The conquest of the great Northwest; being the story of the Adventurers of England known as The Hudson's Bay CompanyNew pages in the history of the Canadian Northwest and Western States . to each committeeman of the weeklymeetings on the Companys business. The upshot of the frequent meetings and increas-ing dividends was—the Company resolved on a des-perate efifort to recapture the lost forts. The Eng-lish now held—Nelson, the great fur emporium ofthe North; New Severn to the South, which had beenbuilt by refugees from Albany, burnt twice to escapebush-raiders and as promptly rebuilt when the
The conquest of the great Northwest; being the story of the Adventurers of England known as The Hudson's Bay CompanyNew pages in the history of the Canadian Northwest and Western States . to each committeeman of the weeklymeetings on the Companys business. The upshot of the frequent meetings and increas-ing dividends was—the Company resolved on a des-perate efifort to recapture the lost forts. The Eng-lish now held—Nelson, the great fur emporium ofthe North; New Severn to the South, which had beenbuilt by refugees from Albany, burnt twice to escapebush-raiders and as promptly rebuilt when the Frenchwithdrew; and Albany, itself, which Mike Grim-mington had captured back. The French held Moose and Rupert on the southof the bay. James Knight, who had acted variously as appren-tice, trader and captain from the beginning of theCompany—was now appointed commander of thesouth end of the bay, with headquarters at Albany,at a salary of ;^4oo a year. Here, he was to resistthe French and keep them from advancing north toNelson. New Severn, next north, was still to serveas a refuge in case of attack. At Nelson, in additionto Walsh, Bailey—a new man—Geyer, a captain, 234. ^? /ri Terms of surrender between Le Moyne dIberville and GovernorWalsh at York Fort. These terms, the Hudsons Bay Companyaverred in petitions, were grossly violated by the French. Originalin the H. B. C. Memorial Books transferred to Public Records. Le Moyne dIberville Sweeps the Bay and Kclsey were to have command as officers. Threefrigates—The Bering, The Hudson^s Bay and TheHampshire are commissioned to the bay with lettersof marque to war on all enemies, and three merchant-men—The Prosperous, The Owners Love and ThePerry are also to go to the bay. Mutinous of voy-ages to the bay, seamen are paid in advance, andtwo hundred and twenty gallons of brandy aredivided among the ships to warm up courage asoccasion may require. But Iberville was not the man to let his win-nings slip through his finger
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