Friends, foes, and furs [electronic resource] : George Nelson's Lake Winnipeg journals, 1804-1822 / edited by Harry W. Duckworth.
"George Nelson (1786-1859) was a clerk for the North West Company whose unusually detailed and personal writings provide a compelling portrait of the people engaged in the golden age of the Canadian fur trade. Friends, Foes, and Furs is a critical edition of Nelson's daily journals, supplemented wit...
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Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
[2019]
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| Series: | Rupert's Land Record Society series ;
15 |
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George Nelson's Lake Winnipeg journals, 1804-1822
Friends, Foes, and Furs: George Nelson's Lake Winnipeg Journals, 1804-1822 |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
Contents:
- Extract from Sorel Journal, 1804-1805
- Lac du Bonnet Journal, 29 August 1805-8 March 1806
- Extract from Sorel Journal, 1806-1807
- Extract from Reminiscences, Fall 1807
- Journal at Dauphin River, 3 November 1807-31 August 1808
- Journal at Dauphin River, 1 September 1808-31 March 1810, with an extract from Reminiscences
- Journal at Dauphin River and Tete-au-Brochet, 1 April 1810-1 May 1811
- Summary of Nelsons Letters to His Family, 1811-1812, with an extract from Reminiscences
- Lake Winnipeg Journals, 1818-1819: Introduction
- Journal at Tete-au-Brochet, 21 September 1818-8 June 1819
- Journal at Tete-au-Brochet, 1819
- Journal from Fort Alexander to Cumberland House, 16 August-16 September 1819
- Journal from Cumberland House to Fort William, 3 June-22 August 1822
- Appendices
- Glossary and special terms in Nelsons Lake Winnipeg journals
- Indigenous people mentioned in Nelsons Lake Winnipeg journals
- Voyageurs mentioned in Nelsons Lake Winnipeg Journals
- Clerks, freemen, and partners
- Place Names Mentioned by Nelson.