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The Book of the West: The story of western Canada, its birth and early adventures, its youthful combats, its peaceful settlement, its great transformation, and its present waysKennedy, Howard Angus

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The Book of the West: The story of western Canada, its birth and early adventures, its youthful combats, its peaceful settlement, its great transformation, and its present ways

Name: The Book of the West: The story of western Canada, its birth and early adventures, its youthful combats, its peaceful settlement, its great transformation, and its present ways
Author: Kennedy, Howard Angus

Kennedy, Howard Angus

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III. THE WHITE MAN COMES EXPLORING                                 23
           _Indians Hear Strange News, 23. Why the White Man
        Crossed the Sea, 25. French Ascend the St. Lawrence, 26.
        La Salle, 27. English Discover Hudson Bay, 25. Radisson
        and Groseillers reach the West, 31. Hudson’s Bay Company
        Started, 33._

    IV. THE REIGN OF KING BEAVER                                      35
           _His Achievements, Dead and Alive, 35. “Rupert’s Land,”
        37. Trading on the Bay Shore, 39. French Opposition, 40.
        Forest Runners, 41. The Vérendryes, 41. First Sight of the
        Mountains, 43. The English Strike Inland, 44. Indians on
        Horseback, 45. Hearne Reaches the Arctic Sea, 47. Eskimo
        Massacred by Indians, 48._
           _The Rival North-west Company, 49. Mackenzie Crosses to
        the Pacific, 50. Thompson Descends the Columbia, 50.
        Fraser of Fraser River, 51. The Companies at War, 52. Lord
        Selkirk’s Colony on Red River, 53. Battle of Seven Oaks,
        55. The Rivals Join Forces, 56. Company Rule Extended to
        the Pacific, 56. The Fur Trader’s Life, 56. Travel by Land
        and Sea, 57. Perils of the Straits, 57._
           _The West as Paul Kane saw it in 1847, 60. Isolation of
        Red River, 61. Slaughter of Men and Buffalo, 61. The Cree
        and Blackfoot Feud, 62. Indian Dance and Horse Race, 63._
           _Tragedy of Arctic Exploration, 64. Fate of Franklin,
        65. North-west Passage Found, 66. Amundsen Gets Through,
        66._

     V. THE FARTHEST WEST                                             68
           _North-west Passage Hunt not Wasted, 68. Drake on the
        Pacific Coast, 69. Captain Cook, 69. British and Spanish
        on Vancouver Island, 70. United States Frontier Fixed, 71.
        Company’s Forts and Farming, 72. Dogs Bred for Wool, 72.
        Indian Sports and Slavery, 73. Flat-Heads, 74._
           _First White Colony, 75. The Gold Rush, 75. Company
        Rule Ended, 76. British Justice, 79. Coal Found, 81.
        Federation with Canada, 81. The Hog of San Juan, 82._

    VI. THE WINDOWS OPENED                                            83
           _Exploring for Homes, 83. “Paradise of Fertility,” 84.
        The Door Still Shut, 84. Toleration of Savagery, 85.
        Alexander Henry, 86. Indians and Christianity, 86. A Peace
        Maker, 87. Rupert’s Land Enters Dominion, 88. Trouble on
        Red River, 89. Wolseley’s Expedition, 90._

   VII.  THE MOUNTED POLICE                                           91
           _New Danger on the Frontier, 91. Mounted Police
        Organized, 92. Campaign against Whiskey Smugglers, 93.
        Indians make Treaty, 93. Redcoats and Redskins, 94. Sioux
        from the States, 96._

                             THE GREAT DIVIDE

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