From the H. B. C. Archives I find the following data on this era: Batts and Walker and Peter Fidler held the mouth of the Saskatchewan for the English; one Goodwin worked south from Albany almost to Lake Superior and west to modern Manitoba; half a dozen French run-aways from the N. W. C. were engaged as spies at £100 a year; the Martin Falls House is built inland from Albany in 1782; in spite of ignominious surrender, Hearne and Humphrey Martin go back as Governors of Churchill and York; Edward Umfreville leaves the H. B. C. (wages £141) and joins the N. W. C.; Martin and Hearne, La Perouse’s prisoners, were dropped at Stromness in November, whether on the way to France or back from France, I can’t tell; their letters do not reach the H. B. C. till March, 1783; William Paulson is surgeon at East Main; no dividends from 1782 to 1786; Joseph Colen succeeds Martin at York in ’86; William Auld succeeds Hearne at Churchill in ’96; James Hourie is massacred by the Indians of East Main; H. B. C. servants from the growing dangers become mutinous, six are fined at East Main for mutiny; four at York fined £4 each, namely Magnus Tait, Alex. Gunn, John Irvine, Benj. Bruce, two at Churchill £20 each, Robert Pexman and Henry Hodges. Andrew Graham, the old factor of Severn, being now destitute at Edinburg, is given thirty guineas in 1801.
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[Page 242]—changed Palcentia to Placentia
[Page 263]—changed pursuading to persuading
[Page 272]—changed quittting to quitting
[Page 319]—changed proceeeds to proceeds
[Page 366]—changed suggetsed to suggested
[Page 407]—changed necesssary to necessary
The variant spellings of the following name has been left as printed: Grossilier, Grosilier, Groseilier, Groseillers.