Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Canadian North-West, Its Early Development and Legislative Records, Vol. 1 of 2: Minutes of the Councils of the Red River Colony and the Northern Department of Rupert's Land Letter from James White and Council to Sel kirk, June 24, 1815. Articles of Agreement between Chief Factor James Sutherland and Surgeon James tite and the Halfbreeds, June 25, 1815. Extract of letter from Robert Semple to Sel kirk, Sept. 11, 1815. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.