He had met these gentlemen near the first rapids, and had determined to return with them to the establishment, in consequence of information which they gave him. Those gentlemen were in light canoes {191} (i. e., without any lading), and formed the vanguard to a flotilla of eight, loaded with furs, under the conduct of Messrs. John Stuart and M'Millan.[100]
Mr. M'Tavish came to our quarters at the factory, and showed Mr. M'Dougal a letter which had been addressed to the latter by Mr. Angus Shaw, his uncle, and one of the partners of the Northwest Company.[101] Mr. Shaw informed his nephew that the ship Isaac Todd had sailed from London, with letters of marque, in the month of March, in company with the frigate Phœbe,be] having orders from the government to seize our establishment, which had been represented to the lords of the admiralty as an important colony founded by the American government. The eight
- [Footnote: 1810. After reaching Astoria with McTavish in 1813, he remained in the Columbia
country until April, 1817, when he left Fort George with the brigade which set out for Fort William. Later he was supercargo on the North West Company's vessel "Columbia," sailing to China from the Columbia River.—Ed.]
