Fort Mandan (winter) — John Ordway: January 19, 1805
A brief entry noting that a party traveled down the river to bring home meat cached about 30 miles from Fort Mandan. The bulk of the page consists of editorial footnotes describing two North West Company traders, François Larocque and Charles McKenzie, who visited the Mandan villages during the expedition's stay. The notes outline Larocque's later 1805 journey to the Rocky Mountains and his eventual move to Montreal, as well as McKenzie's long career in the fur trade with the Hudson's Bay Company until his death in 1854.
Go down the River to Bring home the meat ab* 30 m1 ab this place.
1 Frangois Larocque, whose description of Fort Mandan is quoted ante,
173, note 1, and Charles McKenzie. Larocque was a clerk employed by the
North West Company at Fort Assiniboine, from which place he led the present
expedition, composed of four voyagers, in addition to McKenzie and himself,
to the Mandan towns of the upper Missouri. From June to October, 1805,
he was engaged on a tour to the Rocky Mountains. The journal he kept on
this expedition, edited by L. J. Burpee, was printed by the Canadian govern-
ment in 1910, as No. 3 of the Publications of the Canadian Archives. Dissatis-
fied with the life led in the Indian trade he left the Northwest and established
himself in business at Montreal. A granddaughter became the wife of Alderic
Ouimet, speaker of the House of Commons.
McKenzie continued in the Indian trade throughout his active life. In
1806 Alexander Henry found him again on the upper Missouri, at the chief
Grosventre village. In 1821 he joined the Hudson’s Bay Company, and con-
tinued in its service until 1846. He died in 1854.
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Went down the river to bring home the meat about 30 miles above this place.
1. François Larocque, whose description of Fort Mandan is quoted earlier on page 173, note 1, and Charles McKenzie. Larocque was a clerk employed by the North West Company at Fort Assiniboine, from which place he led the present expedition, composed of four voyagers, in addition to McKenzie and himself, to the Mandan towns of the upper Missouri. From June to October 1805, he was engaged on a tour to the Rocky Mountains. The journal he kept on this expedition, edited by L. J. Burpee, was printed by the Canadian government in 1910 as No. 3 of the Publications of the Canadian Archives. Dissatisfied with the life led in the Indian trade, he left the Northwest and established himself in business at Montreal. A granddaughter became the wife of Alderic Ouimet, speaker of the House of Commons.
McKenzie continued in the Indian trade throughout his active life. In 1806 Alexander Henry found him again on the upper Missouri, at the chief Grosventre village. In 1821 he joined the Hudson's Bay Company, and continued in its service until 1846. He died in 1854.
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