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 274 T. C. Elliott. although Sir Geo. Simpson, in one communication, suggested that it had been Mr. Ogden's intention to return to Canada to reside permanently. He always remained a British subject. His estate amounted to at least fifty thousand dollars. At the time of his death the oldest son, Peter Ogden, had advanced in the service of the H. B. Company to the rank of chief trader and was in charge of Fort Stuart, British Colum- bia, where his father had been before him. Many descendants through him still reside in various parts of Canada and some still continue in the service of the H. B. Company. The second son, Charles, remained a bachelor — seems to have been employed at Fort Vancouver for a time, and died at Lac La Hache in i38o. Another son, Michele, was a stockman and ranchman on the Pend d'Oreille river, and died on the Flat- head reservation where his descendants still live. A daughter Cecilia had married one Hugh Fraser, of unknown residence. The three younger children, Mrs. McKinlay, Euretta and Isaac resided at Oregon City. All of these children together with relatives residing in Canada and New York, were re- membered in the will. None of his direct descendants are known to be now living in Oregon ; but a niece, Mrs. Ogden Chase is a widow, residing near Portland. Archibald McKinlay, writing to El wood Evans in 1882, paid this tribute to Peter Skene Ogden : "He was undoubtedly a wonderful man. Whenever the Hudson's Bay Company had occasion to send any of their officers on a dangerous expedition Peter S. Ogden was sure of the berth. His even temper, his great flow of good humor and his wonderful patience, tact and perseverance, his utter disregard of personal inconvenience and suffering rendered him just the man for any difficult or dangerous task. He was greatly esteemed by his brother officers and nearly worshiped by his men and the Indians. * * * His last great and good work was when he went with a small party of men to liberate the poor women and children captured by the Cay uses after the Whitman massacre, a dangerous task and one which the Indians plainly