Show I 1 OP Sv KiRK BV aletter I 1 received it at st minnesota the utter ula ruin of odthe the selkirk settlement brithe tae red river of the arth th by freshet the flood bogan becanon be ganon arx orx 4 the ad of may mav and continued to the the colony twenty two mies in length and from four 0 to O six miles in has been dated and ii rodg aw S c attle atile horses horse s dwelling bouses ever V annl athe fruits ts af six years of industry ahas has been swept ft way iway a loss it bf nearly or quite a mi million I 1 lionet ot dolla dollars tg intelligent exemplary colony was wa by bya earl selkirk some forty years rs ae ago and was composed chiefly oi 4 the e eari t large sanh sums S of moa J fie y ol 01 uit and it at 1 e rak 6 because i a thi iving sett seit settlement 1 I ement lement 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 N I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 0 |