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1 online resource (xiii, 406 pages) : maps |
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Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Maps; Timeline; Introduction: Rainy Lake House, 1823; Part One: Leave-Takings; 1. The Explorer; 2. The Hunter; 3. The Trader; Part Two: Long; 4. "The English Make Them More Presents"; 5. Encounters with the Sioux; 6. Race and History; 7. To Civilize the Osages; Part Three: Tanner; 8. Westward Migration; 9. Six Beaver Skins for a Quart of Mixed Rum; 10. The Test of Winter; 11. Red Sky of the Morning; 12. Warrior; Part Four: McLoughlin; 13. Fort William; 14. Marriage à la façon du pays; 15. Bad Birds; 16. The Restive Partnership |
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17. The Pemmican War18. The Battle of Seven Oaks; 19. The Surrender of Fort William; 20. Lord Selkirk's Prisoner; 21. Time of Reckoning; 22. London; Part Five: Long; 23. The Wonder of the Steamboat; 24. A Christian Marriage; 25. Up the Missouri; 26. To the Rocky Mountains; 27. Mapmaker; 28. The Northern Expedition; Part Six: Tanner; 29. The Coming of the Prophet; 30. A Loathsome Man; 31. Sorcery and Sickness; 32. Taking Fort Douglas; 33. Rough Justice; 34. In Search of Kin; 35. Between Two Worlds; Part Seven: McLoughlin; 36. Chief Factor; 37. Providence; 38. Opposing the Americans |
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Part Eight: Collision39. Working for Wages; 40. Children of the Fur Trade; 41. The Ambush; 42. The Pardon; 43. "We Met with an American"; 44. The Onus of Revenge; 45. Journeys Home; Epilogue: Mackinac, 1824-and After; Postscript: John Tanner as a Source; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index |
| Summary |
"In September 1823, three men met at Rainy Lake House, a Hudson's Bay Company trading post near the Boundary Waters. Dr. John McLoughlin, the proprietor of Rainy Lake House, was in charge of the borderlands west of Lake Superior, where he was tasked with opposing the petty traders who operated out of US territory. Major Stephen H. Long, an officer in the US Army Topographical Engineers, was there on an expedition to explore the wooded borderlands west of Lake Superior and the northern prairies from the upper Mississippi to the forty-ninth parallel. John Tanner, a 'white Indian' living among the Ojibwa nation, arrived at the post in search of his missing daughters who, Tanner believed, were at risk of being raped by the white traders holding them captive at a nearby fort. Rainy Lake House weaves together the captivating stories of these three men, who cast their fortunes in different ways with the western fur trade. Drawing on their combined experiences, Theodore Catton creates a vivid depiction of the beautiful and dangerous northern frontier from a collision of vantage points: American, British, and Indian; imperial, capital, and labor; explorer, trader, and hunter"--Publisher description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-395) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Tanner, John, 1780?-1847.
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McLoughlin, John, 1784-1857.
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Long, Stephen H. (Stephen Harriman), 1784-1864
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Long, Stephen H. (Stephen Harriman), 1784-1864
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McLoughlin, John, 1784-1857
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Tanner, John, 1780?-1847
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Long, Stephen H. (Stephen Harriman), 1784-1864 fast |
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McLoughlin, John, 1784-1857 fast |
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Tanner, John, 1780?-1847 fast |
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Hudson's Bay Company -- History -- 19th century
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Hudson's Bay Company fast |
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Frontier and pioneer life -- Rainy River Region (Minn. and Ont.)
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Pioneers -- Family relationships -- Rainy River Region (Minn. and Ont.) -- History -- 19th century
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Missing children -- Rainy River Region (Minn. and Ont.) -- History -- 19th century
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Indians of North America -- Rainy River Region (Minn. and Ont.) -- History -- 19th century
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Fur trade -- Rainy River Region (Minn. and Ont.) -- History -- 19th century
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
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Ethnic relations
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Frontier and pioneer life
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Fur trade
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Indians of North America
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Missing children
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Pioneers -- Family relationships
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Rainy River (Minn. and Ont.) -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 19th century
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North America -- Rainy River
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North America -- Rainy River Region
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781421422930 |
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142142293X |
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