Council of Ass in i boi a

Appointed by the Hudson's Bay Company, for the government of the colonists in their territory. The first meeting was held Feb. 12, 1835, with Sir George Simpson as president. Bishop Taché, Alexander Christie, Alexander Ro , Cuthbert Ro , and ten others formed the Council. The Council, among other useful work, organized a volunteer corps for defensive and police purposes; divided the settlements into four districts with a magistrate for each; and made provision for a public building. Index : MS Established by Hudson's Bay Company, 223; its character, 223; Simpson head of, 244. Bib. : Begg, History of the North-West ; Bryce, Manitoba ; Hargrave, Red River ; Ro , Red River Settlement .