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tion. To this his ardent Highland nature gave him a bias ; the 

 love of adventure was strong in him ; he laughed at dangers 

 which would have deterred other men. He had a great faculty 

 of managing Indians ; and was highly regarded by them. The 

 glory of being the discoverer of the Upper Yukon, the river of 

 p'olden sands, will ever be his. 



(5) He was an ornament to the Hudson's Bay Company's 

 service, which retained a high standard among its officers. It 

 affords the writer pleasure to testify, having had a large 

 acquaintance with the officers and men of the Company, that 

 few, if any, bodies have ever retained a higher standard oi honor, 

 honesty and respectability, among their men than the old Com- 

 pany of 250 years standing, which preserved peace among the 

 wandering tribes of Indians, kept the British flag flying from 

 Lake Superior to the Pacific Ocean, and worthily earned the 

 title of the Honorable the Hudson's Bay Company. 



A VOTE OF THANKS 



Mr. K. N. L. McDonald, who had been in the service of the 

 Hudson's Bay Company and had traded in the Liard and 

 Stikine river districts, and also on the Yukon, Porcupine 

 and McKenzie Rivers, moved a vote of thanks to Dr. Bryce for 

 his ably prepared and interesting paper on the life and work of 

 the late Robert Campbell of the H. B. Co.'s service. This was 

 seconded by the Rev. Canon Coombes, and unanimously carried. 

 Mr. McDonald spoke of the feelings of loyalty he experienced on 

 his passing the site of old Dease Post on Dease Lake in 1887, a post 

 established by Mr. Campbell inl838and abandoned so soon byhim. 

 His admiration for one of the most intrepid explorers of the 

 North-West of this country, led him to empty his Winchester re- 

 peating rifle of her 15 charges as a tribute of honor and respect. 

 He further alluded to his having discovered some old papers 

 which Mr. Campbell had given to some Indians in the winter of 

 1838 and 1839. These Indians had evidently considered these 

 papers of some value, for they very carefully put them in the inside 

 of birch bark, neatly tied up with sinew, and left them in charge of 

 a Mr. Callbreath at Telegraph Creek. , He was fortunate enough 



