David Douglas and his YFE journey
The botanist named David Douglas journeyed out of the Columbia District in Edward Ermatinger’s 1827 outgoing York Factory Express. He left behind him an interesting journal. Here goes: On the…
Read moreDescending the Columbia River
I thought that for this series on the Columbia River, I might be able to access and read Samuel Black’s journal of his descent of the river in 1825. He…
Read moreTwo Canoes: John Work comes down the Columbia River
So in the last John Work journal, he and Peter Skene Ogden had reached Boat Encampment, having come down the Big Hill from Athabasca Pass. In this bit of journal,…
Read moreAn addition to the Cannibalism post
This will be a shorter-than-my-normal post, and it is part of the Cannibalism post of a few weeks ago. But this story is interesting: it is Paul Kane’s story of…
Read moreCannibalism
As you will see in this post, https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/the-murderer/ , there was an Indigenous man at the Fort Alexandria post that creeped everyone else out, because of his supposed direct involvement…
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