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2: New Light on the Early History of the Greater Northwest: The Manuscript Journals of Alexander Henry and of David Thompson, 1799-1814 (Cambridge … – North American History) (Volume 2)

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All over the 1890s Elliott Coues (1842-1899), one in all The usa’s greatest ornithologists, edited a number of exploration narratives concerning the American Northwest, including Lewis and Clark’s Travels. Coues tracked down the manuscript journals of two of Lewis and Clark’s contemporaries, fur trader Alexander Henry (1765-1814) and geographer David Thompson (1770-1857), employees of the Northwest Company. Coues’ abridged and edited version of Henry’s text, accompanied by notes that draw heavily on Thompson’s scientific records, seemed in 1897 in three volumes. Regardless of the deep prejudice evident in Henry’s writing, Coues judged it a reliable account of his unscrupulous business dealings, and of the cruel realities he observed among various First Nations peoples. Volume 2 covers 1808-14, when Henry travelled in Saskatchewan and Alberta, crossed the Great Divide, and traded along the Columbia River. This volume also comprises Coues’ original Volume 3, a comprehensive index of people and places.

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