Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1869, hurumende yaJohn A. Macdonald, yakaronga kuumba mapurisa ane vanhu 200 vakatasva mabhiza kuti vachengetedze runyararo pamuganhu; mapurisa akadaro, akafunga kudaro, aizoita kuti nzvimbo yacho igarwe nevanhu uye aizova nemari shoma pane kushandisa mapoka ehondo kuti aite basa racho. Kuitwa kwechirongwa ichi kwakanga kwakanonoka, zvisinei, kutanga nokupandukira kwavaMétis, uye ipapo nokutyisidzira kwehurumende yeFrance.
Kupinda kwevaFenian. Munguva iyi, ongororo yakaitwa muna 1871 naLieutenant William Butler yakakurudzira kugadzwa kweuto rine varume vanosvika 150 vari pasi pomutongi kana kuti komisheni, vakavakirwa munzira dzokutengeserana dzokuchamhembe, vachisiya nharaunda yemuganhu senzvimbo ine miganhu, isina varwi. Colonel Patrick Robertson-Ross akaita kumwe kuongorora muna 1872, uye akakurudzira imwe nzira yekutsvaga simba rakakura revarume mazana mashanu nemakumi mashanu avo vaizopihwa basa rekusundira kumaodzanyemba kunharaunda yemuganhu pachavo uye kumisikidza mutemo uye kurongeka ipapo.