About “The Pathfinder,” by Nancy Marguerite Anderson
My name is Nancy Marguerite Anderson, and I am the author of the book, The Pathfinder: A. C. Anderson’s Journeys in the West [Victoria, BC: Heritage House Publ, 2011] Anderson’s…
Read more“Indian Mounds”
In following up another story, I discovered this one on “Indian Mounds” on a river that was supposed to be called the Deschutes, or “Falls River.” This river was supposed…
Read moreFrom the Upper Fountain to Seton Lake
In my last post in this series we left Alexander Caulfield Anderson with his party at the Upper Fountain, on his way to Fort Langley to open a new trail…
Read moreCannibalism, again!
I seem to be writing a lot about cannibalism, and will do more — especially as this book I am working on now has just a little bit to do…
Read moreHarrison-Lillooet Trail
I am starting a new thread here, telling the story of the Harrison-Lillooet trail from 1846, to 1859 or so. I collected a ton of information on this interesting trail…
Read moreIndian Reserve Journals, Musqueam
So in Anderson’s Indian Reserve Commission Journals, we’ve reached the Musqueam Reserve and recorded what happened through Friday, November 10 1876. In many of these posts I am not going…
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