Company of Adventurers A Narrative of Seven Years in the Service of the Hudson's Bay Company During 1867-1874

Name: Company of Adventurers A Narrative of Seven Years in the Service of the Hudson's Bay Company During 1867-1874
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ISBN: 9780803263505

ISBN-10: 0803263503

ISBN-13: 9780803263505

Edition: 1993

Authors: David Reed Miller, Isaac Cowie

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List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Publication date: 3/1/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 555
Size: 5.53" wide x 8.52" long x 1.27" tall
Weight: 1.606
Language: English



Introduction to the Bison Book Edition


Preface


Foreword: To the Articles Which Were published in Saturday Issues of the Manitoba Free press From February 177h to December 14th, 1912


Introduction



The Orkney Islanders and Rupert's Land-- The Half Castes



The prince Rupert--Her Crew, Cargo And passengers



Across the Western Ocean



Through Straits and Bay--The Hudson Bay Route



York Factory



From Inland Sea to Lake Inland--York Factory to Norway House



Norway House and Across Lake Winnipeg



In the Red River Settlement



The Rise of Fort Garry and the Decline Of York Factory



Swan River District



Qu'Appelle



A Buffalo ""provision post.""



My Initiation



A Winter Trip to the plains



Wood Mountain, Old Wives' Creek, And Return Trip to Qu'Appelle



The Close of the Fur Trade Year



Outfit 1868 Begins--With Carts To Indian Camp



The Camp of the Allied Tribes



A Camp in Turmoil



In the Midst of Alarms



The Return Trip to the Fort



The Late Summer of 1868 and Winter 1868-9



History of Fort pelly and a Visit to It In 1868-69



The Summer of 1869



Last Mountain House, Winter 1869-70



The Spring and Early Summer of 1870



Fall of 1870, and Winter 1870-1



The Summer and Fall of 1871



Winter at Cyprï¿½ Hills, 1871-2



In Full Charge of Qu'Appelle, Summer, 1872



Spring and Summer, 1873



Winter on the plain, 1873-74


Appendix


Index and Explanation Of Fur Trade Terms