INDEX
Assiniboia, the seat of Selkirk's colony on the Red River, [35-36]. See Red River Colony.
Assiniboines, and Red River Colony, [36]; their friendliness, [56], [57].
Baldoon Farm, Selkirk's settlement at, [18-20].
Bathurst, Lord, colonial secretary, [91], [130].
Beaver Club, entertain Lord Selkirk, [20-1].
Bois Brûlés, their hostility to the Red River colonists, [54], [60]; attack Colony Gardens, [77-9], [86]; at Seven Oaks, [95-101]; their savage orgy at Fort Douglas, [106].
Boucher, François, his parley with Governor 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].
Fauché, 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].
Grant, Charles, bribes Indians to waylay Laguimonière, [112] and note.
Grant, Cuthbert, attacks Colony Gardens, [77], [86]; captures Brandon House, [88], [89]; leads in Seven Oaks massacre, [95], [99], [101-2], [105].
Heden, Michael, escapes at Seven Oaks, [95] n., [100], [102], [103], [104], [105]; and Lord Selkirk's safety, [119], [120].
Highlanders of Scotland, their loyalty, [9-10], [11]; their conditions of life, [9], [10-11]; dispossessed of their heritage, [12-13]; their expatriation, [13-14], [16-17], [18-20], [27-8], [38-43], [61-3], [83].
Hillier, a magistrate at York Factory, [49].
Holt, Lieut., killed at Seven Oaks, [98].
Hudson Bay, Red River colonists winter on, [45-51], [62].
Hudson's Bay Company, [25-6], [80]; and Lord Selkirk's emigration scheme, [17]; their flawless charter, [22-3], [30]; some early troubles, [28-9]; their grant of land to Lord Selkirk, [31-4]; appoint a governor over Assiniboia, [83]; and purchase Lord Selkirk's rights, [137-8]; their union with the North-West Company, [140-1].
Indians, their relations with Red River Colony, [36], [54], [56], [57], [78], [89], [95], [102] n., [112-13].
Isle aux Erables, canoe disaster at, [126].
Johnson, Lionel, with Selkirk's settlers at Baldoon Farm, [19].
Jones, Captain John Paul, his raid on the British coasts, [1-3].
Katawabetay, a Chippewa chief, [74]; meets Lord Selkirk, [112-13].
Keveny, Owen, arrives with party of Irish colonists at Colony Gardens, [58].
Kildonan parish, in Scotland, [61], [83]; in Winnipeg, [129].
Kilkenny, Michael, escapes at Seven Oaks, [100].
Laguimonière, brings news of restoration of Colony Gardens to Lord Selkirk, [93]; waylaid and robbed on his return, [94], [112].
Lavigne, Augustin, with the Nor'westers at Seven Oaks, [99], [106].
Liverpool, Lord, and Selkirk's charges against the North-West Company, [136].
Macdonald, Archibald, deputy-governor of Assiniboia, [73].
M'Donald, John, his arrest at Fort William, [122-3], [124-5].
M'Donald, Capt. Roderick, Selkirk's agent in Glasgow, [37-8].
Macdonell, Alexander, a partner of the North-West Company, [68], [86], [87], [88]; destroys Colony Gardens, [69], [73-4], [77-79]; organizes a raid on Fort Douglas, [89], [94-5]; and the massacre at Seven Oaks, [102-103], [105], [107]; his plot to assassinate Lord Selkirk, [118-19].
Macdonell, Anthony, taken prisoner at Seven Oaks, [100].
Macdonell, Capt. Miles, first governor of Assiniboia, [36-7], [74]; his herculean task, [40-2], [44]; establishes winter quarters on the Nelson, [45-6], [47]; his opinion of the emigrants, [47-51]; officially inaugurates Red River Colony, [55-6]; erects Fort Daer, [57-8]; his disastrous proclamation, [63-64], [65], [67]; surrenders himself to Cameron, [76-7], [93]; sent to Red River in advance of Lord Selkirk, [111], [113].
M'Gillivray, William, a partner of the North-West Company, [66] n.; his arrest at Fort William, [120-1], [124-5]; an expert canoeman, [125-6]; favours union with the Hudson's Bay Company, [140].
M'Intosh, James, in the defence of Colony Gardens, [79].
M'Kay, Daniel, escapes at Seven Oaks, [100], [105].
Mackenzie, Sir Alexander, explorer, and Lord Selkirk, [15], [31].
Mackenzie, Captain, and the nine-pound shot, [41].
M'Kenzie, Kenneth, his arrest at Fort William, [121], [124-5]; drowned, [126].
M'Lean, Alexander, [72]; killed at Seven Oaks, [100].
M'Lean, Hugh, his defence of Colony Gardens, [78], [79].
M'Leod, Archibald Norman, a partner of the North-West Company, [94]; as magistrate of Indian Territories examines evicted Red River colonists, [103-5]; at Fort Douglas, [105-7].
M'Leod, John, his gallant defence of Colony Gardens, [77-78], [79]; his guardianship, [82-83], [85].
M'Loughlin, Dr John, his arrest at Fort William, [121], [124-5].
M'Nab, John, buys Baldoon Farm from Lord Selkirk, [20].
M'Tavish, Simon, founder of the North-West Company, [20], [117].
Matthey, Captain, enlists with Lord Selkirk, [110]; at Fort William, [122].
Métis, [54]. See Bois Brûlés.
Montgomery, Sir James, brother-in-law of Lord Selkirk, [136].
Napoleon I, [16]; his Berlin Decree, [29].
Nelson river, New Year celebrations on the, [48-9].
New Nation, the, [85], [86]. See Bois Brûlés.
North-West Company, [23-5], [117]; entertain Lord Selkirk in Montreal, [20-1]; their opposition to his colonizing schemes, [31-2], [38], [40-1], [55], [67], [133]; their antagonism towards Red River Colony, [55-6], [60], [63-4], [65-6], [67]; their efforts to destroy the colony, [74-5], [89-90]; the Seven Oaks massacre, [95-101]; trial of partners at York, [134-5]; union with the Hudson's Bay Company, [140-1].
Norway House, a Hudson's Bay Company post, [52], [78].
Ottawas, waylay Lord Selkirk's messenger, [112].
Pambrun, Pierre, held prisoner by the Nor'westers, [88-9], [102].
Pangman, Peter, and Cuthbert Grant, [88].
Pelham, Lord, and Selkirk's scheme of emigration, [15], [16], [17].
Powell, Chief Justice, and the trial of Lord Selkirk, [134]; and the Nor'westers, [135].
Prince Edward Island, Selkirk's colony on, [17-18].
Pritchard, John, taken prisoner at Seven Oaks, [95] n., [97], [98]; acts as mediator, [101-2], [104], [105].
Red River Colony, [32], [141]; its extent and position, [33-4], [132]; conditions of settlement, [35], [110]; types of settlers, [37-8], [39], [40], [42], [47], [48], [51], [63], [83], [108-10], [136-7]; the departure of first contingent of colonists from Stornoway, [38-43]; reach Hudson Bay, [44-5]; and winter on the Nelson, [45-51]; journey to Red River, [51-4]; the official inauguration of the colony, [55-6]; relations with the Indians, [54], [56], [57], [74], [78], [89], [95], [102] n., [112-13], [132]; dire straits of colonists in winter, [57-8], [59-60], [85]; the arrival of Irish colonists, [58]; Colony Gardens built, [59]; the arrival of Sutherland men, [61-63]; exodus of the settlers, [76], [78]; Colony Gardens destroyed, [77-9]; restored, [81-82]; a fourth contingent of colonists, [83]; the Seven Oaks massacre, [95-102]; the second expulsion, [102-4]; Lord Selkirk arrives, [128-30]; the locust plagues, [139-40]; comes into its own, [141]. See Highlanders.
Reed, Collector, a tool of the Nor'westers, [40].
Robertson, Colin, his grievance against the North-West Company, [37], [80-1]; restores Colony Gardens, [81-2]; his revenge at Fort Gibraltar, [84-5], [86-7], [101], [104], [133].
Robinson, J. B., attorney-general of Upper Canada, [127], [134].
Rogers, Captain, killed at Seven Oaks, [98], [100].
Rupert's Land, Lord Selkirk's Colony in, [32], [132].
Saint Anne's chapel, a halting-place of the coureurs de bois, [25].
St Mary's Isle, the Selkirk mansion on, [2-3], [4].
Saulteaux, and Red River Colony, [78], [89], [102] n., [132]; and the North-West Company, [106].
Scott, Sir Walter, his friendship with Lord Selkirk, [7], [27], [136], [138].
Selkirk, fourth Earl of, [2]; a patron of letters, [5].
Selkirk, fifth Earl of, his boyhood, [3], [4], [5], [6]; at Edinburgh University, [6-7]; studies the conditions of life in the Highlands, [8], [14]; succeeds to the title, [14]; his scheme of emigration, [15-16], [27-8], [32], [35-6]; his colony on Prince Edward Island, [16-18]; at Baldoon Farm, [18-20]; fêted by fur merchants of Montreal, [20-1]; his speech on national defence in the House of Lords, [27]; his marriage, [28]; his efforts in securing a grant of land in Assiniboia, [28-35]; his colony at Red River, [55-63], [76-83]; endeavours to persuade the government to send armed assistance to his colony, [91-4]; his message of encouragement, [94]; his relief expedition, [108], [110-11], [113], [115], [127-8]; at Indian council on Drummond Island, [112-13]; hears of the Seven Oaks disaster and makes for Fort William, [113-15], [118]; takes possession of the fort and arrests the partners of the North-West Company, [120-7]; arrives at Colony Gardens, [128-9], [130]; receives the name of 'Silver Chief' and concludes a treaty with the Indians, [131-3]; his trial, [131], [133], [134]; his charges against the North-West Company, [70], [87], [134-6]; his death, [137]; his character, [5], [7], [14], [120], [131], [138-9].
Selkirk, sixth Earl of, [92], [137].
Semple, Robert, governor-in-chief in Assiniboia, [84], [86], [87], [95], [135]; killed at Seven Oaks, [95-9].
Seven Oaks, the massacre of, [95-102] and note, [130]; the trial of Nor'westers, [135].
Sherbrooke, Sir John, governor of Canada, [114], [130-1], [134-135].
Sherwood, counsel for Nor'westers, [135].
Spencer, John, enforces Governor Macdonell's decree on the Nor'westers, [65-6].
Stornoway, the departure of emigrants from, [38-43].
Strachan, Rev. John, his antagonism to Lord Selkirk, [134].
Sutherland, George, [88], [89]; escapes at Seven Oaks, [100].
Sutherland, Elder James, authorized to baptize and perform the marriage ceremony at Colony Gardens, [84].
War of 1812, and Selkirk's settlement at Baldoon Farm, [19], [109].
Watteville regiment, provides recruits for Red River Colony, [109-10], [130].
Wedderburn-Colvile, James, father-in-law of Lord Selkirk, [28], [30].
White, James, surgeon at Colony Gardens, [75]; killed at Seven Oaks, [100].
Wilkinson, Dr, killed at Seven Oaks, [100].
Winnipeg, site of Colony Gardens, [53], [129], [141].