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An important Saulteaux Ojibwa leader during the War of 1812, Cuthbert Grant was one of the higher ranking Saulteaux Ojibwa military commanders in the Manitoba-Minnesota-North Dakota region during that conflict. Hudson Bay Company commenced to send white settlers to southern Manitoba in 1812. English policy during that war was to expand west. In 1774, the English forced their way to the | An important Saulteaux Ojibwa leader during the War of 1812, Cuthbert Grant was one of the higher ranking Saulteaux Ojibwa military commanders in the Manitoba-Minnesota-North Dakota region during that conflict. Hudson Bay Company commenced to send white settlers to southern Manitoba in 1812. English policy during that war was to expand west. In 1774, the English forced their way to the Cumberland House region of Saskatchewan, which brought an escalation to the war being fought between the Saulteaux Ojibwa's and the English and their Eskimo allies. | ||
By 1812, the English had established other forts in the Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan region. After the 1811 Battle of Tippicanoe, Saulteaux Ojibwa leaders commenced to organize for another war against the invading whites. Southern Manitoba was well known by the English well before the War of 1812. They knew the land along the Red River was rich agriculture land and wanted it. Thus, one of their goals was to commence a colony in southern Manitoba. | By 1812, the English had established other forts in the Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan region. After the 1811 Battle of Tippicanoe, Saulteaux Ojibwa leaders commenced to organize for another war against the invading whites. Southern Manitoba was well known by the English well before the War of 1812. They knew the land along the Red River was rich agriculture land and wanted it. Thus, one of their goals was to commence a colony in southern Manitoba. | ||