tain in 1796. Appointed by Lord Selkirk governor of
his projected colony on Red River, and arrived there with a party of
colonists in 1812. Opposition on the part of the North West Company
culminated in an attack, June 11, 1815, by the Company's agents, on the
colonists, and Macdonell, to avoid bloodshed, surrendered. A threatened
trial at Montreal fell through, and returned to Red River Settlement,
where for nearly twelve years was one of its leading pioneers. =Index=:
=MS= Quoted on Selkirk's Red River scheme, 100; a United Empire
Loyalist, settled in Glengarry, Upper Canada, 150; sent for by Selkirk
to take charge of the Red River Colony, 150; sails for Scotland, 150; at
Stornoway in the Hebrides, 151; at York Factory, 153-155; at the Red
River, 157; winters at Pembina, 158; returns to the Forks, 158-159;
difficulties in feeding the colonists, 161; beginning of troubles with
the North West Company, 161-164; goes to meet new settlers, 163;
summoned to Montreal to answer charges, 164; his proclamation, 169; and
its effect, 170-171; sends John Spencer to seize North West Company's
provisions at Souris River, 171-172; is arrested and taken to Montreal,
174. =Bib.=: Bryce, _Hudson's Bay Company_ and _The Romantic Settlement
of Lord Selkirk's Colonists_; Ross, _Red River Settlement_; Laut,
_Conquest of the Great North-West_.

=MacDonnell, Alan.= =B= Addresses Toronto Board of Trade on importance
of acquiring North-West Territories, 216.

=Macdougall, William= (1822-1905). Born in Toronto. Educated at
Victoria College, Cobourg; admitted as a solicitor in 1847, and as
barrister, 1862. Engaged in journalism; founded the _Canada Farmer_ in
1848, and the _North American_ in 1850. A member of the Assembly from
1858 to 1867; of the Dominion Parliament, 1867-1882; and of the Ontario
Legislature, 1875-1878. In 1862-1864 commissioner of crown lands; and
provincial secretary, 1864; minister of public works in first Dominion
government, 1867; attended the Westminster Conference, 1866-1867;
commissioner to London for the acquisition of North-West Territories,
1868; lieutenant-governor of Rupert's Land, 1869; and member of the
Ontario Boundary Commission. =Index=: =BL= One of the leaders of the new
Radicalism,--editor of the _North American_, 341. =E= A leader of the
Clear Grits, 110. =B= A leader of the Clear Grits, 39; a young lawyer
and journalist, 40; edits the _North American_, 40; denounces George
Brown, 40; secretary of Reform C