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In this M'Gillivray was asked his reason for holding in custody various persons whose names were given, and was requested to grant their immediate release. M'Gillivray was surprisingly conciliatory. He permitted several of the persons named in the letter to proceed at once to Selkirk's camp, and assured Lord Selkirk that they had never been prisoners.
He decided to arrest William M'Gillivray first, and sent two men as constables with a warrant against M'Gillivray. On the afternoon of August 13 these officers went down the river to the fort. Along with them went a guard of nine men fully armed. While the guard remained posted without, the constables entered the fort. They found M'Gillivray in his room writing a letter.
In conversation with Simon M'Gillivray, Esq., a partner of the Northwest Company, he stated to me his impression, that the mountains in the vicinity of the route pursued by the traders of that company were nearly as high as the Himalayas. He had himself crossed by this route, seen the snowy summits of the peaks, and experienced a degree of cold which required a spirit thermometer to indicate it.
The Life and Works of Benjamin West, Esq. By John Galt, Esq. Part II. To Simon M'Gillivray, Esq. This Work Is inscribed, with every sentiment of esteem, by the Author. Preface. Nearly the whole of this work was printed during the last illness of Mr. West. The manuscript had long previously been read to him.
Mr. West was of the same opinion as Mr. M'Gillivray; but in conversing with him on the subject, he did not enter into so distinct an explanation of his reasons for dissenting from the speculation of Sir Philip Francis.
A short examination of William M'Gillivray convinced Lord Selkirk that he would not be going beyond his powers were he to apprehend the remaining partners who were at Fort William. To accomplish this he drew up the necessary papers, and then sent the same constables to make the arrests. Twenty-five De Meuron soldiers under Captain D'Orsonnens and Lieutenant Fauché were detailed as an escort.
M'Gillivray the naturalist attached to H.M.'s surveying ship Rattlesnake have left little room for the discovery of many positive novelties. I have, however, been able to note many interesting facts in the economy and habits of the birds, especially such as relate to their migration.
Papa says, every one of her friends ought to be thankful that she has lived an old maid!" "Yes, indeed, for who else would have had patience with her cross old brother Sir Andrew, until he died?" said Janet M'Gillivray. "And who," added her sister, "would have come and been a mother to us when we lost our own, living with us, and taking care of us for seven long years?"
They could hardly have met and conversed with the Kootenays and Stonies without hearing about these attractions, which yearly drew Indian families to camp in the encircling mountains, while the men ranged afield to hunt. Thompson and M'Gillivray were back at Rocky Mountain House on the Saskatchewan for Christmas.
After him came the band, consisting of buglers and bagpipers. Next came the governor, mounted, and behind him Hamlyn and Macdonald, also on horses. Twenty men loaded like beasts of burden formed the line, and finally M'Gillivray with his wife and family brought up the rear. On the nineteenth day out from York Factory Simpson reached Fort Langley at the mouth of the Fraser.
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