Category: History - American

The Great Company

Effect of the Restoration on Trade -- Adventurers at Whitehall -- The East India Company Monopoly -- English Interest in North America -- Prince Rupert's Claims -- The Fur Trade of Canada -- Aim of the Work. 17

Chapters

73. CHAPTER XXXVI.

The Company still King in the North-West -- Its Forts Described -- Fort Garry -- Fort Vancouver -- Franklin -- Walla Walla -- Yukon -- Kamloops -- Samuel Black -- Mountain House...

66. CHAPTER XXIX.

Crisis in the Company's Affairs -- No Dividend Paid -- Petition to Lords of the Treasury -- Factors Allowed a Share in the Trade -- Canada Jurisdiction Act -- The Killing of Mac...

70. CHAPTER XXXIII.

The Deed Poll -- A Governor-in-Chief Chosen -- A Chaplain Appointed -- New License from George IV. -- Trade on the Pacific Coast -- The Red River Country Claimed by the States -...

71. CHAPTER XXXIV.

The Oregon Treaty -- Boundary Question Settled -- Company Proposes Undertaking Colonization of North America -- Enmity and Jealousy Aroused -- Attitude of Earl Grey -- Lord Elgi...

45. CHAPTER IX.

Death of Prince Rupert -- The Company's Difficulty in Procuring Proper Servants -- Radisson at Port Nelson -- The two Gillams -- Their Meeting -- Capture of the New England Part...

68. CHAPTER XXXI.

A New Brigade of Immigrants -- Robert Semple -- Cuthbert Grant's Letter -- The De Meuron Regiment -- Assembling of the Bois-Brulés -- Tragedy at Seven Oaks -- Selkirk at Fort Wi...

67. CHAPTER XXX.

The Bois-Brulés -- Simon McGillivray's Letter -- Frightening the Settlers -- A second Brigade -- Governor McDonnell's Manifesto -- Defection of Northmen to the Company -- Robert...

59. CHAPTER XXIII.

Parliamentary Committee of Enquiry Appointed -- Aim of the Malcontents -- Lord Strange's Report -- Testimony of Witnesses -- French Competition -- Lords of Plantations desire to...

72. CHAPTER XXXV.

Indignation of the Wintering Partners -- Distrust and Misgivings Arise -- Proposals of Governor Dallas for the Compensation of the Wintering Partners in Exchange for their Abrog...

51. CHAPTER XV.

Petition Presented to Parliament Hostile to Company -- Seventeenth Century Conditions of Trade -- _Coureurs de Bois_ -- Price of Peltries -- Standard of Trade Prescribed -- Comp...

64. CHAPTER XXVII.

For many years up to 1770, before the traders from Canada had penetrated their territory, York Factory had annually sent to London at least 30,000 skins. There were rarely more...

65. CHAPTER XXVIII.

Captain Vancouver -- La Pérouse in the Pacific -- The Straits of Anian -- A Fantastic Episode -- Russian Hunters and Traders -- The Russian Company -- Dissensions amongst the No...

57. CHAPTER XXI.

System of Licenses re-adopted by the French -- Verandrye sets out for the Pacific -- His son slain -- Disappointments -- He reaches the Rockies -- Death of Verandrye -- Forts in...

62. CHAPTER XXV.

Reports of the "Great River" -- Company despatch Samuel Hearne on a Mission of Discovery -- Norton's Instructions -- Saluted on his Departure from the Fort -- First and Second J...

44. CHAPTER VIII.

Progress of the Company -- Confusion as to the Names and Number of the Tribes -- Radisson goes to Paris -- His Efforts to Obtain Support there, and from Prince Rupert, in Englan...

69. CHAPTER XXXII.

The English Government Intervenes -- Selkirk at Red River -- Makes a Treaty with the Indians -- Hostilities at Peace River -- Governor Williams makes Arrests -- Franklin at York...

46. CHAPTER X.

Hays writes to Lord Preston -- Godey sent to Radisson's lodgings -- La Barre's strenuous efforts -- Radisson returns to the English -- He leaves for the Bay -- Meets his nephew...

49. CHAPTER XIII.

Company's Claims Mentioned in Declaration of War -- Parliament Grants Company's Application for Confirmation of its Charter -- Implacability of the Felt-makers -- Fort Albany no...

52. CHAPTER XVI.

Company Seriously Damaged by Loss of Port Nelson -- Send an Account of their Claims to Lords of Trade -- Definite Boundary Propositions of Trade -- Lewis anxious to Create Bound...

48. CHAPTER XII.

The French Attack upon Fort Rupert -- Governor Sargeant Apprised -- Intrepidity of Nixon -- Capture of Fort Albany -- Disaster to the _Churchill_ -- The Company Hears the ill Ne...

55. CHAPTER XIX.

Hudson's Bay Tribes Peaceful -- Effect of the Traders' Presence -- Depletion of Population -- The Crees and Assiniboines -- Their Habits and Customs -- Their Numbers -- No Subor...

38. CHAPTER II.

Groseilliers and Radisson -- Their Peregrinations in the North-West -- They Return to Quebec and lay their Scheme before the Governor -- Repulsed by him they Proceed to New Engl...

61. did. Our fathers once waited for the French and Bostonians to come to

their forts, and they lay down and died, and their squaws devoured them, waiting still. You are here to-day, but will you be here to-morrow? No, we are going to trade with the C...

58. CHAPTER XXII.

War again with France -- Company takes Measures to Defend its Forts and Property -- "Keep your guns loaded" -- Prince "Charlie" -- His Stock in the Company Confiscated -- Furthe...

63. CHAPTER XXVI.

Company Suffers from the Rivalry of Canadians -- Cumberland House built -- Debauchery and license of the Rivals -- Frobisher Intercepts the Company's Indians -- The Smallpox Vis...

53. CHAPTER XVII.

Queen Anne Espouses the Cause of the Company -- Prior's View of its Wants -- Treaty of Utrecht -- Joy of the Adventurers -- Petition for Act of Cession -- Not Pressed by the Bri...

43. CHAPTER VII.

Mission of the Père Albanel -- Apprehension at Fort Charles -- Bailey's Distrust of Radisson -- Expedition to Moose River -- Groseilliers and the Savages -- The Bushrangers Leav...

47. CHAPTER XI.

Feigned Anger of Lewis -- He writes to La Barre -- Importance Attached to Indian Treaties -- Duluth's zeal -- Gauthier de Comportier -- Denonville made Governor -- Capture of th...

50. CHAPTER XIV.

Imprisoned French Fur-Traders Reach Paris -- A Fleet under Iberville Despatched by Lewis to the Bay -- Company's four Ships precede them through the Straits -- Beginning of a Fi...

39. CHAPTER III.

Prince Rupert -- His Character -- Serves through the Civil War -- His Naval Expedition in the West Indies -- Residence in France -- And ultimately in London -- He receives Grose...

54. CHAPTER XVIII.

The South Sea Bubble -- Nation Catches the Fever of Speculation -- Strong Temptation for the Company -- Pricking of the Bubble -- Narrow Escape of the Adventurers -- Knight and...

56. CHAPTER XX.

Errant Tribes of the Bay -- The Goose Hunt -- Assemblage at Lake Winnipeg -- Difficulties of the Voyage -- Arrival at the Fort -- Ceremony followed by Debauch -- Gifts to the Ch...

42. CHAPTER VI.

On the seventeenth day of November, 1671, the wits, beaux and well-to-do merchants who were wont to assemble at Garraway's coffee-house, London, were surprised by a placard maki...

40. CHAPTER IV.

The Prince Visits the _Nonsuch_ -- Arrival in the Bay -- Previous Voyages of Exploration -- A Fort Commenced at Rupert's River -- Gillam's Return -- Dealing with the Nodwayes --...

41. CHAPTER V.

Although neither the Governor, the Fur Company nor the officials of the Most Christian King at Quebec, had responded favourably to the proposals of Groseilliers, yet they were n...

37. CHAPTER I.

Effect of the Restoration on Trade -- Adventurers at Whitehall -- The East India Company Monopoly -- English interest in North America -- Prince Rupert's claims -- The Fur Trade...

36. CHAPTER XXXVI.--1821-1871.

The Company still King in the North-West -- Its Forts Described -- Fort Garry -- Fort Vancouver -- Franklin -- Walla Walla -- Yukon -- Kamloops -- Samuel Black -- Mountain House...

60. CHAPTER XXIV.

Effect of the Conquest on the Fur-trade of the French -- Indians again Seek the Company's Factories -- Influx of Highlanders into Canada -- Alexander Henry -- Mystery Surroundin...

34. CHAPTER XXXIV.--1846-1863.

The Oregon Treaty -- Boundary Question Settled -- Company Proposes Undertaking Colonization of North America -- Enmity and Jealousy Aroused -- Attitude of Earl Grey -- Lord Elgi...

35. CHAPTER XXXV.--1863-1871.

Indignation of the Wintering-Partners -- Distrust and Misgivings Arise -- Proposals of Governor Dallas for the Compensation of the Wintering-Partners in Exchange for their Abrog...

13. CHAPTER XIII.--1689-1696.

Company's Claims Mentioned in Declaration of War -- Parliament Grants Company's Application for Confirmation of its Charter -- Implacability of the Felt-makers -- Fort Albany no...

8. CHAPTER VIII.--1673-1682.

Progress of the Company -- Confusion as to the Names and Number of the Tribes -- Radisson goes to Paris -- His Efforts to Obtain Support there, and from Prince Rupert, in Englan...

22. CHAPTER XXII.--1744-1748.

War again with France -- Company takes Measures to Defend its Forts and Property -- "Keep Your Guns Loaded" -- Prince "Charlie" -- His Stock in the Company Confiscated -- Furthe...

16. CHAPTER XVI.--1697-1712.

Company Seriously Damaged by Loss of Port Nelson -- Send an Account of their Claims to Lords of Trade -- Definite Boundary Propositions of Trade -- Lewis anxious to Create Bound...

9. CHAPTER IX.--1682-1683.

Death of Prince Rupert -- The Company's Difficulty in Procuring Proper Servants -- Radisson at Port Nelson -- The two Gillams -- Their Meeting -- Capture of the New England Part...

14. CHAPTER XIV.--1696-1697.

Imprisoned French Fur-Traders Reach Paris -- A Fleet under Iberville Despatched by Lewis to the Bay -- Company's four Ships precede them through the Straits -- Beginning of a Fi...

17. CHAPTER XVII.--1712-1720.

Queen Anne Espouses the Cause of the Company -- Prior's View of its Wants -- Treaty of Utrecht -- Joy of the Adventurers -- Petition for Act of Cession -- Not Pressed by the Bri...

21. CHAPTER XXI.--1725-1742.

System of Licenses re-adopted by the French -- Verandrye Sets Out for the Pacific -- His Son Slain -- Disappointments -- He reaches the Rockies -- Death of Verandrye -- Forts in...

29. CHAPTER XXIX.--1808-1812.

Crisis in the Company's Affairs -- No Dividend Paid -- Petition to Lords of the Treasury -- Factors Allowed a Share in the Trade -- Canada Jurisdiction Act -- The Killing of Mac...

33. CHAPTER XXXIII.--1821-1847.

The Deed Poll -- A Governor-in-Chief Chosen -- A Chaplain Appointed -- New License from George IV. -- Trade on the Pacific Coast -- The Red River Country Claimed by the States -...

26. CHAPTER XXVI.--1773-1782.

Company Suffers from the Rivalry of Canadians -- Cumberland House Built -- Debauchery and License of the Rivals -- Frobisher Intercepts the Company's Indians -- The Smallpox Vis...

28. CHAPTER XXVIII.--1787-1808.

Captain Vancouver -- La Pérouse in the Pacific -- The Straits of Anian -- A Fantastic Episode -- Russian Hunters and Traders -- The Russian Company -- Dissensions amongst the No...

30. CHAPTER XXX.--1812-1815.

The Bois-Brulés -- Simon McGillivray's Letter -- Frightening the Settlers -- A Second Brigade -- Governor McDonnell's Manifesto -- Defection of Northmen to the Company -- Robert...

18. CHAPTER XVIII.--1719-1727.

The South Sea Bubble -- Nation Catches the Fever of Speculation -- Strong Temptation for the Company -- Pricking of the Bubble -- Narrow Escape of the Adventurers -- Knight and...

23. CHAPTER XXIII.--1748-1760.

Parliamentary Committee of Enquiry Appointed -- Aim of the Malcontents -- Lord Strange's Report -- Testimony of Witnesses -- French Competition -- Lords of Plantations Desire to...

25. CHAPTER XXV.--1768-1773.

Reports of the "Great River" -- Company Despatch Samuel Hearne on a Mission of Discovery -- Norton's Instructions -- Saluted on his Departure from the Fort -- First and Second J...

15. CHAPTER XV.--1698-1713.

Petition Presented to Parliament Hostile to Company -- Seventeenth Century Conditions of Trade -- _Coureurs de Bois_ -- Price of Peltries -- Standard of Trade Prescribed -- Comp...

24. CHAPTER XXIV.--1763-1770.

Effect of the Conquest on the Fur-trade of the French -- Indians again Seek the Company's Factories -- Influx of Highlanders into Canada -- Alexander Henry -- Mystery Surroundin...

20. CHAPTER XX.--1685-1742.

Errant Tribes of the Bay -- The Goose Hunt -- Assemblage at Lake Winnipeg -- Difficulties of the Voyage -- Arrival at the Fort -- Ceremony followed by Debauch -- Gifts to the Ch...

2. CHAPTER II.--1659-1666.

Groseilliers and Radisson -- Their Peregrinations in the North-West -- They Return to Quebec and Lay their Scheme before the Governor -- Repulsed by him they Proceed to New Engl...

10. CHAPTER X.--1684-1687.

Hays writes to Lord Preston -- Godey sent to Radisson's lodgings -- La Barre's strenuous efforts -- Radisson Returns to the English -- He leaves for the Bay -- Meets his nephew,...

11. CHAPTER XI.--1683-1686.

Feigned Anger of Lewis -- He writes to La Barre -- Importance Attached to Indian Treaties -- Duluth's Zeal -- Gauthier de Comportier -- Denonville made Governor -- Capture of th...

12. CHAPTER XII.--1686-1689.

The French Attack upon Fort Rupert -- Governor Sargeant Apprised -- Intrepidity of Nixon -- Capture of Fort Albany -- Disaster to the _Churchill_ -- The Company Hears the ill Ne...

32. CHAPTER XXXII.--1817-1821.

The English Government Intervenes -- Selkirk at Red River -- Makes a Treaty with the Indians -- Hostilities at Peace River -- Governor Williams makes Arrests -- Franklin at York...

31. CHAPTER XXXI.--1816-1817.

A New Brigade of Immigrants -- Robert Semple -- Cuthbert Grant's Letter -- The De Meuron Regiment -- Assembling of the Bois-Brulés -- Tragedy at Seven Oaks -- Selkirk at Fort Wi...

19. CHAPTER XIX.--1687-1712.

Hudson's Bay Tribes Peaceful -- Effect of the Traders' Presence -- Depletion of Population -- The Crees and Assiniboines -- Their Habits and Customs -- Their Numbers -- No Subor...

3. CHAPTER III.--1667-1668.

Prince Rupert -- His Character -- Serves through the Civil War -- His Naval Expedition in the West Indies -- Residence in France -- And ultimately in London -- He receives Grose...

4. CHAPTER IV.--1668-1670.

The Prince Visits the _Nonsuch_ -- Arrival in the Bay -- Previous Voyages of Exploration -- A Fort Commenced at Rupert's River -- Gillam's Return -- Dealing with the Nodwayes --...

1. CHAPTER I.--1660-1667.

Effect of the Restoration on Trade -- Adventurers at Whitehall -- The East India Company Monopoly -- English Interest in North America -- Prince Rupert's Claims -- The Fur Trade...

7. CHAPTER VII.--1671-1673.

Mission of the Père Albanel -- Apprehension at Fort Charles -- Bailey's Distrust of Radisson -- Expedition to Moose River -- Groseilliers and the Savages -- The Bushrangers Leav...

27. CHAPTER XXVII.--1783-1800.

5. CHAPTER V.--1668-1670.

6. CHAPTER VI.--1671.