NANCY MARGUERITE ANDERSON

An Accidental Historian, writing about the people who worked in the Territory West of the Rocky Mountains before 1858 — so many good stories!

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Paul Fraser

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson May 21, 2016 "The Brigades", Deaths and Murders
Paul Fraser

Paul Fraser was a man who never got along with anyone, as far as I can tell. Well, that’s not exactly true. Donald Manson liked him, and regretted his loss…

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John McIntosh, HBC

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 21, 2016 Deaths and Murders, Metis in the West
John McIntosh, HBC

HBC trader Alexander Caulfield Anderson knew many of today’s historical figures, but not all of them were men to be proud of. One of those was clerk John McIntosh, who…

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Whaleteah, chief of the Alexandria home guard

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 29, 2015 Deaths and Murders, Natives in the Fur Trade
Whaleteah, chief of the Alexandria home guard

Alexander Caulfield Anderson called the one of the Native men who lived outside Fort Alexandria “Whaletah,” and Chief Trader Donald McLean (who took over the post after Anderson left) wrote…

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Peu-Peu-Mox-Mox

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 12, 2015 Deaths and Murders, Natives in the Fur Trade
Peu-Peu-Mox-Mox

I have always been interested in the story of the Walla Walla Chief named Peu-Peu-Mox-Mox — a Native who I think was a very honorable man. I run across him…

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The Murderer

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson August 29, 2015 Deaths and Murders, Natives in the Fur Trade
The Murderer

In the memoirs of James Robert Anderson, son of Alexander Caulfield Anderson, there are the beginnings of many little stories, which I am sometimes able to develop into larger ones.…

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