They were a thousand or more miles away--and dollars were what counted.
Gregson might have told.

Gregson was the investigating agent of that district, who visited McTaggart once each year.

He might have reported that the Indians called McTaggart Napao Wetikoo because he gave them only half price for their furs.

He might have told the company quite plainly that he kept the people of the trap lines at the edge of starvation through every month of the winter, that he had them on their knees with his hands at their throats--putting the truth in a mild and pretty way--and that he always had a woman or a girl, Indian or half-breed, living with him at the Post.

But Gregson enjoyed his visits too much at Lac Bain.