Memoirs of life and adventure in the Hudson's Bay Company territories, [ca. 1860].

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Memoirs of life and adventure in the Hudson's Bay Company territories, [ca. 1860].

John Edward Harriott's memoirs of his travels in the Hudson's Bay Company territories record events at Fort Carlton in 1819 and a trip made that year from Fort Carlton to Fort Edmonton, an 1822 trip from Fort Chesterfield toward the Pacific, an 1823 trip eastward from a fort on the South Branch of the Saskatchewan to Fort Carlton, an attack on Fort Edmonton by the Indians in 1825, and an 1828 trip from York Factory to New Caledonia and the Columbia River.

1 v. ( p.) ; 18 cm.

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Hudson's Bay Company

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The Hudson's Bay Company began in 1670, and by the 1820s it had expanded to the Pacific Northwest. John McLoughlin served as the head of the Hudson's Bay Company's Columbia district. In this position, which McLoughlin held for twenty-one years, he oversaw the company's operations throughout the entire Pacific Northwest. Researching the role Dr. McLoughlin played in the history of the Hudson's Bay Company were Robert C. Clark and Burt B. Barker. Both were historians at the University of Oregon wh...

Harriott, John Edward, 1797-1877.

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