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!

Alexis Bellanger

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson April 11, 2015 "The HBC Brigades", Indigenous People

This is a British Columbia story that many have heard — a story of multiple deaths and murders. The first murder (that of Alexis Bellanger) happened on the Fraser River…

Michel Fallardeau

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 22, 2014 "The HBC Brigades", Indigenous People

Michel Fallardeau is one of my favorite men in the history of the West side of the Rocky Mountains before 1858; and a man who suffered a mysterious death. It…

Pahallak, of the Sto:lo

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 29, 2014 "The HBC Brigades", Indigenous People

I have learned a lot about Pahallak, chief of one of the Sto:lo tribes along the Fraser River, since I first wrote (inaccurately) about him in my book, The Pathfinder. It…