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6hapter three
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the Agslnlbolne was almost oontlnllously the subJeet of quarrele
between the Nor-ffester! and serklrhrs governorsr
Ehe eupply of pemmlçq¡r so vital to the eeonomls
operatlon of the fur tradlng systens, wgs subJeqted to a sudd.en
ancl,severe straln by the aruival 0f Lord setklrks coronlste
ln 1812' Pe-mm'lean lntendeel for the fur brlgacles wes ipverted
to the Reit Rlver to sustain the settlers, wb.o, unt1l they
eueee¿tecl ln breaklng J.and andl harvestlng opopsrvvere to be as
cÌepenclent on the buff8lo for survlval as' had been the ïnillans
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before then. Bra¡eton Eouse, uncter John Maekay rn r,gr.p-end
Peter Ftdrer ln 1815, _respondûil to every appear f or p,$-o;Tlqrt_ç,!I*ç
"ln a eordlal sprrrtt'r'tdrer eendrng to Red Rlver slxty begs
of pemmican welghlng ninety poundls "".h.@Bot the Nor-ïfesters
were not so obllging, and ùIiles trÁacdlonnel-r, as selklrkrs
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Sovernor, proelalmed, on Januarx grrgt4r-an embargo on the
erportatlon of provislons from the terrfËory uncter hle
Jurlsdlotlonr' whleh lnoLuded, the Êourls forts.gÅ"onn wllls
62,
at Sort la sourls, Gl.enlecl. the legaliüy . f the e.m.bergo-ancl
to enfoæee lt, trflaedtonnell orelered. the eelztrrie qf a ehlpnent
of 96 bags of pemn.iean rnoving ûown the -å.sElnlboine from that
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fort.- gone tlne later, tbe governor ore[ered. the surrender
S Morton,
58 Ibld.,
gg lbld,.,
60 lbidt.,
61 trbldg,
6P lbld¡,
6Ð lblô.,
Hfgtory of tanadl&n lfeet. p. 548.
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