_Notes to Chapter XIX._—As stated elsewhere, Cocking classified the Blackfeet Confederacy as Waterfall Indians, composed of Powestic Athinuewuck, Mithco Athinuewuck, (Blood); Koskiton Wathesitock (Blackfeet); Pegonow (Piegan); Sassewuck (Sarcee). Cocking’s Journal is in the Hudson’s Bay Company House, London, and in the Canadian Archives, Ottawa. The account of Hearne’s Voyages will be found in “Pathfinders of the West,” or in the accounts by himself, (1) the report submitted to the H. B. C., (2) his published journals in French and English, of which I used the French edition of 1799, which is later and fuller than either his report to the H. B. C. or the English book. * * * * * I find the beaver receipts of this period as follows: A. F. (Albany Fort) 21,454 M. R. (Moose) 8,860 E. M. (East Main) 7,626 YF. & SF. (York & Severn) 37,861 C. R. (Churchill) 9,400 Churchill and York, of course, included the inland trade. * * * * * In 1777, the minutes record the dismissal of Thomas Kelsey for ill behavior at P. of Wales (Churchill); the last of Henry Kelsey’s line. * * * * * In 1779, December, the warehouse of Lime Street was burned and all the records without which this history could not have been written—narrowly escaped destruction. * * * * * In 1797, communication was opened by way of London with the Russian fur traders of the west coast. In this year, too, 95,000 beaver was the total. * * * * * The sums paid to ransom the officer, ran all the way from £6,000 to £4,000, so that it is no wonder, though receipts were large, there were no dividends this year. * * * * * I find in the minutes of 1777, Samuel Hearne orders £20 yearly to _Sarah La Petite_, from which one may guess that Samuel had personal reasons for giving such a black picture of Moses Norton. * * * * * In 1780, Andrew Graham, whose journals give a great picture of this period, asks that his Indian boy be sent home. * * * * * In 1782, the following names, famous in Manitoba history, came into the lists of the officers of the Company: Clouston, Ballantine, Linklater, Spencer, Sutherland, Kipling, Ross, Isbister, Umfreville. * * * * * It was in 1787 that the fearful ravages of smallpox reduced the Indian population. This year of plague deserves a chapter by itself, but space forbids. No “black death” of Europe ever worked more terrible woe than the contagion brought back from the Missouri by wandering Assiniboines. * * * * *