180 ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
Fort William, Alexr. Stewart, Chief Trader. 
Lake Huron, John McBean, Chief Factor. 
River Winnipic, Thomas McMurray, Chief Trader. 
Timmiskamain, Angus Cameron, Chief Trader. 
James Sutherland, appointed Chief Factor of Saskatchewan [see above]. 
Churchill, John Charles, Chief Factor; John Lee Lewis, Chief Trader; A. 
McDonell, Clerk. 
AT NORWAY HOUSE THE 11TH AUG., 1821. 
Mr. Fidler’s Maps at York Factory should be sent to England. Assured 
him that he should remain in the Service. That he shall receive a retired 
Share. To remain this Winter at Norway House with Mr. Robertson. 
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Finding we could not form a Council we had a Meeting of Arrangement. 
In the Afternoon Mr. Leith arrived which gave us the full Number. 
Sunday the 12th August. The great Distance Mr. Leith had to go to this 
Post rendered Dispatch so necessary that we were forced to hold a Council 
on this Day. 
In the Morning Mr. West performed Divine Service. Married a Daughter 
of Mr. Kennedy to a Clerk of the Hudson Bay Company and christened 31 
Children. Mr. West had before married 25 Couples and christened 121 
Children. 
Held a Council of Indians. Chiefs from Isle la Cross, Athapascan, Upper 
Slave Slake, Copper Mine River. Assured them they would receive the same 
Treatment as heretofore. Two Chiefs replied. Their Answers were artful, 
complaining of the Poorness of their Lands, &c., and making no g@xact 
Promises. 
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I recommended all the Chief Factors and Chief Traders to be liberal to 
the Indians, and by no Means to reduce the Standard of Trade, which would 
be a most ruinous Policy. In my Address to the Indians at Lac La Pluie and 
at Norway House I stated distinctly this would not be the Case. 
At Norway House the following Chiefs were present:—Pannetowin, Cut 
Thumb; Athapascan. Chipewzan, Le Grand Jeune Homme—Slave Lake. 
Stinking Grass, Isle la Crosse. 
[Speech to Indian Chiefs]. ‘You will have heard that the two Rival 
““Chiefs have made Peace and that the Trade will be conducted under the 
“Anglois or, Hudsons Bay Company. This Union is not made to oppress the 
“Indians but rather to benefit them and they will always find that the Indus- 
‘‘trious and Good will be protected, that around them they will see many 
‘great Chiefs of both Parties—that all are now united. This great Chief Mr. 
“Leith you will see amongst you in the Athapascan. Two other great Chiefs 
“of the Anglois whom you were accustomed to see will not visit your Lands 
“this Wear: One, Mr. Robertson, is required to guard the large Stock of 
‘* Goods which you see in our Warehouses and which can only be entrusted tc 
“a great Chief, the other Mr. Clarke is unhappily forced to go to Montreal 
“from Ill-health. Mr. McGillivray represents the North West Company— 
“the French. I have the Honor to represent the Anglois or Hudson’s Bay 
“and we all assure you of Kind liberal Treatment. I shall return to my 
“Lands where I shall meet your great Fathers who are on the other Side of 
