During the 1820s, Edmonton House re-emerged as the headquarters of a much larger Saskatchewan trading District of the Hudson's Bay Company. Its fur-gathering larger hinterland extended from the southern edges of the boreal forest near present-day Westlock, Alberta, south to the Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers, and from the confluence of the North and South Saskatchewan Rivers west to the Rocky Mountains - in short, virtually all of what is now central and southern Alberta, and parts of Saskatchewan and Montana.
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The Bow River Expedition, 1822-1823
Seeking to expand the fur trade more completely into what is now southern Alberta, and northern Montana, the Hudson's Bay Company dispatched an expedition of officers and men up the South Saskatchewan River in 1822, with excursions to the Red Deer, Bow, and Oldman Rivers. Through circumstances, such as hostilities by certain Aboriginal groups and the scarcity of timber, persuaded the Company not to build a permanent post during this time, the journal of the expedition contains a wealth of information about the land and the people living on it. --From back cover
Contents
Edmonton House Post Journals, 1821-26 ; Edmonton District Reports, 1823-24 ; Bow River Expedition Journal ; Bow River District Reports
In the western interior of Canada, the pre-confederation period was one of relative peace between Indians and Europeans. Nonetheless, it was a time of rapid cultural transformations for the Indians as they adjusted to changing environmental and economic conditions. This book examines these conditions, and the responses which various Indian groups made to them, from the perspectives of anthropology, ecology, economics, and history. -- From back cover
Contents
Trade rivalries, inter-tribal warfare, and migration ; Land and life in the western interior before 1763 ; Traders and middlemen ; Arms, brandy, beads, and sundries ; Migrations, epidemics, and population changes, 1763-1821 ; The destruction of fur and game animals ; New economic opportunities ; Economic dependency and the fur trade: contrasting trends ; Land and Life: a changing mosaic ; The changing demographic picture after 1821 ; Declining opportunities in a changing fur trade ; End of a way of life
A pencil and ink drawing of a map of Hudson Bay and the river system in eastern Canada and United States. Includes Great Lakes as well. Bodies of water are labeled.
A pencil and ink drawing of a map of Hudson Bay and the river system in eastern Canada and United States. Includes Great Lakes as well. Bodies of water are labeled.