UNDER THE BRITISH CROWN

Collected from ‘Les Bourgeois de la Compagnie du Nord-Ouest”, and other sources.

Allary, Michel, commis ; Anderson, Thos ; Astor, John Jacob ; Adhémar ; Barthe ; Bélanger ; Belleau ; Cadotte, J.-B; Cameron, Duncan ; Cameron, Eneas; Campbell, John D; Cartier, Joseph, commis ; Chaboillez, Chs J.-Bte ; Clark, John, facteur ; Clark, Simon; Collerette, Michel, commis; Connelly (3), Wm, com-

(1) L'on trouvera les noms d'un bon nombre de traiteurs et voyageurs, particulièrement depuis le régime britannique, dans ‘Les Bourgeois de la Compagnie du Nord-Ouest”, par le Sénateur Masson, et ‘Les Canadiens de l'Ouest”, par le Sénateur Tassé. Ce dernier ouvrage, qui est rendu à sa cinquième édition, con-

tient la biographie de plusieurs de ces aventuriers de l'Ouest, dont les noms suivent plus bas.

(2) The names of a large number of traders and voyageurs will be found in “Les Bourgeois de la Compagnie du Nord-Ouest”, by Senator Masson, and ‘‘ Les Canadiens de l'Ouest”, by Senator Tassé. The latter book, which has reached its fifth edition, contains a very interesting biography of the following Canadians of the West:—Charles de Langlade: Monet de Moras; J.-Bte Cadotte; Charles Réaume; Jacques Porlier; Jean Joseph Rolette; Salomon Juneau; Julien Dubuque; Antoine Leclerc; Jacques Duperon Baby; Joseph Rainville; Louis Provençal; J.-Bte Faribault; Jean Marie Ducharme; Vital Guérin; J.-Bte Mallet; Pierre Ménard ; François Ménard; Noël Levasseur; Joseph Robidou; J.-Bte Louis Roy; Louis Vital Baugy ; Jacques Fournier; Michel Branamour Ménard ; F.-X. Aubry; Antoine Leroux ; Prudent Beaudry ; Gabriel Franchère ; Pierre Chrysologue Pambrun; François Antoine La Roque; Joseph La Roque; Pierre Falcon ; Louis Rielle, père; J.-Bte Beaubien ou Cuillerier dit Beaubien, né à Lachine (et non à Batiscan) le 6 janvier 1709, fils de Jean Cuillerier, et petitfils de René Cuillerier, propriétaire du fort Cuillerier. Il prit le nom de Beaubien de celui de sa mère, Catherine Trotier dit Beaubien, mariée en secondes noces en 1714, avec François Picoté de Bellestre. Il est probable qu'il fut élevé à Batiscan par Joseph Trotier dit Beaubien, marié à sa tante Françoise, fille de René Cuillerier.

(3) In 1825, William Connelly became a partner in the amalgamated company. He was born at Lachine about 1786. About 1803 he first entered the service of the N. W. company. See case of Connelly and Wootrich, 11 L. C. p. 197, where the validlity of his Indian marriage came before the courts.

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mis, engagé en mai 1813 ; Cameron, Dugald, settled at Grafton, near Cobourg ‘ : 1844 ; Cameron, Duncan, père de Sir Roderick Cameron ; De Couagne, Frs, commis ; Dumas, Pierre, commis ; Dorion, Louis, commis; Ellice, Alex ; Ellice, Hon. Edward ; Ermatinger, C. O. ; Finlay, James, sr; Finlay, James, jr ; Finlay, John; Forsyth, James; Forsyth, John; Forsyth, Thos. ; Fortin, Louis, commis; Franchère, Gabriel; Franchère, fils, Gabriel, commis à Oka; Franklin, Sir John; Fraser Alex. ; Fraser, Simon ; Frobishery, Beni. ; Fry ; Girardin, Louis, commis ; Goodwin ; Grant (1), Chs ; Grant, Cuthbert ; Grant, David ; Grant, Peter, settled at Ste Anne and finally at Lachine, where

(1) On the 24th of April, 1780, Charles Grant made a report to General Haldimand, on the Fur Trade, where he says: ‘At all times, the trade to the upper ‘* countries has been considered the staple trade of this Province, but of late ‘years it has been greatly augmented, in 80 much that it may be reckoned one ‘year with another to have produced an annual return to Great Britain in furs “to the amount of £200,000 sterling...... »

‘“The Indian Trade, by every communication, is carried on at great expense, “labour and risk of both men and property ; every year furnishes instances of ‘“the loss of men and goods by accident or otherwise. It is not therefore to be ‘expected that the traders in general are men of substance; indeed, few of ‘them are able to purchase with ready money such goods as they want for their ‘““trade. They are consequently indebted from year to year, until a return is ‘made in Furs, to the merchants of Quebec and Montreal, who are importers of *“ goods from England, and furnish them on credit......

‘“Iam informed that of late years from ninety to one hundred canoes have ‘annually been employed in the Indian Trade from Montreal, by the commu- ‘ nication of the Great River (Ottawa) to Michillimakinac, lakes Huron and ‘“ Michigan, La Bay and the North West...... From the different posts above ‘ mentioned comes at least one half of the furs annually exported from Canada ; ‘“ one fourth is supposed to come from Niagara, Detroit and their environs, and ‘one fourth is said to be produced at the lower posts and inhabited parts of the ‘“ Province......

‘A canoe load of goods is reckoned at Montreal, worth in dry goods to the ‘amount of £200, first sterling cost in England, with 50 per cent. charges thereon ‘“ makes £450; besides that, every canoe carries about 200 gallons of rum and “wine, which I suppose worth £50 more ; s0 that every canoe on departure from ‘that place may be said worth £500 currency in this Province. The charges of ‘all sorts included together from Montreal to Michillimakinac £160, and from ‘“thence to the Grand Portage £9,0, so it appears that each canoe at Michillima- ‘“* kinac is worth £660 currency ; every canoe is navigated by eight men, for the ‘* purpose of transporting the goods only, and when men go up to winter they “commonly carry ten”.

Grant concludes his report by giving the names of ten firms then (1780) engaged in the North West fur trade under one company: Benj. & Jos. Frobisher; Holmes & Grant; McGill & Paterson; MeTavish & Co.; McBeath & Co.; Ross & Co. ; Todd & McGill ; Oakes & Co. ; Wadden & Co. Canadian Archives, Rep. for 1888, p. 61.

In the same report, p. 63, will be found a letter dated Montreal, 19th April, 1784, and signed by Benj. Frobisher, where he informs Hon. Adam Mabane that ‘the North West Company, which had just been formed, had requested Mr. Davison, the Deputy Secretary in Montreal, to apply for a pass for twenty-eight <an0es, valued at £20,000 currency.

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