Pacific Fur Company:
BELLEAU, Jean Baptiste: Milieu
Northwest Fur Company:
BAKER, Micajah: Freeman and Blacksmith
SOURCES:
List of the First American Settlers of the Oregon County; Extracted
from HBC Archives F.4/61, fos. 6-7d. "List of people in the Columbia
for Winter 1813-1814".
Champoeg: Place of Transition by J.A. Hussey;
Oregon Historical Society Portland 1967
Children of the Fur Trade
Marion County Historical Society Vol II
On November 23, 1812 a small party of fourteen men, led by two clerks,
William Wallace and J.C. Halsey set out to establish a post on the
Willamette. On January 15, 1813 an additional party was sent to
winter at the new post. During the winter of 1813/1814 the following
americans were camped on the Willamette.
BROUSSEAU, Bazile: Milieu
CANNING, William: Millwright
CARSON, Alexander: Gunsmith; Hunter
DUFRESNE, Andre: M.
DAY, John: Hunter
FLANAGAN, Moses: Bookbinder
LA BONTE, Jean Baptiste: Milieu
LAFRAMBOISE, Michel: M.
LUSSIER, Etienne: Hunter
MILLIGAN, Richard: Tailor
MASCON, Alexis: M.
MC GILLIS, Donald: Clerk
MACKAY, Thomas: Clerk and Interpreter
MARTIAL, Francois: M. & Sawyer
PERRAULT, William: (boy)
ST. AMANT, Joseph: G.; hired March 30, 1814 by NW Co as free trapper
ST. MICHEL, Louis: M.
WALLACE, William: Clerk
HARTEAU, Jac.
On October 16, 1813, the Pacific Fur Company sold their interests to
the North West Fur Company. By November 1813 members of this company
were moving into the Willamette to winter. The following were
members of the party at The Willamette Post near Champoeg.
BELLAIRE, Registe: Freeman and Hunter
BELLANT, Alexis: Milieu
BOWITHICK, Joseph: D. & Hunter
CAYALLE, Antoine: D. & Milieu
COTENOIRE, Michel: M.
CIRE, Joseph: M.
GAILLOUX, Joseph: G.
HENRY, William: Clerk
LATOUR, Francois: M.
LANGTIN, Etienne: G.
MAJEAU, Louis: G.
MOINEAU, Antoine: M.
MOCHCOMAU, Joseph: Hunter
OCANASAWARET, Thomas: M.
OWAYAISSA, Etienne: M.
PROVEAU, Jean Baptiste: M.
PICCARD, Maurice: M.
QUESNEL, Amable: M.
SALIOHENI, Ignace: G.
TEWHATTAHEWNIE, George: D. & G.