As such, his ambition and forceful positions caused disagreements between him and some of the shareholders, several of whom eventually left the North West Company during the 1790s.
Jeho ambície a silné postavenie v spoločnosti vyvolalo niekoľko nezhôd medzi ním a spoluvlastníkmi spoločnosti, pričom pár z nich opustilo Severozápadnú spoločnosť v 90. rokoch 18. storočia.