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  3. New Light on the Early History of the Greater Northwest
    Volume 2
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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    05 September 2015
    02 April 2015
    ISBN:
    9781316018170
    9781108079389
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316018170
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    Dimensions:
    (216 x 140 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.76kg, 602 Pages
    • Subjects:
    American History: General Interest, Historical Geography, History, Colonial American History, History of Native American Peoples
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - North American History
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    Subjects:
    American History: General Interest, Historical Geography, History, Colonial American History, History of Native American Peoples
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - North American History
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    During the 1890s Elliott Coues (1842–1899), one of America's greatest ornithologists, edited several exploration narratives about 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, appeared in 1897 in three volumes. Despite the deep prejudice evident in Henry's writing, Coues judged it a reliable account of his unscrupulous business dealings, and of the harsh realities he observed among many different 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 contains Coues' original Volume 3, a comprehensive index of people and places.

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