Transcriber’s Notes
Hyphenation has been standardised.
Changes made are noted at the end of the book.
THE CONQUEST OF
THE GREAT NORTHWEST
[Illustration: Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, formerly Donald Smith;
Governor of the Hudson’s Bay Company.]
THE CONQUEST OF THE
GREAT NORTHWEST
_Being the story of the ADVENTURERS OF ENGLAND
known as THE HUDSON’S BAY COMPANY. New pages
in the history of the Canadian Northwest and Western States._
BY
AGNES C. LAUT
_Author of “Lords of the North,”
“Pathfinders of the West,” etc._
IN TWO VOLUMES
VOLUME II
[Illustration]
NEW YORK
THE OUTING PUBLISHING COMPANY
MCMVIII
Copyright, 1908, by
THE OUTING PUBLISHING COMPANY
Entered at Stationers’ Hall, London, England
_All Rights Reserved_
CONTENTS OF VOLUME II
PART III--(_Continued_)
CHAPTER XXI
PAGE
“The Coming of the Pedlars” (_continued_)--Voyage up to
Fort William, Life of Wild-wood Wassail and Grandeur
There--How the Wintering Partners Exploited in the
Pays D’en Haut 3
CHAPTER XXII
“The Coming of the Pedlars” (_continued_)--Henry’s Adventures
at Pembina--The First White Woman in the West--A
Stolen Child and a Poisoner and a Scout--How
Harmon Found a Wife--The Story of Marguerite Trottier 26
CHAPTER XXIII
“The Coming of the Pedlars” (_continued_)--Thirty years of
Exploration--The Advance up the Saskatchewan to
Bow River and Howse Pass--The Building of Edmonton--How
MacKenzie Crossed the Pacific 47
CHAPTER XXIV
“The Coming of the Pedlars” (_continued_)--MacKenzie and
McTavish Quarrel--The Nor’westers Invade Hudson
Bay Waters and Challenge the Charter--Ruffianism of
Nor’westers--Murder and Boycott of Hudson’s Bay
Men--Up-to-date Commercialism as Conducted in
Terms of a Club and Without Law 68
CHAPTER XXV
David Thompson, the Nor’wester, Dashes for the Columbia--He
Explores East Kootenay, but Finds Astor’s Men
on the Field--How the Astorians are Jockeyed out of
Astoria--Fraser Finds His Way to the Sea by Another
Great River 81
CHAPTER XXVI
The Coming of the Colonists--Lord Selkirk Buys Control
of the H. B. C.--Simon M’Gillivray and MacKenzie
Plot to Defeat Him--Robertson Says “Fight Fire with
Fire” and Selkirk Chooses a M’Donell Against a
M’Donell--The Colonists Come to Red River--Riot
and Plot and Mutiny 113
CHAPTER XXVII
The Coming of the Colonists (_continued_)--MacDonell
Attempts to Carry Out the Rights of Feudalism on
Red River--Nor’westers Resent--The Colony Destroyed
and Dispersed--Selkirk to the Rescue--Lajimoniere’s
Long Voyage--Clarke in Athabasca 141
CHAPTER XXVIII
The Coming of the Colonists (_continued_)--Governor Semple
and Twenty Colonists are Butchered at Seven Oaks--Selkirk
to the Rescue Captures Fort William and
Sweeps the Nor’westers from the Field--The Suffering
of the Settlers--At Last Selkirk Sees the Promised
Land at Red River 166
CHAPTER XXIX
Both Companies Make a Dash to Capture Athabasca Whence
Came the Most Valuable Furs--Robertson Overland to
Montreal, Tried and Acquitted, Leads a Brigade to
Athabasca--He is Tricked by the Nor’westers, but
Tricks Them in Turn--The Union of the Companies--Sir
George Simpson, Governor 202
PART IV
CHAPTER XXX
Reconstruction (_continued_)--Nicholas Garry, the Deputy
Governor, Comes Out to Reorganize the United Companies--More
Colonists from Switzerland--The Rocky
Mountain Brigades--Ross of Okanogan 235
CHAPTER XXXI
Journals of Peter Skene Ogden, Explorer and Fur Trader,
Over the Regions now Known as Washington, Oregon,
California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada and Utah--He
Relieves Ashley’s Men of 10,000 Beaver--He Finds
Nevada--He Discovers Mt. Shasta--He Tricks the
Americans at Salt Lake 261
CHAPTER XXXII
McLoughlin’s Transmontane Empire (_continued_)--Douglas’
Adventures in New Caledonia, How He Punishes Murder
and is Himself Almost Murdered--Little Yale of
the Lower Fraser--Black’s Death at Kamloops--How
Tod Outwits Conspiracy--The Company’s Operations
in California and Sandwich Islands and Alaska--Why
did Rae Kill Himself in San Francisco?--The Secret
Diplomacy 304
CHAPTER XXXIII
The Passing of the Company--The Coming of the Colonists
to Oregon--The Founding of Victoria North of the
Boundary--Why the H. B. C. Gave Up Oregon--Misrule
of Vancouver Island--McLoughlin’s Retirement 352
CHAPTER XXXIV
The Passing of the Company 387
ILLUSTRATIONS
Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal _Frontispiece_
FACING
PAGE
Map showing Fort Chippewyan and MacKenzie River 48
Alexander MacKenzie 56
The Ramparts of MacKenzie River 64
Map of the Northwest Territories 80
Map--Fraser to Tide Water 96
Lord Selkirk 120
Map of North America, showing various explorations 160
Red River Settlement 200
Sir James Douglas 240
Map--Showing Ogden and Ross Explorations 264
Peter Skene Ogden 272
John McLoughlin 312
Adam Thom 360
Fort Vancouver 376
Interior of Fort Garry 392
Map of North America, showing area of discovery 400
PART III--_Continued_
THE CONQUEST OF
THE GREAT NORTHWEST