ASSINIBOIA  , a name formerly applied to two districts of See also:

• CANADA

Canada, but not now held by any . (I) A See also:

• DISTRICT

district formed in 1835 by the See also:

• HUDSON
• HUDSON, GEORGE (180o-1871)
• HUDSON, HENRY
• HUDSON, JOHN (1662–1719)

Hudson's See also:

• BAY

Bay See also:

• COMPANY

Company, having in it Fort Garry at the junction of the Red and Assiniboine See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers in See also:

• RUPERT (1352—1410)
• RUPERT (HRODBERT), ST
• RUPERT, PRINCE, COUNT PALATINE OF THE RHINE AND DUKE OF BAVARIA (1619—1682)

Rupert's See also:

• LAND

Land, See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• AMERICA

America . It extended over a circular See also:

• AREA

area, with a See also:

• RADIUS

radius of 50 M. from Fort Garry . It was governed by a See also:

• LOCAL

local See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council nominated by the Hudson's Bay Company . It ceased to exist when Rupert's Land was transferred to Canada in 187o . (2) A district of the North-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west Territories, which was given definite existence by an See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act of the Dominion See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament in 1875 . Assiniboia extended from the western boundary of See also:

• MANITOBA

Manitoba (990 W. in 1875, and See also:

• LOT
• LOT (Lat. Oltis)

lot° 25' W. in 1881). to 11 10 W., and from 490 N. to 52° N . The name was a misnomer, as it barely touched the Assiniboine See also:

• RIVER

river . To the north of the district See also:

• LAY

lay the district of See also:

• SASKATCHEWAN
• SASKATCHEWAN (Cree: " Rapid River ")

Saskatchewan, so that when the two were See also:

• UNITED

united by the Dominion act of 1905, they were somewhat changed in boundaries and the name Saskatchewan was given to the new See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province . The derivation of Assiniboia is from two See also:

• OJIBWAY (OJIBWA)

Ojibway words, assini meaning a See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone, and the termination " to See also:

• COOK
• COOK, ALBERT STANBURROUGH (1853– )
• COOK, EDWARD DUTTON (1829–1883)
• COOK, ELIZA (1818–1889)
• COOK, JAMES (1728-1779)
• COOK, THOMAS (1808-1892)

cook by roasting "; from these came a name first applied to a Dakota or See also:

• SIOUX

Sioux tribe living on the Upper Red river; afterwards when this tribe separated from the Dakotas, its name was given to the See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the Red river which the tribe visited, the river being known as the Assiniboine and the tribe as See also:

• ASSINIBOIN (" Stone-Cookers ")

Assiniboin .