy Cree) at Cumberland 2421 - 1 folder of (Correspondent) ; Harvey, John, Sir, 1778-1852 Ontario House and Dene at Lac La Ronge; and English 5103247 Textual Correspondence [Part I] 621 RG4 A 1 - Open textual e011310136 Saskatchewan 1817 travel between Drummonds Island and Sault (Correspondent) ; McGillivray, William, 1764?- French 2534 records. St. Mary's (Sault Ste. Marie). 1825 (Correspondent) ; Selkirk, Thomas Douglas, Correspondents in file include Lord Earl of, 1771-1820 (Correspondent) Selkirk; Lt. Col. J. Harvey; W.B. Coltman; John Richardson; William McGillivray John Ogilvy; A.W. Cochran; J. Fletcher, and Antoine Joliette.

File consists of correspondence and documents naming Métis men working for North West Company; documenting travel between trading posts by men employed with the North West Company; and Métis resistance against the Red River settlement led by Cuthbert Grant. Correspondents in file include James Stuart; Patrick Corcoran; Hector 2535 - 1 folder of Grant, Cuthbert, 1793?-1854 (Correspondent) ; Ontario Mr. Fletcher's McEarhorn; John Pritchard; Hubert Faille; English 5103248 Textual 621 RG4 A 1 - Open textual e011310137 Saskatchewan 1816-1817 Correspondence [Part II] Alexander Williamson; Louis Blondeau; Pambrun, P. C. (Pierre Chrysologue), 1792-1841 French 2654 records. Chrysoloque Pambrun; Augustin Lavigne; (Correspondent) Louis Nolin; John Bourke; Michael Heden; Charles Reinhard; J.C. Sayer; Donald Livingston, and Cuthbert Grant. File includes references to the following posts: Fort William; Fort Qu'Appelle; Fort Garry; Fort Douglas; Brandon House; York Factory; Fort Gibraltar; Fort des Prairies on Saskatchewan River.

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File consists of correspondence and documents related to posts at Fort William, Brandon House, Fort Douglas, Fort Qu'Appelle, and Gibraltar. File also consists of correspondence and documents related to trade at the Posts of Fond du Lac with First Nations of Round Lake and Red Cedar Lake; resistance to settlement 2656 - by Métis leaders Cuthbert Grant and 1 folder of Ontario Mr. Fletcher's Pambrun, P. C. (Pierre Chrysologue), 1792-1841 English 5103249 Textual 621 RG4 A 1 - Open Alexander Fraser; and documents regarding textual e011310138 Saskatchewan 1816-1817 Correspondence [Part III] French 2790 the detachment of the 37th Regiment at records. (Correspondent) the Falls of St. Mary. File additionally includes names of Métis men employed by the North West Company. Correspondents in file include J. Fletcher; John Pritchard; Alexander Williamson; Pierre Chrisoloque Pambrun; John Bourke; Michael Heden; Baptiste Lapointe; Charles Reinhard; John Sayer, and Archibald Macdonald.

File consists of correspondence and documents related to posts at Pike River, Fort Dauphin, Lac La Pluie, Fort George, and Fort Douglas, as well as the escape Coltman, William Bacheler, d. 1828 of Francois Mainville. Correspondents in 2791 - 1 folder of (Correspondent) ; McGillivray, William, 1764?- file include Thomas Thain; W.B Coltman; Ontario 5103250 Textual Correspondence [Part II] 621 RG4 A 1 - Open textual e011310139 English 1817 J. Fletcher; William McGillivray; 1825 (Correspondent) ; Pangman, Bostonais, Alberta 2895 records. Archibald McDonald; Francois Boucher; 1791-1850 (Correspondent) ; Thain, Thomas, Paul Brown; Louis Perrault; George 1778-1832 (Correspondent) Campbell; John Cooper; Hugh Bannerman; Hector MacDonald; Seraphim Lamar, and Peter Pangman dit Bostonais.

File consists of correspondence and documents concerning the trials of Coltman, William Bacheler, d. 1828 individuals accused of offences at the 2896 - 1 folder of (Correspondent) ; Macdonell, Miles, 1769-1828 Red River settlement. Correspondents in 5103251 Textual Correspondence 621 RG4 A 1 - Open textual e011310140 English Ontario 1818 file include W.B. Coltman; Hector McNeil; (Correspondent) ; Selkirk, Thomas Douglas, Earl 3105 records. Justice Reid; Lord Selkirk; John C. of, 1771-1820 (Correspondent) ; Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke; Miles McDonnell; Andrew John Coape, Sir, 1764-1830 (Correspondent) Cochran, and John Fletcher.

File consists of correspondence and documents concerning the individuals 3106 - accused of offences at the Red River 1 folder of Indictment and other court Sherbrooke, John Coape, Sir, 1764-1830 5103252 Textual 621 RG4 A 1 - Open settlement. Correspondents in file textual e011310141 English Ontario 1817 documents 3220 include Charles deReinhard; D'Arcy records. (Correspondent) Boulton; John C. Sherbrooke, and Gilbert Ainslee.

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