ald= (1783-1851). Born in Scotland. Emigrated to Canada
in 1800, and engaged in the service of the North West Company for
several years. In 1809 associated with John Jacob Astor in fur-trading
on the Columbia. Returned to the service of the North West Company; and
in 1821, on its absorption by the Hudson's Bay Company, became a chief
factor in the united Company. In 1825 appointed governor of the Red
River Settlement, and held the position till 1832, when he retired to
the United States. Died at Mayville, New York. =Index=: =MS= Chief
factor, and afterwards governor, of Assiniboia, 222. =Bib.=: Bryce, _The
Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists_.

=Mackenzie, Geddes.= =MS= Marries Sir Alexander Mackenzie, 101; her
parentage, 101.

=Mackenzie, George.= =Md= Macdonald studies law in his office, 4; death
of, 9.

=Mackenzie, Hope.= =B= Moves approval of George Brown's course in
Confederation negotiations, 156-157.

=Mackenzie, Isabel.= =Mc= Wife of William Lyon Mackenzie, granted $4000
by Parliament, 240; at Navy Island, 424; death of, 508.

=McKenzie, Roderick.= Cousin of Sir Alexander Mackenzie. Came to Canada
from Scotland in 1784, and entered the service of the fur-trading firm
of Gregory, McTavish & Co., of Montreal. The following year reached
Grand Portage, where employed as a clerk. Accompanied his cousin to the
far West in 1786; built the original Fort Chipewyan, on the south shore
of Lake Athabaska, in 1788; and in charge of the post during Alexander
Mackenzie's expeditions of 1789 and 1792 to the Arctic and Pacific. In
1797, on his way to Montreal, after a long absence, rediscovered the old
Kaministiquia route, first discovered by the French many years before,
but afterwards abandoned. Became a partner of the North West Company,
1799; and signed the Montreal agreement of 1804 by which the X Y Company
was absorbed by the North West Company. A year or two later retired from
the fur trade, and began gathering material for a history of the North
West Company. The work was never published, nor even completed, but many
of the original journals which were to have formed its basis are
included in Masson's _Bourgeois de la Compagnie du Nord-Ouest_. Settled
at Terrebonne, in Lower Canada, and became a member of the Legislative
Council of the province. =Index=: =MS= Joins X Y Company, 14; friendly
rivalry with McGillivray (North West Company) in English River
department, 15; at Ile a la Crosse, 16; brings news