THE FUR TRADERS OF MONTREAL
THE GREAT NORTH WEST COMPANY
MERCHANTS--NATIONAL AND RELIGIOUS ORIGINS--UP COUNTRY
TRADE--EARLY COMPANIES--NORTH WEST COMPANY--CHARLES GRANT’S
REPORT--PASSES--MEMORIALS--GEOGRAPHICAL DISCOVERIES--RIVAL
COMPANIES--THE X.Y. COMPANY--JOHN JACOB ASTOR’S COMPANIES---
ASTORIA TO BE FOUNDED--THE JOURNEY OF THE MONTREAL
CONTINGENT--ASTORIA A FAILURE--THE GREAT RIVAL--THE HUDSON’S
BAY COMPANY--SIR ALEXANDER SELKIRK--THE AMALGAMATION OF THE
NORTH WEST AND HUDSON’S BAY COMPANIES IN 1821--THE BEAVER CLUB 97