Mary (Methwewin) Mackagonne Fidler

At the time the area was considered the NWT.

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Cree

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Mary MACKEGONNE (1771-1826) and the “Home Guard” Cree  
Similar to the James Bay Cree, some Cree called “Home Guards” elected to remain permanently on the Hudson Bay river mouths to supply provisions to the posts. The Home Guard Cree provided food, primarily geese, as well as furs, supplies, and equipment to the fur traders, and in the process they became more dependent on traders for food and clothing, even though they provided more food to the traders than they received. The social composition of the Home Guard Cree population changed through intermarriage with traders, resulting in large mixed-blood populations. (Multicultural Canada)  
Mary MACKEGONNE (baptized in 1771 at York Factory) who became the wife of Peter FIDLER in the fall of 1794, is said to have been a child of such a family.   

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Mary Mackagonne was my 4th Grandmother.