LETTER FROM GOVERNOR SIMPSON. 49 



tleman towards carrying the important objects 

 alluded to into effect, which we are most anxious 

 should be met with the best feeling, in spirit and 

 to the letter. 



" Captain Back will require the assistance of 

 one of the Honorable Company's officers on this 

 mission ; and we see none so likely to render him 

 the assistance required as one of yourselves. 

 We therefore call upon one of you, in the order 

 in which your names stand at the head of this 

 letter, to join Captain Back without delay, and 

 to act under the command of that gentleman in 

 the service in question ; and as an encourage- 

 ment to enter on this dangerous service, we 

 hereby assure to you Alexander Roderick 

 M'Leod, Esquire, or to you Simon M'Gillivray, 

 Esquire, our warmest support towards early pro- 

 motion to a chief factorship, in the event of 

 either embarking on this enterprise, and render- 

 ing to Captain Back such valuable services as we 

 consider you qualified to afford ; and to Mr. 

 John M'Leod, or Mr. Murdoch M'Pherson, 

 we hereby promise our warmest support towards 

 early promotion to a chief tradership, in the 

 event of either embarking on this enterprise, and 

 rendering in like manner to Captain Back such 

 valuable services as we consider you capable of 

 affording, besides an increase of salary of 100/. 



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