Excerpt from Manitoba: Its Infancy, Growth, and Present Condition Nought to extenuate, nor aught set down in malice. He has endeavoured to call things by their true names. He does not disguise the fact that he seeks to reverse an opinion, held by some, that the Earl of Selkirk was not worthy of confidence as a colonizer. The feeling of reverence shown by the Selkirk colonists in Manitoba till the present day for the memory of their patron was the first thing that directed the attention of the writer to the matter, and further investigation has shown that justice has been too long delayed to the memory of one of whom Sir Walter Scott, an intimate friend, says, I never knew in my life a man of a more generous and dis interested disposition. The author has to return thanks to the present Earl of Selkirk and Lady Isabella Hope, only survivors of the family of the late Earl, for supplying many of the materials of the work. 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.