The conquest of the great Northwest, Volume 2 (of 2)

“The Coming of the Pedlars” (_continued_)--Henry’s Adventures at Pembina--The First White Woman in the West--A Stolen Child and a Poisoner and a Scout--How Harmon Found a Wife--...

“The Coming of the Pedlars” (_continued_)--MacKenzie and McTavish Quarrel--The Nor’westers Invade Hudson Bay Waters and Challenge the Charter--Ruffianism of Nor’westers--Murder...

David Thompson, the Nor’wester, Dashes for the Columbia--He Explores East Kootenay, but Finds Astor’s Men on the Field--How the Astorians are Jockeyed out of Astoria--Fraser Fin...

The Coming of the Colonists--Lord Selkirk Buys Control of the H. B. C.--Simon M’Gillivray and MacKenzie Plot to Defeat Him--Robertson Says “Fight Fire with Fire” and Selkirk Cho...

The Coming of the Colonists (_continued_)--MacDonell Attempts to Carry Out the Rights of Feudalism on Red River--Nor’westers Resent--The Colony Destroyed and Dispersed--Selkirk...

The Coming of the Colonists (_continued_)--Governor Semple and Twenty Colonists are Butchered at Seven Oaks--Selkirk to the Rescue Captures Fort William and Sweeps the Nor’weste...

Both Companies Make a Dash to Capture Athabasca Whence Came the Most Valuable Furs--Robertson Overland to Montreal, Tried and Acquitted, Leads a Brigade to Athabasca--He is Tric...

Journals of Peter Skene Ogden, Explorer and Fur Trader, Over the Regions now Known as Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada and Utah--He Relieves Ashley’s Men o...

McLoughlin’s Transmontane Empire (_continued_)--Douglas’ Adventures in New Caledonia, How He Punishes Murder and is Himself Almost Murdered--Little Yale of the Lower Fraser--Bla...

The Passing of the Company--The Coming of the Colonists to Oregon--The Founding of Victoria North of the Boundary--Why the H. B. C. Gave Up Oregon--Misrule of Vancouver Island--...

“THE COMING OF THE PEDLARS” CONTINUED--VOYAGE UP TO FORT WILLIAM, LIFE OF WILDWOOD WASSAIL AND GRANDEUR THERE--HOW THE WINTERING PARTNERS EXPLOITED THE NORTHWEST--TALES OF THE W...

“THE COMING OF THE PEDLARS” CONTINUED--HENRY’S ADVENTURES AT PEMBINA--THE FIRST WHITE WOMAN IN THE WEST--A STOLEN CHILD AND A POISONER AND A SCOUT--HOW HARMON FOUND A WIFE--THE...

While fifty or a hundred men yearly ascended Red River as far as Grand Forks, and the Assiniboine as far as Qu’ Appelle, the main forces of the Nor’Westers--the great army of wo...

“THE COMING OF THE PEDLARS” CONTINUED--MACKENZIE AND MCTAVISH QUARREL--THE NOR’WESTERS INVADE HUDSON BAY WATERS AND CHALLENGE THE CHARTER--RUFFIANISM OF NOR’WESTERS--MURDER AND...

DAVID THOMPSON, THE NOR’WESTER, DASHES FOR THE COLUMBIA--HE EXPLORES EAST KOOTENAY, WEST KOOTENAY, WASHINGTON AND OREGON, BUT FINDS ASTOR’S MEN ON THE FIELD--HOW THE ASTORIANS A...

THE COMING OF THE COLONISTS--LORD SELKIRK BUYS CONTROL OF THE H. B. C.--SIMON M’GILLIVRAY AND MACKENZIE PLOT TO DEFEAT HIM--ROBERTSON SAYS “FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE” AND SELKIRK CHO...

Yearly the Hudson’s Bay boats now brought their little quota of settlers for Red River. On June 28, 1813, more than ninety embarked in _The Prince of Wales_ at Stromness. Servan...

THE COMING OF THE COLONISTS CONTINUED--GOVERNOR SEMPLE AND TWENTY COLONISTS ARE BUTCHERED AT SEVEN OAKS--SELKIRK TO THE RESCUE CAPTURES FORT WILLIAM AND SWEEPS THE NOR’WESTERS F...

BOTH COMPANIES MAKE A DASH TO CAPTURE ATHABASCA WHENCE CAME THE MOST VALUABLE FURS--ROBERTSON OVERLAND TO MONTREAL, TRIED AND ACQUITTED, LEADS A BRIGADE TO ATHABASCA--HE IS TRIC...

It fell to Nicholas Garry to come out and reorganize the united traders, because he chanced to be the only unmarried man on the Governing Committee. The task was not easy. Bitte...

JOURNALS OF PETER SKENE OGDEN, EXPLORER AND FUR TRADER, OVER THE REGIONS NOW KNOWN AS WASHINGTON, OREGON, CALIFORNIA, IDAHO, MONTANA, NEVADA AND UTAH--HE RELIEVES ASHLEY’S MEN O...

MCLOUGHLIN’S TRANSMONTANE EMPIRE CONTINUED--DOUGLAS’ ADVENTURES IN NEW CALEDONIA, HOW HE PUNISHES MURDER AND IS HIMSELF ALMOST MURDERED--LITTLE YALE OF THE LOWER FRASER--BLACK’S...

Another subject had McLoughlin and Simpson laid before the Governing Board of London in that winter of 1838-39. The treaty of joint occupation continued between the United State...

The tide of American colonization rolling westward to Minnesota, to Dakota, to Oregon, was not without effect on the little isolated settlement of Red River. Oregon had been wre...