Excerpt from The North West Company<br><br>Thanks are due to A. G. Doughty, Canadian Archivist; to E. O. S. Scholefield, librarian of the Legislative Library of British Columbia; and to C. H. Gould, librarian of mcgill University, for many courtesies extended. Acknowledgments for courteous assistance and timely suggestions are due to members of the ofli cial staffs of the Canadian Archives; of the Parliamentary Li brary, Ottawa; of the legislative libraries of British Columbia, Manitoba, and Ontario; of the Public Reference Library, Toron to; of the University of Toronto Library; of the British Muse um; of the Public Record Ofiice, London; and of the Colonial Ofiice and Privy Council Office. Mention should also be made of Mr. H. P. Biggar, agent in Great Britain for the Canadian Ar chives, whose knowledge of sources was freely placed at the writ er's disposal. Copies of documents furnished by Mr. Bell, of Winnipeg, were unfortunately lost by shipwreck when the Em press of Ireland went down.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.