... settlement gained prominence when a third party comprised of 83 settlers arrive on 21 June 1814, but the colony lacked much in provisions. Therefore, Miles MacDonell, the governor of the Red River settlement, issued the Pemmican Proclamation, which claimed no persons trading furs or provisions within Selkirk's territory employed ... respective destinations." The NWC perceived the Proclamation as a deliberate plot to block their supply routes. One of the leading partners of the NWC, Simon McGillivray, stated that, the committee of the Hudson's Bay Company, is at present a mere machine in...

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