Liverpool, Lord, and Selkirk's charges against the North-West Company, 136. Macdonald, Archibald, deputy-governor of Assiniboia, 73. M'Donald, John, his arrest at Fort William, 122-3, 124-5. M'Donald, Capt. Roderick, Selkirk's agent in Glasgow, 37-8. Macdonell, Alexander, a partner of the North-West Company, 68, 86, 87, 88; destroys Colony Gardens, 69, 73-4, 77-79; organizes a raid on Fort Douglas, 89, 94-5; and the massacre at Seven Oaks, 102-103, 105, 107; his plot to assassinate Lord Selkirk, 118-19. Macdonell, Anthony, taken prisoner at Seven Oaks, 100. Macdonell, Capt. Miles, first governor of Assiniboia, 36-7, 74; his herculean task, 40-2, 44; establishes winter quarters on the Nelson, 45-6, 47; his opinion of the emigrants, 47-51; officially inaugurates Red River Colony, 55-6; erects Fort Daer, 57-8; his disastrous proclamation, 63-64, 65, 67; surrenders himself to Cameron, 76-7, 93; sent to Red River in advance of Lord Selkirk, 111, 113. M'Gillivray, William, a partner of the North-West Company, 66 n.; his arrest at Fort William, 120-1, 124-5; an expert canoeman, 125-6; favours union with the Hudson's Bay Company, 140. M'Intosh, James, in the defence of Colony Gardens, 79. M'Kay, Daniel, escapes at Seven Oaks, 100, 105. Mackenzie, Sir Alexander, explorer, and Lord Selkirk, 15, 31. Mackenzie, Captain, and the nine-pound shot, 41. M'Kenzie, Kenneth, his arrest at Fort William, 121, 124-5; drowned, 126. M'Lean, Alexander, 72; killed at Seven Oaks, 100. M'Lean, Hugh, his defence of Colony Gardens, 78, 79. M'Leod, Archibald Norman, a partner of the North-West Company, 94; as magistrate of Indian Territories examines evicted Red River colonists, 103-5; at Fort Douglas, 105-7. M'Leod, John, his gallant defence of Colony Gardens, 77-78, 79; his guardianship, 82-83, 85. M'Loughlin, Dr John, his arrest at Fort William, 121, 124-5. M'Nab, John, buys Baldoon Farm from Lord Selkirk, 20. M'Tavish, Simon, founder of the North-West Company, 20, 117. Matthey, Captain, enlists with Lord Selkirk, 110; at Fort William, 122. Métis, 54. See Bois Brûlés. Montgomery, Sir James, brother-in-law of Lord Selkirk, 136. Napoleon I, 16; his Berlin Decree, 29. Nelson river, New Year celebrations on the, 48-9. New Nation, the, 85, 86. See Bois Brûlés. North-West Company, 23-5, 117; entertain Lord Selkirk in Montreal, 20-1; their opposition to his colonizing schemes, 31-2, 38, 40-1, 55, 67, 133; their antagonism towards Red River Colony, 55-6, 60, 63-4, 65-6, 67; their efforts to destroy the colony, 74-5, 89-90; the Seven Oaks massacre, 95-101; trial of partners at York, 134-5; union with the Hudson's Bay Company, 140-1. Norway House, a Hudson's Bay Company post, 52, 78. Ottawas, waylay Lord Selkirk's messenger, 112. Pambrun, Pierre, held prisoner by the Nor'westers, 88-9, 102. Pangman, Peter, and Cuthbert Grant, 88. Pelham, Lord, and Selkirk's scheme of emigration, 15, 16, 17.