Robert Pilgrim was an employee of the

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, from 1730 to 1750. Pilgrim originally worked as a steward on Hudson's Bay Company ships. In 1735 he given command of a small local Hudson's Bay Company vessel. In 1740 Pilgrim was given a position on

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's Governing Council. He became the Factor, or Governor, in 1745. According to the

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Pilgrim's administration was marked by incompetence, a lack of initiative, and conflicts with his subordinates.

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was one of the subordinates with whom he was in conflict. Robson testified before a Parliamentary committee, in 1748. Pilgrim returned to England, in 1750, with his wife, Ruehegan Thu a higon, a

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woman, and their son. He died shortly after his return. His will requested the Hudson's Bay Company allow his wife to return to live with her family, in

Churchill, Manitoba Churchill is a subarctic port town in northern Manitoba, Canada, on the west shore of Hudson Bay, roughly from the Manitoba–Nunavut border. It is most famous for the many polar bears that move toward the shore from inland in the autumn, leadi ...

. The Company did return her, but instructed Captains to not bring any further Native women to the United Kingdom.

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