[2] One of Peter's brothers, Charles Richard Ogden, was a lawyer, politician, and public servant from Canada East.

[3] Ogden had frequent run-ins with the rival HBC employees and engaged in physical violence on several occasions.

Some in the company management severely disliked and distrusted Ogden, but newly appointed governor George Simpson pushed for his reinstatement, arguing that he had done no more than many others during the "fur-trade wars".

Ogden was admitted to the reconfigured HBC with the rank of Chief Trader in 1823 and put in charge of Spokane House.

The exploration trips included: In 1830, Ogden was sent north to establish a new HBC post named Fort Simpson near the mouth of the Nass River in British Columbia.

In 1834, he was promoted to Chief Factor, HBC's highest field rank, spending 9 years at his new post at Fort St. James in the New Caledonia district of British Columbia, together from 1835 until 1844.

He returned to Lower Canada in 1845, whereupon after a accompanying clandestine survey trip from Lachine to the Columbia district, he arrived in Fort Vancouver and followed his orders to purchase Cape Disappointment for the Hudson's Bay Company.

His contact with native tribes led him to write a memoir, Traits of American Indian Life and Character.