Rainy Lake House : twilight of empire on the northern frontier /

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"In September 1823, three men met at Rainy Lake House, a Hudson's Bay Company trading post near the Boundary Waters. Dr. John McLoughlin, the proprietor of Rainy Lake House, was in charge of the borderlands west of Lake Superior, where he was tasked with opposing the petty traders who oper...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Catton, Theodore (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017.
Temas:
Tanner, John, > 1780?-1847.
McLoughlin, John, > 1784-1857.
Long, Stephen H. > (Stephen Harriman), > 1784-1864.
Long, Stephen H. > (Stephen Harriman), > 1784-1864
McLoughlin, John, > 1784-1857
Tanner, John, > 1780?-1847
Hudson's Bay Company > History > 19th century.
Hudson's Bay Company
1800-1899
Frontier and pioneer life > Rainy River Region (Minn. and Ont.)
Pioneers > Family relationships > Rainy River Region (Minn. and Ont.) > History > 19th century.
Missing children > Rainy River Region (Minn. and Ont.) > History > 19th century.
Indians of North America > Rainy River Region (Minn. and Ont.) > History > 19th century.
Fur trade > Rainy River Region (Minn. and Ont.) > History > 19th century.
First Nations > Rainy River Region (Minn. and Ont.) > History > 19th century.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Ethnic relations
Frontier and pioneer life
Fur trade
Indians of North America
Missing children
Pioneers > Family relationships
Rainy River (Minn. and Ont.) > Ethnic relations > History > 19th century.
Pluie, Rivière à la (Minn. et Ont.) > Relations interethniques > Histoire > 19e siècle.
North America > Rainy River
North America > Rainy River Region
Biography
Biographies
History
Biographies.
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  • Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Maps; Timeline; Introduction: Rainy Lake House, 1823; Part One: Leave-Takings; 1. The Explorer; 2. The Hunter; 3. The Trader; Part Two: Long; 4. "The English Make Them More Presents"; 5. Encounters with the Sioux; 6. Race and History; 7. To Civilize the Osages; Part Three: Tanner; 8. Westward Migration; 9. Six Beaver Skins for a Quart of Mixed Rum; 10. The Test of Winter; 11. Red Sky of the Morning; 12. Warrior; Part Four: McLoughlin; 13. Fort William; 14. Marriage à la façon du pays; 15. Bad Birds; 16. The Restive Partnership.
  • 17. The Pemmican War18. The Battle of Seven Oaks; 19. The Surrender of Fort William; 20. Lord Selkirk's Prisoner; 21. Time of Reckoning; 22. London; Part Five: Long; 23. The Wonder of the Steamboat; 24. A Christian Marriage; 25. Up the Missouri; 26. To the Rocky Mountains; 27. Mapmaker; 28. The Northern Expedition; Part Six: Tanner; 29. The Coming of the Prophet; 30. A Loathsome Man; 31. Sorcery and Sickness; 32. Taking Fort Douglas; 33. Rough Justice; 34. In Search of Kin; 35. Between Two Worlds; Part Seven: McLoughlin; 36. Chief Factor; 37. Providence; 38. Opposing the Americans.
  • Part Eight: Collision39. Working for Wages; 40. Children of the Fur Trade; 41. The Ambush; 42. The Pardon; 43. "We Met with an American"; 44. The Onus of Revenge; 45. Journeys Home; Epilogue: Mackinac, 1824-and After; Postscript: John Tanner as a Source; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index.

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