I took this off the METISGEN-L@rootsweb.com mailing list. I'm just passing it on FYI only. Glenda > The file you sent me on the Campbells is not the Northwest Company bunch. > Like the McGillises, my family were loyalists who settled in eastern > Ontario circa 1784. My great great grandfather, John Duncan, was born in > Schoharie, New York in 1773 and became a clerk in the NW > Co. sometime in the late 1790s. He was given a partnership in 1803 at the > first annual meeting held at the newly-built Fort William. For most of his > career he was in charge of the English River (now Churchill River) district > in northern Saskatchewan. The Hudson Bay Company arrested him for his > activites in support of the Seven Oaks affair and he was not made a factor > when the two companies merged in 1821. He died at our old family home, > Inverardine, in 1835 after marrying Eliza McDonald the eldest daughter of > John McDonald of Gart and Nancy Small (who herself was the daughter of > Patrick Small [McDonald's cousin] and an unknown native woman. I hope that > this information is of interest to you. > > At 08:11 PM 7/20/01 -0700, you wrote: > >http://www.usinternet.com/users/dfnels/campbell.htm Archibald "John" > >Campbell: (1775-1808) > > & && Nancy (1790's-1887; m.John Palmer Bourke). > > Archabald had been trading since 1792 and two years later is trading > >out of the "Little Rapids" with the Wahpetons. >From 1800-06 he is a trader > >for the Machinac Co. but became an independent trader in 1806. In December > >of 1807 he is appointed the U.S. Indian Sub-Agent at Prairie du Chien, > >through the recommendation of Gov.Meriwether Lewis and the next year > >(summer 1808) he was killed in a duel with trader Redford Crawford, > >Campbell's former trading associate, Robert Dickson acting as Redford's > >second. John Campbell: (abt.1790-?) > > &&& Marie-Therese Bondy). Their children were: John (b.abt.1830; > >m.Sophie PHALEN), Jeremiah (b.abt.1834), > >& David (b.abt.1839). Colin Campbell: > > &&&&& visiting Ojibwe. By 1855 he is near the mouth of the Platte > >River. Duncan Campbell: (bef.1802-?) > > &&&& Alexander Faribault. Ducan was back in 1838 where the Iowa > >Territory Census taker found him living in Clayton Co., north of the Root > >River. Scott Campbell: (1790's-1851) > > & & Mathias S. > > &&& published though the efforts of fellow missionary, Stephen R. > >Riggs. In 1837, Scott was living at the St.Peters settlement, near the > >mouth of the Minnesota River, going to Washington D.C. as the Dakota > >interpreter for a treaty. In 1843 he bought a claim from Denis Cherrier for > >$300. which he sold to William Hartshorn in 1848. Pond wrote of Scott, > >"Mr.Campbell was, in his general deportment, very mild, quiet and > >gentlemanly, always ready to smoke or chat with white men or Indians, > >carefully avoiding all harsh language and disagreeable topics; but he had a > >fiery temper which sometimes broke through the smooth external covering in > >such ebullitions of passion as we might expect from one in whom were > >mingled the Scotch and Dakota blood. He was skillful as an interpreter, and > >perhaps more skillful as a mis-interpreter...He told what he thought the > >speaker should have said rather that what he did say, and frequently a good > >understanding seemed to have been restored, simply because there had been > >no understanding at all."