The Adventurers of England on Hudson Bay: A Chronicle of the Fur Trade in the NorthLaut, Agnes C.
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The Adventurers of England on Hudson Bay: A Chronicle of the Fur Trade in the North
Laut, Agnes C.
Fur trade -- Canada; Hudson's Bay Company; Northwest, Canadian -- History
Allen, Captain, take Port Nelson from French, 96;
killed, 97.
Arlington, Earl of, 36.
Assiniboines, or Stone Boilers, tribe of Indians, 29, 104, 106, 112, 115.
Baffin Bay, named after mate of Bylot's ship, 21.
Bailey, Captain, sent to Nelson, 94;
defends fort, 95;
surrenders, 101-2.
Bayley, Charles, governor of Rupert, 48;
on cruise with Radisson, 51;
accuses Radisson and Groseilliers of duplicity, 52.
Blackfeet Indians, 115, 116.
Bond, Captain, 68;
sails for Hudson Bay, 73;
captured by d'Iberville, 92.
Boston, Radisson and Groseilliers at, 32.
Bridgar, John, governor of Rupert, 60;
taken prisoner by Radisson, 63;
released by La Barre, 64;
again governor, 74;
ship captured by d'Iberville, 83-4.
Button, Thomas, sent to search for Hudson, 21.
Bylot, Robert, his search for Hudson, 21.
Cadotte Rapids, 120.
Carteret, Sir George, commissioner, takes Radisson and Groseilliers
to England, 34.
Charles II receives Radisson and Groseilliers, 34, 36.
Charlton Island, where Hudson probably set adrift, 18;
Captain James winters at, 27;
spies marooned, 79.
Chateauguay, d'Iberville's brother, killed at Nelson, 95.
Chesnaye, Aubert de la, fur trader, 54;
fits out expedition, 55.
Chouart, Jean, helps La Chesnaye's expedition, 55;
tricked on board 'Happy Return,' 69;
joins Hudson's Bay Company with the intention of betraying it, 70-2.
Churchill, Lord, Duke of Marlborough, governor of Hudson's Bay Company,
42, 73, 80.
Churchill, port, discovery of, 23;
Danes winter at, 24;
fur traders at, 26;
strength of fort at, 107.
Colbert, minister of France, 53-4.
Cold Rapids, 120.
Colleton, Sir Peter, 36.
Columbia river, explorers on, 7.
Company of the North, 55-6, 72.
Craven, Earl of, 36.
Crooked Rapids, 120.
Dablon, Father, ascends the Saguenay, 28.
Danby Island, 19.
Denonville, M. de, governor of New France, 76.
Dering, Sir Edward, rewarded for pushing claim against France, 90.
Digges, English merchant adventurer, 9;
finances search for Hudson, 21, 22.
Dobbs, Arthur, and the North-West Passage, 110-12.
Drax, Lady Margaret, 36.
Drueilletes, father, ascends the Saguenay, 28.
Evance, Sir Stephen, governor of Hudson's Bay Company, 74, 81, 92.
Fletcher, Captain, 98, 100-1.
Fort Albany, 74, 75, 107;
Péré imprisoned in, 79.
Fort Charles, established by Groseilliers, 39, 49.
Fort Chipewyan, 6.
Fort Edmonton, 7.
Fort Frances, story of a resident of, 19.
Fort Garry, 1.
Fort La Corne, 120.
Fort Moose, 47, 81, 83, 107.
Fox, Captain, 26, 27.
Frontenac, governor of New France, 51;
meets Radisson and Groseilliers, 55.
Geyer, Captain, 68.
Gibbon, Captain, 21.
Gillam, Ben, 58;
arrested in Boston, 64;
becomes a pirate and is executed, 64.
Gillam Island, 58.
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