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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Blackeye Folklore

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson October 25, 2015 Explorations, Natives in the Fur Trade
Blackeye Folklore

At the turn of the century, a small group of Athapascan warriors from the Chilcotins crossed the Fraser River and made their way south, toward Kamloops Lake. They knew they…

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Fur trade genealogy

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson October 18, 2014 Anderson-Seton Family, James and Charlot Birnie of Cathlamet
Fur trade genealogy

Fur trade genealogy is a very interesting subject, and I have quite a bit of information for some of the people whose Google searches turn up on my website. However,…

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Pahallak, of the Sto:lo

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 29, 2014 Explorations, Natives in the Fur Trade
Pahallak, of the Sto:lo

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…

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