in brackets: 1787: Jean-Baptiste Tabean (1770) Josiah Bleakley. 1789: Patrick Small (nephew of Major-General John Small) 1790: Nicholas Montour (1767); Venant St. Germain; Leon St. Germain; Joseph Howard. 1791: John Gregory; Andrew Todd; Jacques Giasson. 1792: Simon McTavish. 1793: Myer Michaels; James Grant. 1795: Isaac Todd; William McGillivray; Sir Alexander Mackenzie. 1796: Angus Shaw; Roderick Mackenzie of Terrebonne. 1799: Duncan McGillivray; George Gillespie. 1801: Jacques Porlier. 1802: Alexander Cuthbert. 1803: Alexander Fraser; Simon Fraser. 1807: Dr. David Mitchell, Sr.; Thomas Thain; Lewis Crawford; David Mitchell, Jr., the younger; Peter Grant; Alex McDougall; Pierre de Rastel de Rocheblave (1793); John Forsyth; John Richardson; John Finlay; Aeneas Cameron; William McKay. 1808: Sir John Johnson; John MacDonald of Garth; Archibald Norman McLeod; Alexander Mackenzie (1783). 1809: John Wills; Charles Chaboillez, younger; Alexander McKay. 1810: John Sayer. 1813: James Hughes; Kenneth McKenzie. 1814: Archibald McLellan (who won an award for bravery); George Moffat; W. McRae; Henry McKenzie. 1815: Jasper Tough; J.M. Lamothe (1799); F.A. LaRocque; Thomas McMurray; Robert Henry; Peter Warren Dease; Charles Grant. 1816: David Stuart. 1817: William Henry; Jacob Franks (1799); David David (1807); John McLaughlin (1807); Hugh McGillis; John McDonald; Allan McDonell; James Grant; John Siveright (1799); John George MacTavish. 1818: Simon McGillivray; Angus Bethune; Jules-Maurice Quesnel; John McGillivray; James Leith. 1820: Sir George Simpson. Finally, there were eleven honorary members, many of whom were the captains of the ships who transported their furs back to England. They could only attend at meetings held especially for them in the summer months. The dates in brackets show the year of their admission: Captain Featonby of the Eweretta (1789); Captain Gibson of the Integrity (1789); Monsieur le Compte Andriani, of Milan (1791); Captain Edwards of the Indian Trader (1792) ; Colonel Daniel Robertson, of Struan (1793); Major-General Sir John Doyle (1796); Captain Edward Boyd of the Montreal (1800); Captain Alexander Patterson of the Eweretta (1800); Major George Clerk, of the 49th Regiment (1807); Lord Viscount Chabot (1808), Quartermaster General of Canada; Captain Sarmon of the Mary (1808). Decline As trading posts were built it had become less dangerous to travel in the wilderness, and without competitors' territories to invade, the early spirit of adventure had disappeared from newcomers to the fur trade. By 1809, the seventy-year-old Alexander Henry hinted at a segregation between the young and old members in a letter to John Askin: "There is only us four old friends (himself, James