Mcloughlin John 1784-1857 Born At Riviere Du Loup Studied

medicine in Edinburgh; joined the North West Company; engaged for

several years in the Rainy Lake country; in charge of Fort William in

1821, when the North West and Hudson's Bay Companies were amalgamated,

and appointed to take charge of the Columbia River department, 1823.

Built Fort Vancouver, 1824, and made it the headquarters for the whole

territory west of the mountains. Did more than any other man to

strengthen he hold of the Company on the fur trade of the Pacific

coast. Through misunderstandings over his attitude towards the American

settlers on the Columbia, retired from the Company's service, 1846, and

spent the rest of his life in Oregon City. =Index=: (Mackenzie / Selkirk / Simpson era) Edward Ellice

on, 220; impresses Sir George Simpson, 220; travels in state, 221. (Sir James Douglas era)

First great Hudson's Bay Company leader in Oregon, 84; his character,

84, 86; takes Douglas under his charge, in North West Company, at Fort

William, 93; persuades Douglas to join Hudson's Bay Company, 94; his

friendship for Douglas, 94; born, 1784, at Riviere du Loup, 94; grandson

of Malcolm Fraser, 94; his early home and training, 94-95; studies

medicine in Edinburgh, 95; returns to Canada and enters North West

Company, 95; sent to Sault Ste. Marie, 95; there when post burned in War

of 1812, 95; marries widow of Alexander Mackay, 95; goes to Fort

William, 95-96; at Fort Vancouver, his practically absolute rule, 111;

ambitious plans for development of western department, 114; sends

expedition to Fraser River by sea, 115; builds Fort Colville, 1825-1826,

116; builds Fort Langley, 1827, 116; builds Fort Simpson, 1831, 116;

sends Findlayson, Manson, and Anderson, 1833, to build Fort McLoughlin,

117; sends Douglas to receive Fort Stikine from Russians, 1840, 122;

expedition to Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys, 126; recognizes

agricultural possibilities of Oregon, 128; organizes Puget Sound

Agricultural Company, 130; his attitude towards Oregon settlers, 144;

forced out of Hudson's Bay Company, 145; Douglas and Ogden associated

with him in management of western department, 187; resigns from Hudson's

Bay Company, 1846, 187; removes to Oregon City, 187; treatment of, by

American settlers, 187; his death, 187; his character contrasted with

that of Douglas, 351-353. =Bib.=: Holman, Dr. John McLoughlin: the

Father of Oregon; Laut, Conquest of the Great North-West; Bryce,

Hudson's Bay Company; Bancroft, History of the North-West Coast.