k Factory to
the Red River, 1811; from that date to the union of the two fur
companies in 1821, engaged in building trading-posts and extending the
operations of the Hudson's Bay Company towards the Rocky Mountains. Had
taken a leading part in the long conflict between the Hudson's Bay
Company and the North West Company, some account of which is given in
his diary, 1814-1815, reproduced in part in Bryce's _Hudson's Bay
Company_. On the union of the Companies, given charge of the New
Caledonia department, west of the mountains, where he remained for many
years, finally retiring from the service, and spending the remainder of
his days on the banks of the Ottawa. =Index=: =MS= Leads the Selkirk
colonists in their opposition to Cuthbert Grant and the half-breeds,
175; his journal, 175, 176; builds house for governor, 176. =D= Ascends
upper Liard to its southern source in Dease Lake, 1834, 123. =Bib.=:
Bryce, _Hudson's Bay Company_; Burpee, _Search for the Western Sea_.

=McLoughlin, John= (1784-1857). Born at Riviere du Loup. Studied
medicine in Edinburgh; joined the North West Company; engaged for
several years in the Rainy Lake country; in charge of Fort William in
1821, when the North West and Hudson's Bay Companies were amalgamated,
and appointed to take charge of the Columbia River department, 1823.
Built Fort Vancouver, 1824, and made it the headquarters for the whole
territory west of the mountains. Did more than any other man to
strengthen the hold of the Company on the fur trade of the Pacific
coast. Through misunderstandings over his attitude towards the American
settlers on the Columbia, retired from the Company's service, 1846, and
spent the rest of his life in Oregon City. =Index=: =MS= Edward Ellice
on, 220; impresses Sir George Simpson, 220; travels in state, 221. =D=
First great Hudson's Bay Company leader in Oregon, 84; his character,
84, 86; takes Douglas under his charge, in North West Company, at Fort
William, 93; persuades Douglas to join Hudson's Bay Company, 94; his
friendship for Douglas, 94; born, 1784, at Riviere du Loup, 94; grandson
of Malcolm Fraser, 94; his early home and training, 94-95; studies
medicine in Edinburgh, 95; returns to Canada and enters North West
Company, 95; sent to Sault Ste. Marie, 95; there when post burned in War
of 1812, 95; marries widow of Alexander Mackay, 95; goes to Fort
William, 95-96; at Fort Vancouver, his practically absolute rule, 111;
ambitious plans for develop