Seizure at Puget Sound
Well, I have a new problem to figure out: that is, exactly what did happen in the seizure of two HBC ships in Puget Sound in December 1851. This is…
Read moreThomas Lowe, Fall 1845
In Fall, 1845, Thomas Lowe continued to record the many new happenings and visitors to Fort Vancouver. I finished the last post with this this paragraph: “Two other British officers are…
Read moreFort Victoria Ships
The years between 1844, when Charles Ross died, and 1846, when the Fort Victoria journals begin, are a bit of a wasteland so far as information re: the workings of…
Read moreAnderson and Wilkes
Alexander Caulfield Anderson was the gentleman in charge of Fort Nisqually when Lieutenant Charles Wilkes, with his United States Exploring Expedition, arrived at that post in May 1841. As I…
Read moreWest Coast Christmas
Even in the early days on the west coast of North America, the HBC men celebrated Christmas in much the same way as they had done at home, that is,…
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