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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The fur trade “Harangue”

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson January 3, 2015 Explorations, Fur Trade History
The fur trade “Harangue”

In Alexander Caulfield Anderson’s journal of exploration, 1847, the explorer writes about a fur trade harangue. He doesn’t call it that, of course. But he harangued the Natives who accompanied…

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Blackeye, and Blackeye’s Son: Who are They?

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson October 11, 2014 Natives in the Fur Trade, Stuwix Stories
Blackeye, and Blackeye’s Son: Who are They?

In Alexander Caulfield Anderson’s 1846 journal, we come across the Similkameen Native man named Blackeye. This is what Anderson wrote of him [it has been edited for length]: Saty 6th…

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Tattoos in the Fur Trade

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 22, 2014 Natives in the Fur Trade, Stuwix Stories
Tattoos in the Fur Trade

Tattoos are everywhere nowadays it seems, and everyone is wearing them. But I am interested in these body decorations for one reason only. They are part of the fur trade,…

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Tsilaxitsa, Okanagan chief

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson January 25, 2014 "The Brigades", A Literary A. C. Anderson
Tsilaxitsa, Okanagan chief

Alexander Caulfield Anderson left Kamloops for the last time (as a fur trader, at least) in 1849 when he led the Fort Colvile brigades out to Fort Langley. He would…

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