Presents an extensive, edited selection of the public and private letters of Archibald McDonald (1790-1853), one of the Hudson's Bay Company's first men to go west of the mountains after the company's merger with the North West Company. Characterized by a frank, original style, …
"The twenty-five years between 1821 and 1846 were turbulent but important years in the history of the fur trade in the Pacific Northwest : 1821 saw the merger of the Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company, and 1846 saw the signing of the Oregon Treaty, which established…
"The twenty-five years between 1821 and 1846 were turbulent but important years in the history of the fur trade in the Pacific Northwest: 1821 saw the merger of the Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company, and 1846 saw the signing of the Oregon Treaty, which established …
"Missionary, linguist, and ethnographer Emile Petitot (1838-1916) was known for his work in Canada's Northwest Territories and as the author of a corpus including the first grammar of an Amerindian language and an astonishing body of transcribed ritual texts and myths. However, …
"Missionary, linguist, and ethnographer Emile Petitot (1838-1916) was known for his work in Canada's Northwest Territories and as the author of a corpus including the first grammar of an Amerindian language and an astonishing body of transcribed ritual texts and myths. However, …
"In The Frontier World of Edgar Dewdney, Brian Titley challenges us to reconsider the motivations and machinations of those who are remembered as our pioneer nation builders. Dewdney is portrayed as a representative of a class of immigrant-adventurers who saw in the Western Cana…