Extracts from the Travels and Explorations of the Jesuit Missionaries in New France, 1610-1679 - ed. Reuben Gold Thwaites. - Booklet. - 1923.
Historic Sites Series (National and Historic Parks Branch) ; no. 5
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Booklet of stories of exploration by the Jesuits in New France. Chapter titles are: Of the Capture of the Villages of the Mission of St. Ignace, in the Month of March of the Year 1649; Letter from Fort Sainte Marie, Ontario to Father General; Of the Removal of the House of Sainte Marie to the Island of St. Joseph; Of the Mission of Saint Joseph; and Of the Devastation of the Country of the Hurons, in the Spring of the Year 1650;
Author uses various anthropological and historical sources to throw some light on the way in which the Indians of the Treaty 6 and 7 regions might have interpreted the treaty promises.
Papers of Willie Traill. Includes accounts of bison hunting during the nineteenth century, observations on Dakota culture, and the fur trade. Much of the account seems to take place in Minnesota and North Dakota as well as Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
This chapter of Reginald Beatty's diary relates to his bear hunting experiences with Robert Bear, an excellent hunter and a friend of Beatty's. Their hunting routes included Fairford House and Stoney Creek district. Item found within folder 'Reginald Bird Beatty Papers.'