A voluminous correspondence given in many letters of Pritchard's to Lady Selkirk and other ladies of high station and to an English firm of manufacturers exploiting this project is before us.
Sample squares of the cloth made of buffalo wool were distributed and in certain circles the novelty from the Red River was the "talk of the town," in London.
On the banks of Red River the scheme took like wild-fire.

All Red River people were to make fortunes.

There were to be high wages and work for everybody.

Wages were increased, and men were receiving nearly four dollars a day.

Money became plentiful and provisions became dear and also scarce.