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I had the satisfaction of seeing Father Holland mounted on the latter setting out for Fort Douglas , while the Indian pony wearing an empty side-saddle trotted along in tow . The information I brought back from Fort Douglas delayed any more hostile demonstrations against the Hudson 's Bay . That very morning , before I had finished breakfast , Governor McDonell rode over to Fort Gibraltar , and on condition that Fort Douglas be left unmolested gave himself up to the Nor ' - Westers . At noon , when I was riding off to the buffalo hunt and the Missouri , I saw the captain , smiling and debonair , embarking -- or rather being embarked -- with North-West brigades , to be sent on a free trip two thousand five hundred miles to Montreal . `` A safe voyage to ye , '' said Duncan Cameron , commander of Nor ' - Westers , as the ex-governor of Red River settled himself in a canoe . `` A safe voyage to ye , mon ! '' `` And a prosperous return , '' was the ironical answer of the dauntless ruler over the Hudson 's Bay .