First Public Sale at Garraway's -- Contemporary Prices of Fur -- The Poet Dryden -- Meetings of the Company -- Curiosity of the Town -- Aborigines on View. 60 CHAPTER VII.--1671-1673. Mission of the Père Albanel -- Apprehension at Fort Charles -- Bailey's Distrust of Radisson -- Expedition to Moose River -- Groseilliers and the Savages -- The Bushrangers Leave the Company's Service -- Arrival of Governor Lyddal. 69 CHAPTER VIII.--1673-1682. Progress of the Company -- Confusion as to the Names and Number of the Tribes -- Radisson goes to Paris -- His Efforts to Obtain Support there, and from Prince Rupert, in England, Fail -- Arrival of M. de la Chesnaye -- With his help Radisson Secures Support -- And Sails for Quebec -- Thence Proceeds with Two Ships to Attack the English Ports in Hudson's Bay -- His Encounters with Gillam's Expedition from London, and his Son's, from New England. 80 CHAPTER IX.--1682-1683. Death of Prince Rupert -- The Company's Difficulty in Procuring Proper Servants -- Radisson at Port Nelson -- The two Gillams -- Their Meeting -- Capture of the New England Party -- The First Scotchman in the Bay -- Governor Bridgar Carried off Prisoner -- Indian Visitors to the Fort -- Disasters to the Ships -- The French Burn the Island Fort -- Radisson's Harangue to the Indians -- Return to France. 94 CHAPTER X.--1684-1687. Hays writes to Lord Preston -- Godey sent to Radisson's lodgings -- La Barre's strenuous efforts -- Radisson Returns to the English -- He leaves for the Bay -- Meets his nephew, Chouart -- Fort Bourbon Surrendered to the Company -- Radisson's dramatic Return to London. 112 CHAPTER XI.--1683-1686. Feigned Anger of Lewis -- He writes to La Barre -- Importance Attached to Indian Treaties -- Duluth's Zeal -- Gauthier de Comportier -- Denonville made Governor -- Capture of the _Merchant of Perpetuana_ -- Expedition of Troyes against the Company's Posts in the Bay -- Moose Fort Surrendered. 125 CHAPTER XII.--1686-1689. The French Attack upon Fort Rupert -- Governor Sargeant Apprised -- Intrepidity of Nixon -- Capture of Fort Albany -- Disaster to the _Churchill_ -- The Company Hears the ill News -- Negotiations for Colonial Neutrality -- Destruction of New Severn Fort -- Loss of the _Hampshire_ -- The Revolution. 134 CHAPTER XIII.--1689-1696.