North West Company
Battle of Seven Oaks: 1816
Alternate Title
Snapshots of 19th Century Canada Blackline Master #10A
[Critical Challenges across the Curriculum]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Critical Thinking Cooperative
Description
The battle was a confrontation between the Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company during the Pemmican War which was precipitated by a proclamation that no pemmican could be exported from the Red River Colony. The North West contingent was led by Cuthbert Grant and included a large number of Métis.
[Book Reviews]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Charles A. Bishop
Native Studies Review, vol. 3, no. 2, Native Peoples, Museums, and Heritage Resource Management, 1987, pp. 145-148
Description
Review of: The Fur Trade of the Little North Indians, Peddlers, and Englishmen East of Lake Winnipeg by Victor P. Lytwyn.
Brandy and Beaver Pelts: Assiniboine-European Trading Patterns, 1695 – 1805
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomas F. Schilz
Saskatchewan History, vol. 37, no. 3, Autumn, 1984, pp. 95-102
Description
Describes the evolving participation of the Assiniboine people in the fur trade of the 18th century. Provides information on the relationships the Assiniboine had with the French, the Coureur des bois and those they had with other First Nations, including the Cree, the Sioux, and the Blackfoot.
Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll down to page 95
Canada-Red River Settlement
Alternate Title
HC Deb 24 June 1819, vol 40, cc1351-73
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
James Montgomery
[Edward] Ellis
[James] Scarlett
[Henry] Bennett
[Henry] Goulburn
Description
Transcript of House of Commons (United Kingdom) debate about the conflicts between the Lord Selkirk's colony and the North West company.
Daniel Williams Harmon
Articles » General
Author/Creator
John H. Archer
Saskatchewan History, vol. 4, no. 2, Spring, 1951, pp. 62-67
Description
Discusses the journal of Harmon, an employee of the North-West Company (NWC) from 1800 to 1819.
Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 62.
The Difficulties of the Hudson’s Bay Company’s Penetration of the West
Articles » General
Author/Creator
R. Glover
Saskatchewan History, vol. 2, no. 1, Winter, January 1949, pp. 30-32
Description
Discusses the history of the HBC between 1774 (the founding of Cumberland House) and 1821 (the merger between the HBC and the Northwest Company), including: transportation of goods and labour shortages.
Entire Issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 30.
Duel at Ile-à-la’Crosse
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Arthur
Saskatchewan History, vol. 27, no. 2, Spring, 1974, pp. [41]-50
Description
Article examines several historical documents and first-hand accounts in an attempt to piece together a sword duel, and preceding events, at Fort Chipewyan between a Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC), employee, James McVicar, and a North West Company (NWC) employee, Hector McNeil.
Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 41.
"Expectations of Grease & Provisions": The Circulation and Regulation of Fur Trade Foodstuffs
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leslie Ritchie
Eighteenth-Century Life, vol. 23, no. 2, May 1999, pp. 124-142
Description
Discussion of class and race with regard to provision of foodstuffs in the North-West Company and the Hudson's Bay Company.
From Seven Oaks to Batoche: Métis Resistance in History and Narrative
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wolfgang Klooss
TransCanadiana, vol. 8, Canadian Sites of Resistance: Solidarity-Struggle=Change(?), 2016, pp. [25]-51
Description
Highlights some of the most important facts in the history of Métis resistance consulting both historiographic accounts and literary texts.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 25.
The Fur Trade at Lachine National Historic Site of Canada
Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
Parks Canada
Description
Describes the thriving fur industry in the Montreal region in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Website includes history, the bourgeois, the voyageurs, role of Aboriginal women, North West Company, Hudson's Bay Company, virtual tour, image gallery, and activities.
Fur Traders in Conversation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura J. Murray
Ethnohistory, vol. 50, no. 2, Spring, 2003, pp. 285-314
Description
Discusses the customs of talking, silences and etiquette especially from records of Daniel Harmon, a Northwest Company (NWC) trader from 1800-1819.
Henry’s Journal
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Charles N. Bell
Transactions of the Manitoba Historical and Scientific Society, no. 37, Series 1, May 9, 1889, p. [?]
Description
Excerpts from the Journal of Alexander Henry to Lake Superior, Red River, Assiniboine, Rocky Mountains, Columbia and the Pacific, 1799 to 1811, To Establish the Fur Trade, covering the years 1806-1808.
'Home' Placed: Old Swan Imagines an 'Edmonton' (in an Empire), 1794-1815
Alternate Title
Culture and the State ; v. 2
Disability Studies & Indigenous Studies
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Tolly Bradford
pp. 81-91
Description
Discusses the introduction of the fur trade in Southern Alberta and the role of the Siksika leader.
Excerpt from Disability Studies & Indigenous Studies.
Entire book on one pdf. To access paper, scroll to p. 81.
“The House in Buffalo Country”: Hudson House on the North Saskatchewan River, 1778-1787
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Larry Green
Saskatchewan History, vol. 56, no. 1, Spring, 2004, pp. 30-39
Description
Article examines the aspects of the fur trade that led to the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) building Hudson House; describes the day to day life in the HBC’s second trading post, and the way residents interacted with surrounding communities.
Entire Issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 30.