"While enough is herein given to exhibit the growth of a gold excitement and its modus operandi, this pamphlet is more designed to exhibit a phase of the policy of the Hudson's Bay company."--Note on t.-p., A miscellany of newspaper clippings, 1858, government documents, and mss., and Ms. t.-p.
John Owen's letterbook contains copies of his letters and documents relating to his work as a Flathead Indian agent, St. Mary's mission and Fort Owen, relations between the Indians and the Catholic missions and the white settlers, the Hudson's Bay Company, Indian wars, and Fort Owen.
Description:
Gift of William Robertson Coe., John Owen came to the northwest in 1849 with the Oregon Rifles and became their sutler at Cantonment Loring. In 1850 he settled as a trader in Bitter Root Valley and two years later he purchased St. Mary's Mission where he built Fort Owen. He served as a special agent to the Flathead Indians, from 1856 to 1862. After 1871, he lived in a hospital at Helena, Montana and later he went to live with relatives in Philadelphia., and Original bindings.
Subject (Name):
Hudson's Bay Company, Owen, John, 1818-1889, and United States. Army. Mounted Rifle Regiment
Subject (Topic):
Cantonment Loring (Ind.), Indian agents--Indiana, and Salish Indians
John Owen's account book for the Oregon Rifles contains pencil sketches of acquaintances.
Description:
Gift of William Robertson Coe., John Owen came to the northwest in 1849 with the Oregon Rifles and became their sutler at Cantonment Loring. In 1850 he settled as a trader in Bitter Root Valley and two years later he purchased St. Mary's Mission where he built Fort Owen. He served as a special agent to the Flathead Indians, from 1856 to 1862. After 1871, he lived in a hospital at Helena, Montana and later he went to live with relatives in Philadelphia., and Original bindings.
Subject (Name):
Hudson's Bay Company, Owen, John, 1818-1889, and United States. Army. Mounted Rifle Regiment
Subject (Topic):
Cantonment Loring (Ind.), Indian agents--Indiana, and Salish Indians
"For ... prices and general information, address Land Department, Hudson's Bay Company, Winnipeg, Canada.", "Form No. L.S. 103--M-11-19.", In lower right margin: Stovel Company, Limited. Map engravers and publishers, Winnipeg., and Relief shown by hachures.
Abert, John James, 1788-1863, Arnold, Robert M.--Ownership, Hudson's Bay Company, Hudson's Bay Company--Maps, Stansbury, M. H, Stenzel, Franz--Ownership, and Stenzel, Kathryn M.--(Kathryn Mathi
From the collection of Robert M. Arnold., Includes text., and Relief shown by hachures.
Publisher:
U.S. Senate,
Subject (Geographic):
Northwest, Pacific--Maps
Subject (Name):
Abert, John James, 1788-1863, Arnold, Robert M.--Ownership, Hudson's Bay Company, Hudson's Bay Company--Maps, Stansbury, M. H, Stenzel, Franz--Ownership, and Stenzel, Kathryn M.--(Kathryn Mathi
Includes text., Mounted on linen., and Relief shown by hachures.
Publisher:
U.S. Senate,
Subject (Geographic):
Northwest, Pacific--Maps
Subject (Name):
Abert, John James, 1788-1863, Arnold, Robert M.--Ownership, Hudson's Bay Company, Hudson's Bay Company--Maps, Stansbury, M. H, Stenzel, Franz--Ownership, and Stenzel, Kathryn M.--(Kathryn Mathi
John Edward Harriott's memoirs of his travels in the Hudson's Bay Company territories record events at Fort Carlton in 1819 and a trip made that year from Fort Carlton to Fort Edmonton, an 1822 trip from Fort Chesterfield toward the Pacific, an 1823 trip eastward from a fort on the South Branch of the Saskatchewan to Fort Carlton, an attack on Fort Edmonton by the Indians in 1825, and an 1828 trip from York Factory to New Caledonia and the Columbia River.
Description:
Gift of William Robertson Coe. and Original binding.
Subject (Geographic):
Canada--Description and travel, Fort Carlton (Sask.), and Fort Edmonton (Edmonton, Alta.)
Subject (Name):
Harriott, John Edward, 1797-1877 and Hudson's Bay Company
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America--Alberta, Indians of North America--Saskatchewan, and Voyages and travels--History--19th century
The account covers an 1851 trip from Oregon to Salt Lake City by way of Vancouver, the Columbia River, the Blue Mountains, Fort Boise, and Fort Hall. Jennings stayed at Fort Vancouver and wrote about the Rifle Regiment, the Hudson's Bay Company, and Indians. From Vancouver he went by river with R. Wilson, A. McKay, A. McArthur, K. Pritchette, and Lt. W. Wood, and later with Maj. J. Owen. The diary describes Mormons and notes figures in Oregon history. There is a sketch of Mt. Hood. and Typed transcript completely digitized.
Description:
Gift of William Robertson Coe. and Oliver Jennings, daguerreotypist.
Subject (Geographic):
California National Historic Trail, Fort Vancouver (Wash.), Washington (State)--Description and travel, and West (U.S.)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Hudson's Bay Company, Jennings, Oliver, McKay, Alexander, Ogden, Peter Skene, 1790-1854, Pritchette, Kintzing, Wilson, Robert, fl. 1851, Wood, William, fl. 1851, and Young, Brigham, 1801-1877
Subject (Topic):
Frontier and pioneer life--Washington (State), Indians of North America--Northwest, Pacific, and Mormons--Utah
Holograph manuscript diary kept by James Lockhart while employed as a clerk by the Hudson's Bay Company. The diary describes his work in the store and office at Lachine, 1848 Sep-1849 May; a canoe trip from Lachine through the Great Lakes, Winnipeg River, and Winnipeg Lake to York Factory, 1849 May-July; and his work at York Factory, 1849 Jul-Sep. Lockhart includes observations of American Indians encountered in his work and while traveling to York Factory. The diary ends with a single entry for 1852, summarizing his yearly work routine at York Factory. Also present are a shorthand vocabulary and other brief notes. A preliminary page is signed, "James Lockhart, Toronto Academy, 1847 Oct 8."
Description:
Purchased from Peter Decker on the William Robertson Coe Fund, 1960.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Lakes (North America)--Description and travel
