or Semple at Seven Oaks, 97-8.

Bourke, John, store-keeper of Colony Gardens, 76; severely wounded at
Seven Oaks, 95 n., 96, 99, 100, 103; charged with felony, 105, 120;
overhears plot to assassinate Lord Selkirk, 118-19.

Brandon House, a Hudson's Bay Company post, 65, 66; captured by
Cuthbert Grant, 89.

Burke, Father, accompanies first contingent of Red River colonists, 44,
50.

Burns, Robert, at St Mary's Isle, 5-6.

Cameron, Duncan, a partner of the North-West Company, 68; his imposture
and work of destruction at Colony Gardens, 69-73, 75, 76; taken
prisoner at Fort Gibraltar, 84; sent to England for trial, 87.

Campbell, George, a traitor in the camp at Colony Gardens, 71, 73.

Churchill river, Selkirk's colonists winter on, 62.

Colony Gardens, 59. See Red River Colony.

Coltman, Lieut.-Col., arbitrates between Lord Selkirk and the
North-West Company, 131.

Corcoran, Patrick, at Seven Oaks, 105, 119.

Coureurs de bois, the, 25.

Crees, and Red River Colony, 95, 102 n., 132; and the North-West
Company, 106.

Currie, Archibald, in the defence of Colony Gardens, 79.

Daer, Lord Basil, and Robert Burns, 5.

De Meuron regiment, provides recruits for Red River Colony, 109-10,
122, 130.

D'Orsonnens, Captain, enlists with Lord Selkirk, 110; at Fort William,
120, 122, 123.

Drummond, Sir Gordon, refuses Lord Selkirk armed assistance, 91-2, 93.

Ellice, Edward, his bill to legalize the union of the North-West and
the Hudson Bay Companies, 140-1.

Family Compact, the, and Lord Selkirk, 134.

Fauche, Lieut., enlists with Lord Selkirk, 110; at Fort William, 122;
takes North-West Company partners to Montreal for trial, 125-7.

Findlay, William, an obdurate Orkneyman, 49.

Fletcher, Major, arbitrates between Lord Selkirk and the North-West
Company, 131.

Fort Daer, the Red River colonists' winter quarters on the Pembina, 58,
85.

Fort Douglas, in Colony Gardens, 85; evacuated, 102, 105; occupied by
Nor'westers, 128; retaken, 128.

Fort Gibraltar, the North-West Company post on the Red River, 55-6, 74,
75, 84; demolished, 87.

Fort Qu'Appelle, a North-West Company post, 88.

Fort William, 66-7, 113, 115; the Mecca of the North-West Company,
116-18; taken and occupied by Lord Selkirk, 123-4.

Fraser, Simon, explorer, his arrest at Fort William, 123, 124-5.

Glengarry Fencibles, provide recruits for Red River Colony, 110, 130.

Graffenreid, Lieut., enlists with Lord Selkirk, 110.