146; area of the
tract, 147; plans for the colony, 149; terms of settlement, 149-150;
sends for Miles Macdonell and puts him in charge of the colony, 150;
sends him out to Hudson Bay with colonists, 151; sends second party of
colonists, 159; sends third party of colonists, 1813, 162; sends Robert
Semple with a fourth party, 1815, 164; arrives in Montreal from Scotland
with his family, 1815, 185; makes representations to Lord Bathurst, and
Sir George Drummond, 186; brings the De Meurons, disbanded Swiss
soldiers, to Fort William, 189; winters at Point De Meuron, 190; reaches
Red River, June, 1817, 191; makes treaty with Indians, 192; returns to
Upper Canada, 193; faces trial at Sandwich, 198; and at York, 199;
brings charges against North West Company, 199; his letter to Duke of
Richmond, 200; returns to England, 201; the Bluebook of 1819, 201;
letter of Sir Walter Scott, 202-203; his health breaks down, 202; death,
April 8, 1820, at Pau, 204; sketch of his life in _Gentleman's
Magazine_, 204-206; his family, 206; compared with Alexander Mackenzie,
209. _See also_ Red River Colony. =Bib.=: Works: _Sketch of the British
Fur Trade in 1806_; _Observations on a Proposal for the Civilization and
Improvement of the North American Indians within the British Boundary_;
_Parliamentary Reform_; _Civilization of the Indian in North America_;
_On the Necessity of a More Efficient System of National Defence_;
_Observations on the Present State of the Highlands of Scotland, with a
View of the Causes and Probable Consequences of Emigration_. For biog.,
_see_ Morgan, _Cel. Can._; Dent, _Can. Por._; _Dict. Nat. Biog._; Bryce,
_Manitoba_, _Hudson's Bay Company_, and _Romantic Settlement of Lord
Selkirk's Colonists_; Laut, _Conquest of the Great North-West_. _See
also_ Red River Colony; Baldoon.

=Selkirk Settlement.= _See_ Red River Colony.

=Selwyn, Alfred Richard Cecil= (1824-1902). In 1845 appointed assistant
geologist in the Geological Survey of Great Britain; and director of the
Geological Survey, Victoria, Australia, 1852-1869. Came to Canada in
1869, and filled the office of director of the Canadian Geological
Survey, 1869-1895. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Can. Men_.

=Seminarists.= =L= Aid in defence of Quebec, 12.

=Semple, Robert= (1766-1816). Born in Boston, Mass. Engaged in
mercantile pursuits, and travelled extensively. In 1802 visited Cape
Colony, and from 1805 to 1810 travelled through Spain, Portugal, the
West Indies, and Brazil.