Agricultural and mercantile enterprise,457Alaska Boundary Line,527Albanel, Father, journeys to the north,69Albany, Fort,149" " Attack on,135" " Capitulation of,137" " renamed St. Anne,142" " The English regain,153" " Attacked by the French,193Albany,212" Fate of the,292Albemarle, Duke of,42Allemand, Pierre,98America purchases Alaska,488Anglo-Russian Treaty of 1825,448Argenson, D',58Arlington, Lord, letter to,34Ashburton, Lord,456Assiniboines, The,222" Radisson and Groseilliers first meet the,26Astarte,321Astor, John Jacob,386Astoria—Fort George,387,445Astronomers at Hudson's Bay,294Athabaska, Fort,426Avagour, Governor M. d',28Back, Captain,451Bad Lake, The robbery at,359Baffin, expedition of,47Bailey, Charles, Governor of Rupert's Land,70,178Balmerino, Lovat, and Kilmarnock, Lords,260Barillon, Sieur,141Barlow, Capt. George, commanding theAlbany,212" Governor of Albany Fort,193Barre, M. de la,110" " receives letter from Lewis,125" " recalled,129Barrow, Sir John,284Beaver, Varieties of,238Beechy, Captain,451Bellicose instructions from the Company,258Berens, Thomas,296Bering, Capt. Vitus, commanding Russian expedition,246Bering's discoveries,247Bladen, Martin,203Bladen's description of the Commission,205Bois-Brulés, The,383Bolingbroke's letter,203Bonrepas, Sieur,141Boundaries between French and English territory,216Bourbon, Fort,96Bourdon, Jean,55Boyle, Robert, letter to,43Brazen,392Bridgar, Arrival of,92" John, Governor of the new settlement at Port Nelson,89" taken prisoner by the French,134Bristol, defence of,37Brown, Honorable George,487Browne, Sir Richard,39Butterfield's, Mrs. Mary, letter,209Button, Sir Thomas, pursues Hudson's discoveries,46Button's Bay,47California,264Callieres, M. de, memoir,57Canada, Conquest of,279" exerts pressure on the Company,490" Jurisdiction Act,368Canada's debt to the Company,497Cardwell, Mr., Colonial Secretary,487Carr, Robert,33Cartwright, George,33Catherine of Braganza,63Cession to Canadian Government,493Charles, Fort,70" Fort, Jesuit priest at,77" the First,36" the Second,17" the Second, death of,129Charlie's, Prince, stock confiscated,261Charlevoix, quotation from,55Charlton Island, winters at,47Charter, The Royal,515Chechouan River, discovers the,76Chesnaye, M. de la,84Chouart surrenders to Radisson,120Churchill,248" caught in the ice,138" captured by the French,139Churchill, Lord, succeeds King James as Governor of the Company,139Clandestine trade,283,297Coats, Captain,283" " Death by his own hand of,284Colbore,447Cole, Captain,72Colbert, M.,52,228Colonial neutrality, Negotiations for,140Coltman, Colonel,423Company's losses by French,146Comportier, Gauthier de,128Convention with Russia,528Cook, Captain,340Corrigal Case, The famous,369Council of Trade,173Couture, M.,28Craven, Lord,43Crees, The,220Croix, Sieur de la,125Cumberland House built,314Dablon, Father,56Dallas, A. E., succeeds Simpson as Governor,473" Governor, issues a circular,483Davis, Captain John,45Duluth's letter to M. de la Barre,125Denonville's letter to Seignely,149Denonville, Marquis de, succeeds M. de la Barre as Governor,129" plans the capture of Fort Nelson,150Deputation goes to England,489Dering,159Diggs, Sir Dudley,46Discovery,212Dobbs, Arthur,248" and the North-West Passage,263" petition rejected by Parliament,268Dobbs'Galley,264Douglas, Fort, attacked,399" Thomas, Earl of Selkirk,399" T. M., Governor of Vancouver Island,465Drummond, Sir Gordon, Governor of Canada,406Dryad,448Duchesneau, Intendant,86" protests against English encroachment,86Duffell,177Duluth in the West,125" builds a fort on Lake Nepigon,127Duqué, commander ofProfound,159Duquet, Sieur, King's attorney for Quebec,58East India Company,18" " transfer of Province of Bombay,63Eddystone,392Elgin, Lord, Governor-General of Canada,462Ellice, Edward,432,479Engageante,321England at war with France,361English, departure of,110Erebus,466Esquimaux, first sight of the,45" The,223Expedition to explore the North-West Passage,212Fishery and Fur Company, The,352Fitzgerald, James,296Fletcher, Major,423Fort, construction of the first,47Forts, Building of stone,280Fox, Captain Luke,47France, Joseph la,239" War with,257Franklin, Expedition of,449" " Fate of the,466" Lieutenant,427French activity,52" fur trade,21" and English ships, meeting of,159French attack Fort Prince of Wales—1782,320" attack York Factory,324" declare war against England,191" encroachment on trade,275" prisoners taken by theChurchill,138" repulsed at Albany Fort,193" send fourteen ships,150" Surrender of the Company's ships to the,143" The, at Michilimackinac,182" The, capture a Company's ship,130Frobisher, Sir Martin,45" intercepts Company's Indians,316" escapes from York Factory,428Furnace,249Fur trade,20Furs, first sale of,61General Court held,62George the Fourth,437Ghent, Treaty of,445Gibraltar, Fort, captured,408Gillam, Zachary (Capt. ofNonsuch),33,43" Benjamin,98" " meets his father,99Gladstone, Opposition of Mr.,463Godey, Captain, attaché to Lord Preston,112Gorst, Thomas, secretary to Governor Bailey,72Government assistance,366Grant, Cuthbert,385Granville, Lord,490Green, Henry,46Grey, Earl, Letter to,461Grimington, Captain,153Groseilliers (Medard Chouart),23" Death of first wife,24" first marriage,23" first time in English capital,34" in Boston,30" second marriage,24Hampshire,159" goes down with nearly all on board,161Happy Returnsails for Hudson's Bay,117Hardigoes to the bottom with all on board,156Hawke, Sir Edward,296Hays' Island fort,104" " " burned,108Head, Sir Edmund,485Hearne returns to England,307" blamed for surrendering,323Hearne's expedition of discovery,300" second expedition,302" third expedition,305Henry's expedition,290Henry, Prince,46Herault, Mlle. Elizabeth,24Herbert, Sir Edward, Lord-keeper,39Hobart, Lord,368Holder, John,40Holmes, Captain,41Horner, Captain John, discharged,297Horth's, John, meetings at,62,80Hudson's Bay,159" " surrendered to the French,161Hudson's Bay Company apply for Vancouver Island,464Hudson's Bay Company, arms of the,67Hudson's Bay Company, List of nations visiting,81Hudson's Bay Company in difficulties,361Hudson's Bay Company obtains a new license,438Hudson's Bay Company, Plan to re-organize,210Hudson's Bay Company seek Act of Parliament to confirm charter conferred by Charles II.,147Hudson's Bay Company's claims,196Hudson's Bay Company's claims after Treaty of Ryswick,189Hudson's Bay Posts, The,509,510,511,512.Hudson's Bay, The, Governor and Company of Merchants-Adventurers charter from the King,22,51,60Hudson, Captain Henry,46" " " fate of,46Humes, Edward, captain of theMerchant of Perpetuana,130Hyde, Edward, afterwards Lord Chancellor Clarendon,39Iberville, captures two Company's ships,143" demands surrender of the fort,164" given the rank of lieutenant in the French Royal Navy,150" goes to France,152" sails for home in theEnvieux,152" sails for Quebec in theHampshire,140" Sieur d', accompanies de Troyes on his expedition,131" takes Fort Nelson,156" treacherous plan,144Imployto sail in the spring,65Iroquois—English allies,29Ivett, Robert,46Imperial Parliament appoints Select Committee,469Indian treachery,185" country,218Indians as hunters,230" Effect of intoxication on the,229" Intelligence of the,225" liking for liquor,228" Superstition of the,226International Financial Association,478Isbister, A. K.,461" Joseph,258Isle a la Crosse, Lake of,317James, Captain,47" King, applied to for protection,139Jesuits, Relations des,21,69Joliet, Louis,53Jonquiere, Fort,244Jenyn's, Soame, letter to Pitt,279Ka-chou-touay,121Kamloops, Legend of,503Kas-Kidi-dah, chief of the Nodwayes,72Kilistineaux, makes treaty with the,48Kirke, Sir John,25Kelsey, Henry, recommended for bravery, receives sum of forty pounds,156,179" voyage,179Knight, Governor,191" Death of,293" Letter from the Company to,212L'Anglois, Jean,58Labau, Murder of,355Lack of military system Company's weakness,491Lacombe, Father,504La Couture, Sieur,56" " mythical voyage,57Lampson, Mr.,483Law, John,206,208Letters of marque to the Company's ships,259Lewis unwilling to oppose the English,128" proposes boundaries,190Lincoln, Earl of,463Louisburg, Fall of,260Lyddal, William, to supersede Bailey as Governor,78Mackenzie, Alexander,329" reaches the Arctic,336" sets out for the Pacific,338" Sir Alexander & Co.,349Mackenzie's expedition to the Arctic,333" Sir Alexander, letter,366Maissoneuve (voyage from Rochelle),23Matonabee,304Maverick, Samuel,33Ménard, Réné,27Meuron, Colonel De,407" De, Regiment of,407Mezy is recalled,52Middleton, Captain Christopher,248,264" explores for a north-west passage,251" has trouble with his men,252" Lord,141" returns without discovering the Passage,253Middleton's report,220Migichihilinons,220Milnes, Sir Robert,368Merchant of Perpetuanacaptured by the French,130Monk, Lord, Governor-General of Canada,486Montreal merchants combine,328Moon, Captain,142Moor, Captain William,264Moose Factory, Capture of,133Moose River fort erected by the French,73" " first visit to,75" " Bailey at,76Mounslow, Captain,192Mountain House,504Mowat, Trial of,371Musquash,248.McClintock, Captain,466McDonnell, Miles, first Governor of the new colony,379" surrenders,399McDonnell's proclamation,395McDougall, Honorable William, Minister of Crown Lands,486McTavish, Simon,249" " Death of,352McTavish, Governor, resigns,485Nadouichiouecs, Wintered with the,26Nekauba, Dablon reaches,58Nelson, Fort, Burning of,151" " Erection of,93,194" " evacuated by the French,202" " surrendered to the French,154" " surrendered to the English,157" " surrendered to the French,166Nelson, Port, Fox landed at,47Nepisingues,219Nichols, Richard,33Nodwayes,47,71,219Nonsuchanchors in Hudson's Bay,45" Set sail in the,34Nonsuchweighs anchor,44" sails with cargo,48Norton, Governor,250,265" Death of Governor,312New Amsterdam, into English hands,20New North-West Company,349New Severn Fort captured by the French,143North-West Association formed,264North-West Association, Expedition of the,264North-West Company,328-330North-West Company oppose Selkirk's scheme,377North-West Company partners arrested,420,427North-West passage discovered,468North-Westers demand evacuation of Fort Douglas,415Oldenburgh, Letter written by, the secretary of the Royal Society,43Ontario Boundary Commission,59Oregon question, The,445Ottawas, Make treaty with the,48" treaty,459Owner's Love,159Pacific Scheme,477Palmier,158Parliament and the North-West Passage,263Parliamentary enquiry,269Pelican,158Pelly, Sir J. H.,461Pérouse, Admiral,321" La, in the Pacific,344Peter the Great,244" " " Death of,245Petition to the Lords of Treasury,361Phipps' letter to the Company,123Phipps, William, new Governor,118Pishapocanoes,75Poli,156Policy, The Great Company's,506Pond, Peter,317Pontiac at Detroit,288Pontchartrain,152" letter to the Marquis de Vaudreuil,201Portman, John,43,60Preston's, Lord, letter to Rupert,42Preston, Lord, informed of the return of Radisson and Groseilliers,112Preston, Lord, induces Radisson to join the English,116Prickett, Habbakuk,46Prettyman, William,60Profound,159Pulteney, Daniel,203Radisson and Groseilliers leave Quebec,111" arrives in London,122" arrives in Quebec,85" assisted by the Jesuits,85" captures Hays' Island fort,104" captures theSusan,104" " Fort Nelson,105" departs for Hudson's Bay,117" discovers young Gillam,90" first marriage of,24" in France,83" offers his services to the French Navy,82" overawes the Indians,109" Pierre,23,24,65" receives pension from the Company,124" sails from Hudson's Bay,122" takes John Bridgar, Governor of Fort Nelson, prisoner,106Rae, Dr., Expedition of,466Red River claimed by United States,440Red River Settlement threatened Deadlock,485Reformation,38" loss of the,39Remin, Daniel de, Seigneur de Courcelles,52Resolution Isle sighted,44Reward offered for Radisson's capture,123Richmond, Duke of, Governor of Canada,429Riel, Louis,494Robertson, Colin,386" Governor, taken prisoner,426Robinson, John, Lord Bishop of London,195" Sir John,43Ross, Captain,451Rupert created Earl of Holdernesse and Duke of Cumberland,37" Fort, captured by the French,134" illness of,43" is sworn a member of the Privy Council, also the Tangier Commission; is elected a Fellow of the Royal Society; is appointed member of the Council of Trade; and also is a member of the Royal African Company,41" second marriage of,25" sends for Groseilliers,43" sent to command the Guinny fleet,41" Prince,20,35" Prince, granted charter by King,50" Prince, is paid a lump sum,64Rupert, Prince, death of, First Governor of Hudson's Bay Company,94Rupert, The Prince, arrival of,78" " " sails from Gravesend,51" " " to sail in the spring,64" " " stuck in the ice,96" " " wreck of,102Rupert's River,47Russia looks toward the New World,244Russians on the west coast,347Russian-American Fur Company,348Russian claims,445Ryswick, Treaty of,148,168,187Salamandre,156Sanford, Robert,175Sargeant, Governor,95,135,137Saxon, Sir Charles,429Sceptre,321Scroggs, John, Captain of theWhalebone,213Shark,264Seahorsecaptured by the press-gang,268Seignely, Marquis de,84Selkirk arrives at Fort William,419" captures "421" winters at "422" Death of,432" Lord, arrives in Canada,406" The Earl of,371Selkirk's immigrants arrive,380" project,375" proposal accepted,378Semple, Death of,413" Robert,404Semple's murderers, Trial of,431Shaftesbury, arrival of the,78Sharpe, Mr., Company's solicitor,269Shepherd, Captain, of theShaftesbury,78Ships besieged by peddlers,65Shrewsbury, Duke of,201" Death of Thomas,455" " Sir George,473" expedition to the northern coast,453" Thomas,453" George, Governor-in-Chief of the amalgamated Companies,437,447Smallpox epidemic,319Smith, Cape,47" Smith, Francis,264" Donald Alexander, Governor,496South Sea Company,208,209,211Spanish claims,346" Main, The,38Spence, Governor,267Stanion, John,261Stanton, Governor, at Moose Factory,177Stickeen River,448Strange, Lord,271Strathcona, Lord,496Strike of the Company's men,296Strong, William, engaged as secretary to Rupert,40St. Anne,87" destruction of the,106St. Peter, Fort,241St. Simon, Sieur de,69St. Pierre,87" arrives at mouth of St. Lawrence,110" destruction of the,106" re-built,107Superior, Lake,23,219" " reaches shore of,26Susanreturned to the New England Merchants,111Sutherland, Lord,141Tabiti Indians encountered,75Tadoussac,86Talon, Jean, Intendant,22,52,69" returns to France,52" writes Colbert,53Tast, Admiral, arrival of,150Thompson, David,342Three Rivers,24Territorial Rights, The surrender of,487Terror,466Tionnontates, or the Tobacco Nation,26Toronto merchants petition Legislative Council,471Treaty between Russia and Great Britain,445" of 1783,442" of neutrality,140" with Red River Indians,425Troyes, Chevalier de,131" Chevalier de, receives commission to drive the English from Northern Bay,131" de, Expedition of,132Turbulent meetings at Hudson's Bay House,496Turner's exploration,341Union of the two Companies,433Upland Indians,65Utrecht, Treaty of,199Valiere, Sieur de,56Vancouver, Fort,500Vancouver Island granted to the Company,464Varennes, Death of,243" Peter Gauthier de,150,240,241" Sieur de, marries,241" sets out to explore the West,241" son reaches the Rockies,243Vaughan, Captain David, commanding theDiscovery,212Vermilion, Fort, Attack on,426Violent,158Wales, Prince of,392" Prince of,61" Prince of, Fort, built of stone,281" Prince of, Fort, surrenders to the French,321Walker, Jeremiah,66William, King, declares war against France,146" Fort,389,418" Fort, restored to the North-Westers,424" of Orange landed at Plymouth,145" the Third's accession to the throne,146William and Annwrecked,447Winnipeg, Lake, Meeting at,232Weesph,158Welcome,249Western Company, The,183West, Rev. Mr., principal chaplain,437Weymouth, Viscount,296Whalebone,213Wolseley, Lord, Expedition of,495York, Duke of,20,61" " to succeed Rupert as Governor,94" " ascends the throne,129" Fort, Desperate condition of the French at,194" Factory,232" " surrenders to the French,324Yukon, Fort,502