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Fred S. Perrine
Francis Benj. Pillett,[1] and Donald McGillis,[2] clerks, and a few of the men, accompanied by a guide, set out for the Willamette, which the Indians had told them abounded in beaver. On this trip they were accompanied by Mr. Regis Brugiere,[3] who had arrived overland from Canada, and who expected to follow his vocation of trapping.
How long this party remained up the Willamette we cannot tell, as there is no mention of their coming back, or of the results of their trip. All we know, however, is that Robert Stuart and McGillis were back in Astoria prior to March 30, 1812. They evidently had a successful trip, and made reports that warranted a further exploration of the Willamette, for on April 1, 1812, Donald
- ↑ Francis Benjamin Pillet, a clerk, sailed on Tonquin Sept. 6, 1810, arrived at Columbia River March 22, 1811. Left Astoria with David Stuart for the interior July 23, 1811. Returned to Astoria October 5, 1811. Up the Willamette with Robert Stuart Dec. 5, 1811. Left Astoria June 29 or 30, 1812, with John Clarke's party to found Spokane House. Sent to Kootenai region with six men to oppose Nicholas Montour of the N. W. Co., with whom he fought a bloodless duel. Returned to Spokane House in May, 1813, and to Fort George January 7, 1814. Was at Oak Point on the Columbia in February, 1814. Again to the Willamette on April 4, 1814. Was settled at Lake of the Two Mountains, Ottawa River, Canada, in 1817. Was still living in Canada in 1854.
- ↑ Donald McGillis, clerk, a Canadian, sailed on the Tonquin Sept 6, 1810, arrived at Columbia River March 22, 1811. Left for the Willamette with Robert Stuart December 5, 1811- Left Astoria March 30, 1812, with Russell Farnham and party for the cache of the overland Astorians on the Snake River. Left for the interior with David Stuart on June 29 or 30, 1812. Returned to Fort George January 7, 1814. Left for the Willamette January 27, 1814. Returned March 25, 1814. Left Fort George April 4, 1814. Was settled on the Ottawa River below the Long Sault in 1817.
- ↑ Regis Brugiere, Canadian freeman, trapper and trader. Brought up in the service of the N. W. Co. Arrived Astoria Oct 5, 1811. Franchere knew him in Canada as a respectable country merchant. Had been a trader on the Saskatchewan, where he had lost his outfit. Turned trapper and had come into this region for beaver. Went up the Willamette wiA McKay and McGillis December 5, 1811. Was not listed by Alexander Henry as leaving' for the interior on April 4, 1814, or listed as among those remaining at Fort George.
