The Hudson's Bay Fur Company Route to California was the fur trappers' and traders' road in the 1820s, '30s, and '40s from Fort Vancouver (now in Washington) to San Francisco and beyond. Until publication of this book, there had been little documentation of the trail. Such giants of the route as Jedediah Smith and Peter Skene Ogden have come down in history. But the leaders on the trail were indifferent reporters and their followers -- an ethnic crazy quilt of Englishmen, Scots, Irish, French-Canadians, Mexicans, black Americans, Iroquois, Abenaki, half-breeds, and kanakas from Hawaii -- were lucky if they could write their names. Nevertheless, the explorations, the discoveries, the incredible hardships, the adventures, the occasional humor which lit up the treks like sun after a heavy rain -- all interweave to make this a towering tale, its truth attested by the primary sources which Richard Dillon has researched.

Siskiyou Trail: The Hudson's Bay Company route to California (The American trail series)

Travel

Dillon, Richard H.

United States

McGraw=Hill

Recounts the story of the conflict between the Great Plains and Prairie Indians and the white settlers, and looks at major clashes, including Grattan's Massacre and Wounded Knee

Indian Wars 1850-1890

History

Americas

Bookthrift Co

Describes the battles of the tribes of American Indians to preserve their traditional ways of life and resist the intrusion of the white settlers

North American Indian Wars

GALLERY BOOKS

Indian Wars: 1850-1890

Park South Books

Ha many illustrations, mostly black &amp; white, with 45 in color, most are drawings or paintings, some are photos, plus 10 color maps. Includes index, chronology and chart of Indian population by state. Covers all major battles between Europeans and Native Americans from 1492-1891.

Facts on File, Inc.

In the tradition of his award-winning biographies, Meriwether Lewis and Fool's Gold, acclaimed historian Richard Dillon recreates the life of one of frontier America's most gifted lawmen, James B. Hume. Dillon paints a vivid picture of Hume, the greatest of Wells, Fargo and company's detectives, who ranged all over the West in search of robbers of the firm's express shipments. Formerly a sheriff in California's Mother Lode gold mining country, Hume did not operate in the usual manner of most western lawmen. Instead of using his gun in apprehending badmen, this courageous lawman preferred to rely on his brains. In collaboration with famed San Francisco policeman Isaiah Lees, Hume pioneered scientific detection in law enforcement in the American West-a science later known as criminology. In one of history's most fascinating arrests, Hume used a laundry mark to track down Black Bart, the poetry writing stagecoach robber. "Dillon...has written a colorful biography of an Indiana farm-boy, James Hume, who heeded the 'Go West' cry of his time...Dillon's portrait of the man is remarkably human and rounded." -Publishers Weekly "In a fast-paced story, historian Dillon gives life to this remarkable Wells, Fargo detective. While all the excitement of the chase is here, Dillon also gives a sensitive view of the whole man." -American West "Richard Dillon always writes with an adroit selection of words and phrases. In Wells, Fargo Detective he adds sardonic humor by reprinting extracts from the amazingly cold and stormy love letters Hume wrote his 'intended.'" -Arizona and the West "This biography by Richard Dillon reads as smoothly as a novel. He used James Hume's own letters and diaries...He not only relates the fascinating events of Hume's public life but mines his personality as well and finds a heroic and likable figure." -Carmon Friedrich

Wells, Fargo Detective: The Biography of James B. Hume

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Univ of Nevada Pr

Scenes of the Sacramento River Delta, including rural homes and abandoned towns, accompany a description of the area's history

Delta Country

Presidio Pr

Hatchet Men

Comstock Book Distributors

Humbugs and Heroes: A Gallery of California Pioneers

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Bookpeople

Captain John Sutter: Sacramento Valley's Sainted Sinner

Western Tanager Pr

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