missionaries, 83;
papal brief defining their powers, 84; their activity, 94; their mission
a failure, 113; authorized to build a convent, 116; disagree with
Huguenots, 150; lodge Jesuits on their arrival at Quebec, 153; abandon
Huron mission, 167; had chapel at Cap Tourmente, 171; refuse assistance
in general distress, 180; the Kirkes promise protection to, 190; hide
the ornaments of their church, 196; embark for France, 206; do not
return to Canada after restoration of the colony to France, 225. =Hd=
Recommended by Gage, 48; their house pronounced unsatisfactory as a
prison, 187; steeple of chapel destroyed by storm, 222; Du Calvet
imprisoned in house of, 286, 289. =Bib.=: Le Clerc, _First Establishment
of the Faith in New France_, trans. by Shea; Sagard, _Histoire du
Canada_; Parkman, _Pioneers of France, Old Regime_, and _Frontenac_.

=Red River.= Sometimes called Red River of the North, to distinguish it
from the Red River of Texas. The name is supposed to have been derived
from the colour of its waters, heavily impregnated with clay. It was
discovered by La Verendrye in 1733, and explored as far as the mouth of
the Assiniboine in that year. The river rises in North Dakota, and
enters Lake Winnipeg after a course of 545 miles. =Bib.=: Lovell,
_Gazetteer of Canada_; Hind, _Canadian Red River and Assiniboine and
Saskatchewan Expeditions_.

=Red River Colony.= Also known as the Red River Settlement; Selkirk
Colony; Assiniboia, etc. Founded by the Earl of Selkirk (_q.v._), in
1811. The first party of colonists from Scotland reached York Factory
that year, under the leadership of Miles Macdonell, and arrived at the
Red River in 1812. A second party was sent out in 1812, reaching Red
River in 1813. In that same year a third party sailed from the Orkneys,
reaching their destination in 1814; and in 1815 a still larger party, in
charge of Robert Semple, sailed for Hudson Bay and reached Red River the
same year. The colonists suffered great privations for the first few
years, and were constantly harassed by the fur traders of the North West
Company. This petty warfare culminated in the Seven Oaks affair, in
which Governor Semple lost his life. After the union of the two fur
Companies, in 1821, the colony entered upon a period of comparative
peace and prosperity; and eventually became, in 1870, part of the
province of Manitoba. =Index=: =MS= The settlers sail from Stornoway, in
the Hebrides, 151; the voyage to Hudson Bay, 15