Chapter XX

“The Coming of the Pedlars”—A New Race of Wood-rovers
Throngs to the Northwest—Bandits of the Wilds War
Among Themselves—Tales of Border Warfare, Wassail
and Grandeur—The New Northwest Company Challenges
the Authority and Feudalism of the Hudson’s Bay
Company 389

ADDENDA

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Map of Hudson’s First and Second Voyages 22

Map of Hudson’s Third Voyage—Hudson River 46

Map showing Hudson’s and Munck’s Voyages 408

ILLUSTRATIONS

Collier’s Famous Picture of Hudson’s Last Hours _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE

Prince Rupert 10

James II, Duke of York 26

New Amsterdam or New York from an Old Print of 1660 34

Albany from an Old Print 34

The Duke of Marlborough 42

Le Moyne d’Iberville 58

Iberville’s Ship Run Aground Off Nelson in a
Hurricane 74

Churchill Harbor as Drawn by Munck 82

Le Moyne d’Iberville’s French Rangers and Canadian
Wood-runners Besieging Fort Nelson 90

Bienville 106

Photograph of the Copy of Radisson’s Voyage 114

Rupert House 130

Copy of Robson’s Drawing of York Harbor 170

Silver Fox Skins 178

Montagu House 202

Petition of the H. B. C. Signed by Churchill, or
Marlborough 218

Terms of Surrender Between Le Moyne d’Iberville and
Governor Walsh at York Fort 234

Radisson’s House 258

Fort Rae, on Great Slave Lake 362

Traders Leaving Athabasca Landing 378