What is the choices facing the red river settlement

The Hudson's Bay Company and their rivals, the North West Company were forced to merge in 1821 by the British government. With the end of fur trade inspired conflicts on the plains, the Red River settlement was able to grow. The agricultural products, primarily wheat, began to rise in yearly yields.

The Metis and the Red River Settlement. In 1812 the Hudson's Bay Company gave Lord Selkirk a land grant of 116,000 acres centred on the junction of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers in the Red River Valley to bring in Scottish settlers ... There was constant conflict between the Métis and the settlers.

The Red River Colony Strategically located at the junction of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, the Red River Colony dated from a large land grant by the Hudson's Bay Company to the earl of Selkirk in 1812. (Selkirk's family had gained control of the company in 1811.)