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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Autor principal: Catton, Theodore (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Tanner, John, > 1780?-1847.
McLoughlin, John, > 1784-1857.
Long, Stephen H. > (Stephen Harriman), > 1784-1864.
Hudson's Bay Company.
Hudson's Bay Company > History > 19th century.
Pioneers > Family relationships.
Missing children.
Indians of North America.
Fur trade.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Ethnic relations.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
First Nations > Rainy River Region (Minn. and Ont.) > History > 19th century.
Fur trade > Rainy River Region (Minn. and Ont.) > History > 19th century.
Indians of North America > Rainy River Region (Minn. and Ont.) > History > 19th century.
Missing children > Rainy River Region (Minn. and Ont.) > History > 19th century.
Pioneers > Family relationships > Rainy River Region (Minn. and Ont.) > History > 19th century.
Frontier and pioneer life > Rainy River Region (Minn. and Ont.)
North America > Rainy River Region.
North America > Rainy River.
Pluie, Riviere à la (Minn. et Ont.) > Relations interethniques > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Rainy River (Minn. and Ont.) > Ethnic relations > History > 19th century.
Biographies.
History.
Biography
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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