CONTENTS CHAPTER V. Founding and Exploring.—Erecting a new fort —The pioneers starve— And then complain of their abundance—Fraser Lake—A large bill —Reinforcements—Fort George founded—Disagreeing authors all in the wrong—Fraser’s trip to the sea-coast—‘‘ Awful and forbid- ding appearance” of the river—Native ladders for a trail along an abyss-—The river not the Columbia—Bancroft unfair to Fraser - CHAPTER VI. Stuart and Harmon at Stuart Lake.—Stuart succeeds Simon Fraser— The Harmon comes to Stuart Lake—The first drunken orgy—’ Kwah is chastised—Cremation of a Carrier—Harmon and McDougall go to Babine—Received with a display of war clubs and axes—The very first mail within British Columbia—Stuart’s shortcomings —Mas- sacres and murders—Conflict between the rival companies—Amal- gamation of the latter - - - - - - - - - CHAPTER VII. Hudson's Bay Company in New Caledonia.—The Company’s Charter—Its organization—The servants and their grades—The clerks and the apprentices—A privileged class— Original status—A new Deed Poll—An American proud of his titke—Lord paramount —Hudson’s Bay Company forts—The Company’s influence detri- mental to the moral welfare of the Indians—Fire-water and vendettas = - - - - - - - - - - - CHAPTER VIII. William Connolly Succeeds Stuart.—Governor Simpson—Forts Alex- ander and Chilcotin are founded—Bancroft mistaken—Warlike Indians—Fort Babine erected—Bancroft wrong again—Poor Mary ! —Douglas comes upon the scene—He acts as Connolly’s fisherman— Did he found Fort Connolly?—Difficult times—Furs, furs—A buffoon causes a war - re - - - - - - CHAPTER IX. An Episode and its Conseguences.—A fanciful account of the occurrence —The heroical réle attributed to the wrong party—The real facts— ““The man he killed was eaten by the dogs; by the dogs he must be eaten’’—The aggressor on the defensive—Dr. Bryce’s mistakes —Bancroft’s dramatized version of the affair—The Governor at Stuart Lake—How the Company had the last word—But Douglas had to leave . - - - - - - - Vill. PAGE 67 84 102 120 139