Note 219 — Chapter XXVIII
J. V. (Jedediah Vincent) Huntington translation
The N. W. Company having raised a regiment composed of their own servants, and known as the voyageur corps, and having also instigated to war, and armed, the Indian tribes, over which they had influence, had brought on themselves this act of retaliation. Mr. Johnston also had engaged actively in the war against the United States.—Franchère.