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Instructions for Messrs. McLeod and McGillis
1798, by William McGillivray and Alexander Mackenzie

The North West Company successfully monopolized the fur trade in the West for years, but not without serious competition from the Hudson's Bay Company. As this 1798 directive from Nor'Westers William McGillivray and Alexander Mackenzie reveals, traders and winterers were instructed to "properly watch" the opposition so that Indians would not trade their furs elsewhere. North West Company traders were also prohibited from marrying for fear that it might impede their ability to winter for long periods. In contrast, the Hudson's Bay Company encouraged their traders to marry Aboriginal women in order to solidify trading alliances.

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