Nicknames

It was a tradition among the voyageurs to use nicknames. As all of us who read a little British Columbia history know, the Native chief Tranquille, who frequented the Kamloops…
Read moreIt was a tradition among the voyageurs to use nicknames. As all of us who read a little British Columbia history know, the Native chief Tranquille, who frequented the Kamloops…
Read moreIn 1849 the Fort Colvile brigades under Alexander Caulfield Anderson came north to Kamloops, where they joined the New Caledonia brigades on their journey to Fort Hope. However, while they…
Read moreWhen Chief Trader Alexander Caulfield Anderson was transferred to the charge of Fort Colvile in summer 1848, his clerk was a young Scotsman named Angus McDonald. Angus was born in…
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