The Remarkable History of the Hudson's Bay Company Including that of the French Traders of North-Western Canada and of the North-West, XY, and Astor Fur Companies

CHAPTER XVIII.

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THE LORDS OF THE LAKES AND FORESTS.--I.

New route to Kaministiquia--Vivid sketch of Fort William--"Cantine Salope"--Lively Christmas week--The feasting partners--Ex-Governor Masson's good work--Four great Mackenzies--A literary bourgeois--Three handsome demoiselles--"The man in the moon"--Story of "Bras Croche"--Around Cape Horn--Astoria taken over--A hot-headed trader--Sad case of "Little Labrie"--Punch on New Year's Day--The heart of a "vacher" 155