5 May 1813
by Elizabeth Campbell“The wheat I sowed last fall does not appear it was too late sown & had not time before the frost set in to vegetate.” – Miles Macdonell Journal
Macdonell and the settlers arrived back at Red River on this day, after spending the winter at Fort Daer. A tour of “the Point” (Point Douglas) was full of disappointment – only two rams, ewes and a lamb had survived the winter, along with the bull, one cow and a calf – the cow badly injured from dog bites. And with what disappointment he must have viewed the wheat field!
(reference: page 16825 of the Selkirk Papers, M186, Manitoba Archives)
Tags: agriculture, food supply, Miles Macdonell, Miles Macdonell's Journal
