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with Liberty of Redeeming the whole by paying 500 Bushels at once. The 
present Price of a Bushel of Wheat in the Red River is 10sh. per Bushel. 
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I fear Mr. Colville will have much Trouble. The Hudson Bay Service is 
put to much Inconvenience by the Arrival of the Colonists. They have now 
the Use of a Warehouse but it is to be feared the Council may object to this. 
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The Situation of the Colony appears to me to be this at the present Moment. 
Hither strong, prompt Measures must be adopted, a complete Change and 
Cleansing, or the Colony must become the Receptacle of a lawless Banditti 
and a most dangerous Thorn in the Side of the Hudson Bay Company. * a 
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The Heads of the Colony are men without Energy or Foresight and without 
Virtue in every Sense of the Word. = Ë 2 & if = = e 
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The Petition sent to his Majesty’s Government for military Protection 
is a poor Performance and is signed by so few and these so little respectable 
that it cannot produce the Effect it prays for. x * bi * x > 
One of the Family, a near Connection of Lord Selkirk’s should come out, 
nothing can be done without. The Sieux, a warlike Race of Indians threaten 
the Colonists. 
The Sauteux are cowardly. When the Sieux are dissatisfied they revenge 
themselves by shooting the Horses with arrows. 
Colony Boats left Red River 17th June arrived at York 2nd July. Started 
from York 17th at Norway House 13th August under Charge of young 
McDonell. Men mutinied. 
Price of a Horse at Swan River 3 or 4£. 
Thomas formerly Governor of Moose, Man of Considerable Talent, Good 
Manners and Address and commanding Disposition, Prudent well meaning 
and honourable. Thinks unfavourably of Colony, fears much Annoyance 
from the Indians. The Presents which must be made to them every Year to 
keep them quiet will amount to a large Sum. From the great Distance from 
the civilized World it will only afford Means of Subsistence. The Produce it 
will be impossible to sell. Could Supply the H. B. Company with Spirits. 
Tariff with the Indians :—Gun=15 Skins. 1 Fathom Cloth=10 Skins. 
SCOLGOESCEELETS NT a eine se se eel Ob all Ages: 
Meuron SELtlers MP PR AMAR os weet bells 165 + 
CanaGians NE UE RENE NAN TE A. 198 Cr 
419 
154 of whom are Females 
Numbers of free Men at Pamina about 500. 
