Alexander fraser, Rich^d Whitehouse, Levi Willard, Joseph Johnson, M. Cuthell, James Leaver, Tobias Burke, Rob^t McGinnis, Rich^d McGinnis, John Hicks, George Hicks, Stephen Milers, William Tilby, James Perry, Edward Corry, Stephen Waddin, Peter Smith, Owen Bowen, Peter Grant, J^s Chaorles, James Fairbairn, John Hughes, Ranald McDonald, Watkin Richard, jenbaptiste Lafrenay, Thomas Sare, And^w Cockburn, Tho^s Isbusther, Joseph Landrey, Robert Withers, David Ross, Abram. Holmes, William Fraser, William Hassell, David Ray, Thomas Busby, Sen^r, Thomas Busby, Jun^r, William England, Conrad Marsteller, William Creighton, Hugh Holmes, Jervis George Turner, R^d Warffe, James Nelson, Philip Cambell, Duncan Cumins, Henry Gonnerman, Firedrick Gonnerman, John Maxwell, Tho^s Little, Christ^r Long, Edward Gross, Nicholas Stoneman, Jn^o Daly, Tho^s Oakes, John Grant, Will^m Wintrope, Joel Andras, Thomas Fraser, Jn^o Lumsden, William Holmes, Nicholas Montour, Patrick Small, David Rankin, (Richard Duncan, Late Capn. Royl. Yorkers), Dunc^n Cameron, And^w Wilson, Donald McFonell, Angus McDonald, Ed. Umfreville, John Lockhart Wiseman, (Parchment Copy) endorsed: In L^t Gov^r Hamilton’s N^o 2 of 9 Jan., 1785. FOOTNOTES: [1] Montreal was occupied by General Phillips with the artillery including a company of the Hesse Hanon and the Twenty-ninth Regiment. McLeans’ Regiment and that of Sir John Johnson were quartered on the island and the Ninth Regiment at Ile Jésus. [2] Sir Guy Carleton returned to Quebec as the Earl of Dorchester on August 23, 1786. [3] A special chapter on National origins will be found in Part II of this volume. CHAPTER XI THE FUR TRADERS OF MONTREAL THE GREAT NORTH WEST COMPANY MERCHANTS--NATIONAL AND RELIGIOUS ORIGINS--UP COUNTRY TRADE--EARLY NORTH WEST COMPANY--CHARLES GRANT’S REPORT--PASSES--MEMORIALS--GEOGRAPHICAL DISCOVERIES--RIVAL COMPANIES--THE X.Y. COMPANY--JOHN JACOB ASTOR’S COMPANIES--ASTORIA TO BE FOUNDED--THE JOURNEY OF THE MONTREAL CONTINGENT--ASTORIA A FAILURE--THE GREAT RIVAL--THE HUDSON’S BAY COMPANY--SIR ALEXANDER SELKIRK--THE AMALGAMATION OF THE NORTH WEST AND HUDSON’S BAY COMPANIES IN 1821--THE BEAVER CLUB.