Caesars of the Wilderness

Alexander Mackenzie American Andrew Colvile Archives of Canada arrived Astor Astoria Athabasca Beaver Club became boat brigades British Columbia buffalo Canadian canoes Captain Chief Factor Chief Trader Chipewyan claim clerk Colin Robertson colony Colvile Company of Adventurers Company's Ellice empire England eventually explorer Fidler former Fort Chipewyan Fort William fur trade fur-trade Garry George Simpson Governor Grand Grant HBC's Highland honour horses Hudson's Bay Company hundred ibid Indians John McLoughlin journal entry journey Lachine Lake later liquor London Lord Selkirk Macdonell McTavish Métis miles Mixed Blood monopoly Montreal named never Nor'Westers North West Company northern Norway House NWC's officers Oregon Pacific paddling Pelly pelts pemmican Peter Skene Ogden Portage prairie Red River Rocky Mountain route Royal Rupert's Land Saskatchewan settlement settlers ship Simon Fraser territory Toronto trading posts Vancouver Island Victoria voyageurs wife wilderness William McGillivray Winnipeg winter women wrote York Factory