Colin of the Ninth Concession

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Excerpt from Colin of the Ninth Concession: A Tale of Scottish Pioneer Life in Eastern OntarioWm the downfall of Napoleon, the mighty tempest that had begun with the French Revolution subsided anddiedawayintoaperiodofcalm, but its cficcts were far-reaching. Into the vast. Unbroken forest that layforthousandsof mileswcstward andnorthward from the Ottawa River. Unpeopled save by a few wandering Algonquins, it had borne onwards a little colony of Scottish immigrants - disbanded soldiers from Welling ton's armies and a number of their friends and neigh bourasecompanbdbytheir families. Thcysctoutto make a home for themselves in a land where they 'wouldbctheownersoftheir own farmswads. Enter ingthepfimevalforeshtheyselectedthciracres of treesandsettoworlttohewontaclearingandeo plant their grain and garden seeds among the stumps. Tothepioneersinotherpartsof the forestthisdis triet became known as the Scotch Settlement. It forms to-day several townships in the eastern portion of. The Canadian province of Ontario.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.