The Fur Trade Gamble: North West Company on the Pacific Slope, 1800 1820

Synopsis

Before Hudson{u2019}s Bay Company Domination, Montreal Entrepreneurs And American John Jacob Astor Vied To Command Northwest Fur Trade. In This Era Of Grand Risk, Controlling The Mouth Of The Columbia River And Developing The China Market Were Major Prizes. Traversing The World In Search Of Profit, These Fur Moguls Gambled Lives And Capital On The Price Of Beaver Pelts, Purchases Of Ships And Trade Goods, International Commerce Laws, And The Effects Of War.--publisher's Website. ?oh Caledonia, Stern And Wild? : Duncan Mcgillivray, Simon Fraser, 1793-1808 -- Into A Heart Of Darkness : David Thompson -- Competing For The Columbia : North West Company On A Slippery Pacific Slope -- ?doing Indian Business? : Spokane House And Okanogan -- War And Robbery At Astoria -- ?a Dull Sailer? : The Tardy Voyage Of The Isaac Todd, 1812 -- The Early ?adventures To China? -- Canton And Return, 1813-1815 -- Maritime And Marital Activities Of The ?other? Columbia -- Final Attempts At Shipping : The Voyage Of The Colonel Allan, 1815-1817 -- ?a Place So Dull And Dreary? : The Interior Fur Trade -- Reforms And Unconvinced Reformers -- Genesis Of Mckenzie{u2019}s Snake Brigades -- The Restoration Of Astoria -- Fort Nez Perces And The Snake Country Hunting Brigades -- ?we Cannot Blame Ourselves Therefore? : A Financial Failure -- Revelations Of Character -- Freemen -- The Human Legacy -- Appendix A. Columbia People -- Appendix B. Business Records. Lloyd Keith And John C. Jackson. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 311-323) And Index.