Produced by David Widger INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG WORKS OF WASHINGTON IRVING Compiled by David Widger CONTENTS THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW LITTLE BRITAIN ## ASTORIA ## THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN BONNEVILLE ## OLD CHRISTMAS ## THE SKETCH BOOK OF GEOFFREY CRAYON, GENT. ## THE CRAYON PAPERS ## THE CONQUEST OF GRANADA ## THE STUDENT'S LIFE OF WASHINGTON; CONDENSED THE LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, VOL I (of V) ## ABBOTSFORD AND NEWSTEAD ABBEY ## OLIVER GOLDSMITH LIFE AND VOYAGES OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS (VOL. II) ## WOLFERT'S ROOST AND MISCELLANIES ## KNICKERBOCKER'S HISTORY OF NEW YORK ## TALES OF A TRAVELLER ## BRACEBRIDGE HALL, OR THE HUMORISTS ## THE ALHAMBRA ## SPANISH PAPERS TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES ASTORIA; OR, ANECDOTES OF AN ENTERPRISE BEYOND THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS By Washington Irving CONTENTS AUTHOR�S INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I. -- Objects of American Enterprise.-Gold Hunting and Fur Trading.-Their Effect on Colonization.-Early French Canadian Settlers.- Ottawa and Huron Hunters.-An Indian Trading Camp. Coureurs Des Bois, or Rangers of the Woods.-Their Roaming Life.-Their Revels and Excesses.- Licensed Traders. Missionaries.-Trading Posts.-Primitive French Canadian Merchant.-His Establishment and Dependents.-British Canadian Fur Merchant.-Origin of the Northwest Company.-Its Constitution.-Its Internal Trade.-A Candidate for the Company.-Privations in the Wilderness.-Northwest Clerks. Northwest Partners.-Northwest Nabobs.- Feudal Notions in the Forests.-The Lords of the Lakes.-Fort William.-Its Parliamentary Hall and Banqueting Room.-Wassailing in the Wilderness. CHAPTER II. -- Rise of the Mackinaw Company.-Attempt of the American Government to Counteract Foreign Influence Over the Indian Tribes.-John Jacob Astor.-His Birth-Place.-His Arrival in the United States.-What First Turned His Attention to the Fur Trade.-His Character, Enterprises, and Success.-His Communications With the American Government.-Origin of the American Fur Company CHAPTER III. -- Fur Trade in the Pacific-American Coasting Voyages- Russian Enterprises.-Discovery of the Columbia River.-Carver's Project to Found a Settlement There.-Mackenzie's Expedition.-Lewis and Clarke's Journey Across the Rocky Mountains-Mr. Astor's Grand Commercial Scheme.- His Correspondence on the Subject With Mr. Jefferson.-His Negotiations With the Northwest Company.-His Steps to Carry His Scheme Into Effect. CHAPTER IV. -- Two Expeditions Set on Foot.-The Tonquin and Her Crew.- Captain Thorn, His Character.-The Partners and Clerks- Canadian Voyageurs, Their Habits, Employments, Dress, Character, Songs-Expedition of a Canadian Boat and Its Crew by Land and Water.-Arrival at New York.- Preparations for a Sea Voyage.-Northwest Braggarts.-Underhand Precautions- Letter of Instructions.