Overland to Cariboo: An Eventful Journey of Canadian Pioneers to the Gold-fields of British Columbia in 1862An account of the first overland journey from Fort Garry to the Cariboo. Includes an account of the state of the Cariboo district at the time of writing and biographical sketches of some of those who took part in the arduous trek. |
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A. L. FORTUNE animals Ann's ARCHIBALD MCNAUGHTON arrival Assiniboine banks BARKERVILLE British Columbia buffalo CABIN CABIN CABIN camp canoes canyon CARIBOO GOLD ESCORT claim companions crossed danger District drowned Edmonton ESCORT IN 1862 Expedition of 1862 feet flour Fort Edmonton Fort Garry Fort George Fraser River Garry GEORGE CHRISTIE TUNSTALL Georgetown heart horses Hudson's Bay Company Indians JAMES WATTIE JOHN ANDREW MARA JOHN BOWRON JOHN FANNIN joined the Overland Kamloops Lake St lariats LILLOOET MARGARET MCNAUGHTON Messrs miles miners mining Montreal party OLD CARIBOO ROAD Overland Expedition Overland party oxen passed pemmican plains portrait Queenston Quesnelle Mouth rafts rapids reached Cariboo RED RIVER CART Red River Settlement ROBERT BURNS MCMICKING rock Rocky Mountains salmon Saskatchewan Sawney shillin's shore side son's Bay stream Symington Symington's party Tête Jaune Cache Thomas McMicking Thompson River toils Toronto trail travellers trees Victoria weary WESTMINSTER WILLIAM FORTUNE Yale