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].