Cuthbert "James" Grant was a Métis leader of the early 19th century who participated in the Pemmican War as an employee of the North West Company.
Cuthbert Grant
Tombstone of Cuthbert Grant in St. Francois Xavier, Manitoba.
The Pemmican War was a series of interactions through violent confrontations between the Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company in the Canadas from 1812 to 1821. It started after the establis
Cuthbert Grant
…Cuthbert "James" Grant (1793 – July 15, 1854) was a Métis leader of the early 19th century who participated in the Pemmican War as an employee of the North West Company. Cuthbert Grant was born in about 1793 at Fort de la Rivière Tremblante, a North West Company trading post…
An illustration of the Battle of Seven Oaks
Selkirk's land grant (Assiniboia)
Metis drying buffalo meat, White Horse Plains (St. Francois Xavier), Red River, Canada (Painted in 1899 by William Armstrong (1822–1914))
Landing of the Selkirk Settlers, Red River, 1812 by J. E. Schaflein (HBC's 1924 calendar illustration)