Note 81 — Chapter XII
J. V. (Jedediah Vincent) Huntington translation
John Clarke was American born, but when sixteen years of age entered the employ of the North West Company. He had seen service in the Athabascan department from 1804-10. After his connection with the Pacific Fur Company, narrated in these pages, he re-entered the North West service and returned overland to Fort William in 1814. There he joined the Hudson’s Bay Company, and became associated with Lord Selkirk, in the Red River Settlement. He was still living in 1830 or 1831.
Alfred Seton’s later adventures are related by Franchère, see appendix. His continued interest in the Western fur-trade is evidenced by the fact that he furnished financial backing for Captain Bonneville’s adventure, in 1832.—Ed.