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].