Douglas Sir James 1803-1877 Mackenzie / Selkirk / Simpson Era A Man Of Imperial Mind 225

highest qualities as administrator, 225; with Dr. McLoughlin, 225;

marries daughter of William Connolly, 225; chief factor, 1840, 226;

governor of Vancouver Island, 1851, 225; knighted, 225; receives Simpson

at Fort St. James, 238. (Sir James Douglas era) Visits Etoline, Russian governor, 1842,

45-46; in New Caledonia, 59-60; character, 84-91; dearth of documentary

material for his life, 90; born Demerara, Aug. 15, 1803, 91; parent ge,

92; educated in Scotland, 92-93; sails for Canada, 1820, and enters

service of North West Company, 93; meets John McLoughlin at Fort

William, 93; McLoughlin persuades him to join Hudson's Bay Company, 94;

accompanies McLoughlin to Columbia department, 94; McLoughlin's

friendship for Douglas, 94; his training under McLoughlin, 96; sent to

New Caledonia, 96; accompanies William Connolly over mountains, 99; with

Connolly at Fort St. James, 100; with John Tod at McLeod Lake, 100; his

activities there, 100-102; marries Amelia Connolly, 103; transferred to

Fort Vancouver, 1830, 103-110; family life there, 103; eldest daughter

marries Dallas, afterwards governor of Hudson's Bay Company at Winnipeg,

103; his work in New Caledonia, 104; his connection with Fort George

massacre, 105-109; receives Sir George Simpson at Fort St. James, 109;

at Fort Vancouver, 110; revises system of accounting at Fort Vancouver,

121; in charge of York Factory express, 1835, 121; in charge of party

that raised British flag above Fort Stikine, 1840, 121-122; builds Fort

Durham, 122; sent to dismantle Fort Durham, 122; moves Fort McLoughlin

to head of Vancouver Island, 122; sent to treat with Mexican governor,

1840, 126-127; succeeds McLoughlin as manager of Puget Sound

Agricultural Company, 132; severs his connection, 1859, on accepting

governorship of Vancouver Island and British Columbia, 132; becomes

chief trader, 1852, 135; chief factor, 1840, 133; founds Victoria, 1843,

146; examines site for fort on Vancouver Island, 176; commands

expedition charged with the building of the fort, 177; selects site,

178; proceeds next to dismantle Forts Taku and McLoughlin, 178; brings

Bolduc, first missionary, to Vancouver Island, 178; completes Fort

Camosun (Victoria), 179; returns to Fort Vancouver, 180; associated with

McLoughlin and Ogden on board of management of western department, 187;

succeeds McLoughlin in charge of western department, 1846, 187; succeeds

Blanshard as governor of Vancouver Island, 205; dual position of

Hudson's Bay Company officer and representative of crown, 207;

establishes representative government, 1856, 208-210; his inaugural

speech, 211-215; reports gold on Queen Charlotte Island, 220; issues

gold-mining licenses, 221; reports gold discoveries on Upper Columbia,

etc., 223; difficulties with the miners, 227; visits the camps, 227-228;

appointed governor of British Columbia, 229; retires from Hudson's Bay

Company, 229-230; full powers of government given him under instructions

of colonial secretary, 1858, 231; Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton's opinion of

him, 234-235; his administration of the government, 236; appoints

provincial officers, 240-241; second visit to the mining camps, 243-245;

proposes Queensborough as name of capital of British Columbia, 247;

settles Hill's Bar affair, 248; builds roads, 249-253; 257; his

resourcefulness, 249-250; plans for a transcontinental road, 253-254;

financial problems, 258-262; charged with extravagance, 261; his

prejudice in favour of Hudson's Bay Company, 263; defends their policy,

264-265; justice to the natives, 267; recommends church endowments,

270-271; conflict with Assembly over site of public buildings, 272-273;

governorship of Vancouver Island ends, 1863,--knighthood,--succeeded by

Arthur Kennedy,--retires from governorship of mainland of British

Columbia, 1864, 289; advocates union of British Columbia and Vancouver

Island, 295; public appreciation of his rule as governor, 304; leaves

British Columbia and sails for Europe, 308-309; his personal side, 309;

death, Aug. 1, 1877, 310; wife dies, 1891, 310; his character and

achievements as man, fur trader, and statesman, 342-354; compared with

McLoughlin, 351-353; personal appearance, 350-351. =Bib.=: Morgan, Cel.

Can.; Dent, Can. Por.; Cyc. Am. Biog.; Bancroft, History of

British Columbia; Begg, History of British Columbia.