William Brown, and other stories

William Brown was a spear-thrower in my book, The York Factory Express. You will find him mentioned in my book on page 17, when in his Fort St. James journal,…
Read moreWilliam Brown was a spear-thrower in my book, The York Factory Express. You will find him mentioned in my book on page 17, when in his Fort St. James journal,…
Read moreIn early July, 1847, the artist Paul Kane joined the New Caledonia Brigades, travelling out with them to Fort Colvile, where he would join the Autumn Express to Boat Encampment…
Read moreIn 1848, the artist, Paul Kane, left Fort Vancouver with the New Caledonia Brigades, traveling with them as far as Fort Colvile. This is the first leg of his journey…
Read moreWhen I was doing research some time ago for another book (“The Brigades”), I ran across one man who made an impossible journey through New Caledonia, heading north to the…
Read moreI 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…
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