Wisconsin Historical Collections, Volume XIX: Mackinac Register of Baptisms and Interments, 1695-1821; A Wisconsin Fur-Trader's Journal, 1804-04; The

This essential volume of the highly esteemed Wisconsin Historical Collections is divided into four separate parts relating to the early fur trade in the Great Lakes region. The fur-trader's journal was written by Francois Victor Malhoit. Malhoit was a clerk assigned to a post at Lac Du Flambeau, among the wild Chippewa. In clear, vigorous language, he narrates the events of his daily like; drunken bouts among the savages, transportation of goods over a difficult portage, constant isolation and loneliness. The last two sections contain letters of the early leaders in the fur trade such as Alexander Henry and John Jacob Astor.

Author: Reuben Gold Thwaites
Publisher: Heritage Books
Published: 02/01/2013
Pages: 590
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.48lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.19d
ISBN: 9780788414435

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