Exile in the wilderness : the biography of Chief Factor Archibald McDonald, 1790-1853

Exile in the wilderness : the biography of Chief Factor Archibald McDonald, 1790-1853 /

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McDonald was at Fort Colville and directed the Flathead and Kootenai trade of the Hudson's Bay Company in 1833 and 1835-1844.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cole, Jean Murray
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, ©1979.
Subjects:
McDonald, Archibald, > 1790-1853.
Hudson's Bay Company > Biography.
Hudson's Bay Company.
Frontier and pioneer life > Northwest, Canadian > Biography.
Fur trade > Northwest, Canadian > Biography.
Fur trade > Northwest, Canadian.
Fourrures > Commerce > Nord-Ouest canadien > Biographies.
Fourrures > Commerce > Nord-Ouest canadien.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Fur trade.
Travel.
Northwest, Canadian > Description and travel.
Northwest, Canadian > Biography.
Nord-Ouest canadien > Descriptions et voyages.
Canada > Canadian Northwest.
Biographies.
Table of Contents:
  • pt. I. Settlement at Red River. 1. A Gentleman of Respectable Character (1811-1814)
  • 2. The Long Walk: They found It Somewhat Laborious (1814)
  • 3. He Must Be Driven to Abandon the Project (1814-1815)
  • 4. The Outrages Have All Been On One Side (1815-1816)
  • 5. They Cannot Take From Us Our Good conscience (1817-1819)
  • pt. II. The Waiting Wilderness. 6. Two Novices in the Fur Trade (1820-1821)
  • 7. A Sense of Separation (1821-1825)
  • pt. III. West of the Rockies. 8. Along the Skirts of the Mountains (1826-1828)
  • 9. Certain Death in Nine Attempts out of Ten (1828)
  • 10. New Harvests in a Mild, Lush Land (1828-1833)
  • 11. I Do Not Contemplate Remaining Much Longer in This Wilderness (1833-1835)
  • 12. A Considerable Sort of Canadian Farmer (1835-1841)
  • 13. Various Characters from All Nations Strolling to the Far West (1841-1844)
  • 14. His Life Was One of Much Usefulness (1844-1853).

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