The Red River Settlement: Its Rise, Progress, And Present State, With Some Account Of The Native Races And Its General History, To The Present Day
de ROSS, Alexander [1783-1856]
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London: Smith, Elder And Co., 1856., 1856. 12mo. pp. xvi, 416. lithographed frontis. of Fort Garry. contemporary half calf (somewhat rubbed, several library rubberstamps, light foxing to outer leaves). First Edition. The Scottish-born Ross retired to the Red River Settlement in 1825 after fifteen years' service in the employ of the Pacific Fur Company, the North West Company, and the Hudson's Bay Company. There he acquired a prominent and respected position in the community as a member of the council from 1835-1850 and sheriff of Assiniboia from 1839-1852. His is a lively and impartial history and account of activities in the settlement from its troubled beginnings until the relatively prosperous 1850's, with interesting observations on agricultural and social life, the fur trade, native races, emigration and future prospects, as well as a detailed description of the buffalo hunt. Field 1327. Gagnon I 3062. Graff 3580. Lande 1422. Morgan p. 326. Peel 330. Sabin 73328. TPL 3304. Wagner-Camp 379d. Story p. 725. Winsor VIII p. 75.. F.
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- The Red River Settlement: Its Rise, Progress, And Present State, With Some Account Of The Native Races And Its General History, To The Present Day
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