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].