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The conquest of the great Northwest, Volume 1 (of 2): $b Being the story of the adventurers of England known as the Hudson's Bay Company. New pages in the history of the Canadian northwest and western statesLaut, Agnes C.

History

The conquest of the great Northwest, Volume 1 (of 2): $b Being the story of the adventurers of England known as the Hudson's Bay Company. New pages in the history of the Canadian northwest and western states

Name: The conquest of the great Northwest, Volume 1 (of 2): $b Being the story of the adventurers of England known as the Hudson's Bay Company. New pages in the history of the Canadian northwest and western states
Author: Laut, Agnes C.

Laut, Agnes C.

Hudson Bay -- History; Hudson's Bay Company; Northwest, Canadian

Monsr. Calliere did
write the papers hereunto annexed ... ” (there follow the instructions
to return to England as given in the text) ... “which the sd. Monsr.
Calliere dictated ... and the sd. Monsr. Calliere acted in the sd.
affaire by the directions of the Superintendent of Marine affairs in
France.... And the deponent was commanded by the sd. Monsr. Calliere
... to goe to Port Nelson to withdraw the French from thence, And to
restore the same to the English who—he sd.—should be satisfied for the
wrong & damages done them by this deponent ... and this deponent went
in one of the Hudson’s Bay Company ships to Port Nelson and withdrew
the French that were there from that Place, and the sd. Place was then
put into possession of the English ... and the French that withdrew
were brought unto England....

(Signed) Pierre Esprit Radisson London.”

August 1697.

Those who wish a more detailed account of Radisson will find it in
_Pathfinders of the West_. Chouart’s letter will be found in the
appendix of the same volume. _Documents Relatifs a la Nouvelle France_,
Tome I (1492-1712), contains the petitions filed by Radisson and
Groseillers in France.

It has been almost a stock criticism of the shallow nowadays to say
that an author has rejected original authorities, if the author refers
to printed records, or to charge that the author has ignored secondary
authorities, if the writer refers only to original documents. I may
say that I have not depended on secondary authorities in the case of
Radisson, because to refer to them would be to point out inaccuracies
in every second line—an ungrateful tack. But I have consulted and
possess in my own library every book that has ever been printed on the
early history of the Northwest. As for original documents, I spent six
months in London on records whose dust had not been disturbed since
they were written in the sixteen-hundreds. The herculean nature of this
laborious task can best be understood when it is realized that these
records are not open to the public and it is impossible to have an
assistant do the copying. The transcripts had to be done by myself, and
revised by an assistant at night.




CHAPTER XI

1685-1686

WHEREIN THE REASONS FOR YOUNG CHOUART GROSEILLERS’ MYSTERIOUS MESSAGE
TO OUR GOOD FRIEND “PÉRÉ” ARE EXPLAINED—THE FOREST ROVERS OF NEW FRANCE
RAID THE BAY BY SEA AND LAND—TWO SHIPS SUNK—PÉRÉ, THE SPY, SEIZED AND
SENT TO ENGLAND

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Opening the text

History

The conquest of the great Northwest, Volume 1 (of 2): $b Being the story of the adventurers of England known as the Hudson's Bay Company. New pages in the history of the Canadian northwest and western states

Laut, Agnes C.

Hudson Bay -- History; Hudson's Bay Company; Northwest, Canadian

Monsr. Calliere did
write the papers hereunto annexed ... ” (there follow the instructions
to return to England as given in the text) ... “which the sd. Monsr.
Calliere dictated ... and the sd. Monsr. Calliere acted in the sd.
affaire by the directions of the Superintendent of Marine affairs in
France.... And the deponent was commanded by the sd. Monsr. Calliere
... to goe to Port Nelson to withdraw the French from thence, And to
restore the same to the English who—he sd.—should be satisfied for the
wrong & damages done them by this deponent ... and this deponent went
in one of the Hudson’s Bay Company ships to Port Nelson and withdrew
the French that were there from that Place, and the sd. Place was then
put into possession of the English ... and the French that withdrew
were brought unto England....

(Signed) Pierre Esprit Radisson London.”

August 1697.

Those who wish a more detailed account of Radisson will find it in
_Pathfinders of the West_. Chouart’s letter will be found in the
appendix of the same volume. _Documents Relatifs a la Nouvelle France_,
Tome I (1492-1712), contains the petitions filed by Radisson and
Groseillers in France.

It has been almost a stock criticism of the shallow nowadays to say
that an author has rejected original authorities, if the author refers
to printed records, or to charge that the author has ignored secondary
authorities, if the writer refers only to original documents. I may
say that I have not depended on secondary authorities in the case of
Radisson, because to refer to them would be to point out inaccuracies
in every second line—an ungrateful tack. But I have consulted and
possess in my own library every book that has ever been printed on the
early history of the Northwest. As for original documents, I spent six
months in London on records whose dust had not been disturbed since
they were written in the sixteen-hundreds. The herculean nature of this
laborious task can best be understood when it is realized that these
records are not open to the public and it is impossible to have an
assistant do the copying. The transcripts had to be done by myself, and
revised by an assistant at night.




CHAPTER XI

1685-1686

WHEREIN THE REASONS FOR YOUNG CHOUART GROSEILLERS’ MYSTERIOUS MESSAGE
TO OUR GOOD FRIEND “PÉRÉ” ARE EXPLAINED—THE FOREST ROVERS OF NEW FRANCE
RAID THE BAY BY SEA AND LAND—TWO SHIPS SUNK—PÉRÉ, THE SPY, SEIZED AND
SENT TO ENGLAND

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

The conquest of the great Northwest, Volume 1 (of 2): $b Being the story of the adventurers of England known as the Hudson's Bay Company. New pages in the history of the Canadian northwest and western states

The conquest of the great Northwest, Volume 1 (of 2): $b Being the story of the adventurers of England known as the Hudson's Bay Company. New pages in the history of the Canadian northwest and western states

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