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 No. XIV

A. M. D. G.

Fort Jasper, April 16th, 1846.

,—Fort Edmondton or Auguste is the great emporium of the Hudson Bay Company in the districts of Upper Sascatshawin and Athabasca:[134] Forts Jasper, Assiniboine, Little Slave Lake, on the river Athabasca,[135] Forts des Montagnes, Pitt, Carrollton, Cumberland, on the Sascatshawin, depend on it.[136] The respectable and worthy Mr. Rowan, Governor of this immense district, unites, to all the amiable and polite qualities of a perfect gentleman, those of a sincere and hospitable friend; his goodness and paternal tenderness render him a true patriarch amidst his charming and numerous family. He is esteemed and venerated by all the surrounding tribes, and though advanced in age, he possesses extraordinary activity.