DCHP-3

Assiniboia

[< Assiniboin < Algonk.: Ojibwa one who cooks with stones]
Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n.

See 1958 quote.

Quotations

1827
The extensive savannahs of Asnaboyne, where the wild horses and buffaloes range, are beautiful to behold. . . .
1852
I was informed that in 1848 the natives at the Red River colony of Osnaboya were paid a high money price for their furs . . . and that they immediately crossed the boundary-line to purchase rum at the American post. . . .
1958
The earlier Red River Settlement of Lord Selkirk had the official name of Assiniboia.
2n.

a territory west of Manitoba created as one of the Northwest territories in 1882, now forming part of Alberta and of Saskatchewan.

Quotations

1882
Assiniboia includes Qu'Appelle, South Saskatchewan and South River and Forts Pelley and Ellice.
1920
Had this course been pursued--had Assiniboia . . . been in a position to enter Confederation after negotiations upon terms mutually satisfactory to both parties--many of the bitterest controversies of the last fifty years might have been avoided.
3n.

a proposed province on the prairies.

Quotations

1884
It is understood to be the intention of the Dominion Government this session, to create, by Act of Parliament, three provinces in the North West Territory, besides Manitoba, viz.: Alberta, Assiniboia, and Saskatchewan.