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Recollections of a Chief Trader in the Hudson’s Bay Company

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Title: Recollections of a Chief Trader in the Hudson’s Bay Company:
Date Issued: 1878
Contributor(s): Mckay, Joseph William
Genre: book
Subject(s): Hudson's Bay Company.
Hudson's Bay Company.--Indians of North America -- Northwest, Pacific.--Port Simpson (B.C.)
Type of Resource: text
Note: McKay came from Canada to Fort Vancouver in the Hudson's Bay Company service in 1844. Describes disturbed conditions in the old Oregon country, in consequence of the American influx; duties in 1845-1846 escorting British officers; visit to San Francisco and Hawaii in 1846 on Company business; Frémont's activities; experiences in charge of Fort Simpson, 1846-1849; relations with the Russian American Company and Indians of the Northwest Coast; duties on Vancouver Island, 1850; discovery of gold on Queen Charlotte Island, 1851, and of coal at Bellingham Bay, 1853; life at Fort Simpson during the Crimean War. Includes typed transcript. McKay, Joseph William. Recol[l]ections of a Chief trader in the Hudson's Bay Company, BANC MSS P-C 24, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

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