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Indians in the fur trade : their role as trappers, hunters, and middlemen in the lands southwest of Hudson Bay, 1660-1870 : with a new introduction / Arthur J. Ray.
Arthur J. RayDate: c1998- E-books
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Voyages and travels of an Indian interpreter and trader , describing the manners and customs of the North American Indians; AN Account Of The Posts Situated ON The River Saint Laurence, Lake Ontario, &c. To which is added, a vocabulary of the Chippeway language. Names of Furs and Skins, in English and French. A list of words in the Iroquois, Mohegan, Shawanee, and Esquimeaux tongues, And A Table, Shewing The Analogy between the Algonkin and Chippeway Languages. By J. Long.
Long, J. (John), Indian trader.Date: M,DCC,XCI. [1791]- E-books
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The present state of Hudson's Bay. Containing a full description of that settlement, And The Adjacent Country; and likewise of the fur trade, With Hints For Its Improvement, &c. &c. To which are added, remarks and observations Made In The Inland Parts, During A Residence Of Near Four Years; A Specimen Of Five Indian Languages; and a journal of a journey from Montreal to New-York. By Edward Umfreville; Eleven Years In The Service Of The Hudson's Bay Company, And Four Years In The Canada Fur Trade.
Edward UmfrevilleDate: MDCCXC. [1790]- E-books
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The case of the Hudson's-Bay Company
Hudson's Bay CompanyDate: 1749?]- E-books
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A short state of the countries and trade of North America . Claimed by the Hudson's Bay Company, under pretence of a charter for ever, of lands without bounds or limits, and an exclusive trade to those unbounded seas and countries; Shewing The Illegality of the said Grant, and the Abuse they have made of it; and the great Benefit Britain may obtain by settling those Countries, and extending the Trade amongst the Natives by civilizing and incorporating with them, and laying a Foundation for their becoming Christians and industrious Subjects of Great-Britain; and the Necessity there is of a Parliamentary Enquiry into the pretended Rights and exclusive Monopoly claimed by the said Company, and their Abuse of the Grant. That those Countries may be settled, either by fixing a Company under proper Regulations and Restrictions, or by laying open the Trade to all the British Merchants, and settling them, at the Publick Expence, or by a moderate Tax upon that Trade.
Date: M,DCC,XLIX. [1749]- E-books
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Report from the Committee Appointed to Inquire into the State and Condition of the Countries Adjoining to Hudson's Bay, and of the Trade Carried on There
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Committee Appointed to Inquire into the State and Condition of the Countries Adjoining to Hudson's BayDate: 1749