A.

List of men who arrived at Hudson Bay in 1811 and left York Factory for the interior in July, 1812: 

     Names.  Age.  Whence.

     1 Colin Campbell 21 Argyle

     2 John McKay 22 Rossshire

     3 John McLennan 23 Rossshire

     4 Beth Bethune 19 Rossshire

     5 Donald McKay 17 Rossshire

     6 William Wallace 21 Ayr

     7 John Cooper 26 Orkney, came to Upper Canada.

     8 Nichol Harper 34 Orkney

     9 Magnus Isbister 21 Orkney, probably father of A.K.  Isbister

    10 George Gibbon 50 Orkney

    11 Thos.  McKim 38 Sligo

    12 Pat Corcoran 24 Crosmalina

    13 John Green 21 Sligo

    14 Pat Quinn 21 Killala

    15 Martin Jordan 16 Killala

    16 John O’Rourke 20 Killala

    17 Anthony McDonnell 23 Killala

    18 James Toomey 20 Killala

The Author is not aware of the existence of any list of the first settlers other than these.

B.

Owen Keveny’s party (list found in Archives, Ottawa).  The total list of seventy-one was engaged by Keveny in Mull, Broan, Sligo, etc.  The following are known to have come.  They reached York Factory 1812, and arrived at Red River October 27th, 1812: 

    1 Andrew McDermott, became the famous Red River merchant.

    2 John Bourke, a useful man.

    3 James Warren, died of wounds in 1815.

    4 Chas. Sweeny.

    5 James Heron.

    6 Hugh Swords.

    7 John Cunningham.

    8 Michael Hayden Smith, evidently Michael Heden, blacksmith.

    9 George Holmes.

   10 Robert McVicar.

   11 Ed. Castelo.

   12 Francis Heron.

   13 James Bruin.

   14 John McIntyre.

   15 James Pinkham.

   16 Donald McDonald.

   17 Hugh McLean.

C.

The Churchill party, which landed from “Prince of Wales” ship convoyed by H.M.S.  “Brazen,” at Churchill in August, 1813, and some, marked C-Y., who walked overland on snowshoes to York Factory in April 14th, 1814, and reached Red River Settlement in 1814.  This whole list is from Manitoba Historical Society Transactions, 33.  Those marked C-Y. are from Archives, Ottawa.

Names.  Age.  Whence.

1 George Campbell 25 Archurgle Parish,
Creech, Scotland

2 Helen, his wife 20 Archurgle