Paul Kane leaves Jasper’s House
Artist Paul Kane was not impressed with the little post of Jasper’s House, but, fortunately for him, the incoming York Factory Express did not remain at the post for long.…
Read moreThe York Factory Express by ZOOM
I am setting up ZOOM: Everyone else is doing it, so why not me? I have talks set up at various locations in Washington State and in Alberta and beyond,…
Read moreMeasles and Dysentery
I wrote about the 1847-1848 measles epidemic in my first book, The Pathfinder, in which I said: Measles began to sicken a few Dakelh around the fort [Fort Alexandria, Fraser…
Read morePemmican
Pemmican was not eaten west of the Rocky Mountains, and it was not part of our experience. As a matter of fact, when the men of the York Factory Express,…
Read moreFort Colvile farm
J. Orin Oliphant wrote an excellent article on “Old Fort Colville [Colvile]”, and I am again dipping into it to discover what farm animals were to be found there over…
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