Narrative and Critical History of America, Volume 8Justin Winsor Houghton, Mifflin, 1889 |
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... officers and the committee , who were to be removable for reasons . The territory was to be reputed as a British colony , and to be called " Rupert's Land . " All fisheries , mines , traffic and trade of every kind , were assured to THE ...
... officers and the committee , who were to be removable for reasons . The territory was to be reputed as a British colony , and to be called " Rupert's Land . " All fisheries , mines , traffic and trade of every kind , were assured to THE ...
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... officers and crews of vessels thus employing about 3,000 men . The Indian population of Rupert's Land , over whom the company was supposed to exercise some influence , was estimated in 1857 at 43,000 ; in the Indian Territory , east of ...
... officers and crews of vessels thus employing about 3,000 men . The Indian population of Rupert's Land , over whom the company was supposed to exercise some influence , was estimated in 1857 at 43,000 ; in the Indian Territory , east of ...
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... officers of the company to work well in practice . By this system large numbers of the natives were kept in its debt , and the general testi- mony is that the creditors were faithful . On the general principle that a purchaser may ...
... officers of the company to work well in practice . By this system large numbers of the natives were kept in its debt , and the general testi- mony is that the creditors were faithful . On the general principle that a purchaser may ...
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... officer at the post at once surrendered . The com- mander pulled down the British flag and held out one of his own table- cloths . The fort was sacked , plundered , and devastated , a vast quantity of PRINCE OF WALES FORT , HUDSON'S BAY ...
... officer at the post at once surrendered . The com- mander pulled down the British flag and held out one of his own table- cloths . The fort was sacked , plundered , and devastated , a vast quantity of PRINCE OF WALES FORT , HUDSON'S BAY ...
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... officers , Thomas Simpson , and Peter W. Dease , in 1836 ; and in 1838-9 it was supposed that the longed - for water - opening had been seen . Government thought itself gen- erous in its rewards . It conferred a baronetcy on the London ...
... officers , Thomas Simpson , and Peter W. Dease , in 1836 ; and in 1838-9 it was supposed that the longed - for water - opening had been seen . Government thought itself gen- erous in its rewards . It conferred a baronetcy on the London ...
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Página 121 - Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal ; or, Eighteen Months in the Polar Regions in Search of Sir John Franklin's Expedition in 1850-51.
Página 107 - NARRATIVE OF DISCOVERY AND ADVENTURE IN THE POLAR SEAS AND REGIONS.
Página 111 - Reasons to shew, that there is a great Probability of a Navigable Passage to the Western American Ocean, through Hudson's Streights, and Chesterfield Inlet...
Página 122 - To which is added an Account of her being fallen in with by an American Whaler, after her abandonment in Barrow Straits, and of her presentation to Queen Victoria by the Government of the United States. By GEOEGE F.
Página 78 - A Narrative of Occurrences in the Indian Countries of North America, since the Connexion of the Right Hon. the Earl of Selkirk with the Hudson's Bay Company...
Página 5 - London ; have, at their own great cost and charges, undertaken an expedition for Hudson's Bay, in the north-west part of America, for the discovery of a new passage into the South Sea, and for the finding some trade for furs, minerals and other considerable commodities...
Página 142 - Soldiers! You are amply provided for war. You are superior in number to the enemy. Your personal strength and activity are greater. Your weapons are longer. The? regular soldiers of the enemy are generally old men, whose best years have been spent in the sickly climate of the West Indies. They will not be able to stand before you. when you charge with the bayonet.
Página 498 - An Impartial History of the War in America, between Great Britain and her Colonies...
Página 107 - HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE PROGRESS OF DISCOVERY ON THE MORE NORTHERN COASTS OF NORTH AMERICA.
Página 168 - A Review of the Government and Grievances of the Province of Quebec, since the Conquest of it by the British Arms, with extracts from Authentic Papers, half morocco Lond.