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
Kelsey, Henry, 68;
sent to Nelson, 94;
defends fort, 95, 101;
his journey of exploration, 104-6;
searches for Knight, 109.
Kirke, Sir John, 35, 36;
his claim against France, 54.
Knight, James, 81;
governor of Albany, 94;
commissioned to find North-West Passage, 108;
his fate, 109.
La Barre, governor of New France, 63-4.
La Chesnaye, fur trader, in attack on Hudson Bay posts, 81, 84-7.
La Forest, surrenders at Nelson, 96.
La Martinière, 75, 76, 80.
La Vérendrye, establishes fur-trading posts on Red river, 112.
Le Meux, Captain, surrenders at Fort Albany, 93.
Le Moyne brothers, adventurers of New France, 79, 81-3.
See Iberville, Serigny, and Chateauguay.
Middleton, Captain, and the North-West Passage, 111.
Moon, Captain, 93, 111.
Munck, Jens, winters with ship at Churchill, 23-4;
record of voyage, 24-6.
Nelson, Port, Button's crew encamped at, 21;
fur post, 81;
captured, 101;
restored, 107.
See York Factory.
Nepawin, 121.
New France, explorers of, 27;
Jesuits in, 28;
fur trade of, 29.
Nixon, governor at Moose, 74, 75.
Northern Lights, 14 note.
North-West Passage, 9, 22, 40, 107, 108, 110, 111.
Norton, Moses, 108.
Norton, Richard, 108.
Outlaw, Captain John, 58, 68, 73, 77.
Pepys, Samuel, 38.
Péré, Jean, taken prisoner, 78, 79, 84;
his release demanded, 86.
Phipps, William, governor of Port Nelson, 68, 74.
Portman, John, 35.
Radisson, Pierre Esprit, explorer, 8, 19;
hears of Sea of the North, 27;
refused permission to trade, 29;
leaves Three Rivers by night, 29;
goes to Hudson Bay, 29, 30;
furs seized by governor at Quebec, 31;
goes to Port Royal and Boston, 32;
presented to Charles II in England, 34;
receives gold chain and medal, 36;
and the Hudson's Bay Company, 40;
made general superintendent of trade, 48;
returns to England, 49, marries Mary Kirke, 49;
suspected of treachery at Rupert, 51-2;
returns to England, 53;
joins French Navy, 53;
goes again to New France, 54;
leads French expedition to Bay, 55-7;
explores Hayes river, 57;
captures Ben Gillam's fort, 61;
captures Bridgar, 62;
sets out for Quebec with prisoners and booty, 63;
La Barre strips him of ship and booty 64;
returns to Paris, 65;
ordered by France to return fur posts to Hudson's Bay Company, 66;
takes oath of allegiance to England, 67;
returns to the Bay, 68;
returns to England, 70;
goes again to Hudson Bay, 73;
reappointed superintendent of trade, 74;
price set on his head by France, 76;
his claims for services repudiated, 91;
assists Company in claim for damages, 91-2;
death, 106.
Randolph, Mr, of the American Plantations, 64.
Robinson, Sir John, 35, 36.
Romulus, Peter, surgeon, 35, 48.
Rupert, 81;
captured by French, 84.
Rupert, Prince, 36, 42.
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