A daily journal of the voyage of the brig Otter, commanded by Samuel Hill from Boston to the Alaskan coast by way of the Sandwich Islands. Samuel Furgerson describes places visited, natives, and trade with the Indians, particularly along the Alaskan coast and Queen Charlotte Islands. The last entry comes from Thanikyloo Bay. The map, which is in color, shows the path of the brig Otter along the Northwest Coast of America., Gift of William Robertson Coe., Original binding., and Samuel Furgerson: ship's carpenter on trading voyage to the Pacific Northwest.
Subject (Geographic):
Hawaii--Description and travel, Northwest Coast of North America--Maps, Northwest, Pacific--Maps, Pacific Coast (Alaska)--Description and travel, Pacific Coast (B.C.)--Description and travel, and Queen Charlotte Islands (B.C.)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Hill, Samuel and Otter (Brig)
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America--Alaska, Indians of North America--British Columbia, Seafaring life, Seamen--United States, and Voyages and travels--History--19th century
John Edward Harriott's memoirs of his travels in the Hudson's Bay Company territories record events at Fort Carlton in 1819 and a trip made that year from Fort Carlton to Fort Edmonton, an 1822 trip from Fort Chesterfield toward the Pacific, an 1823 trip eastward from a fort on the South Branch of the Saskatchewan to Fort Carlton, an attack on Fort Edmonton by the Indians in 1825, and an 1828 trip from York Factory to New Caledonia and the Columbia River.
Description:
Gift of William Robertson Coe. and Original binding.
Subject (Geographic):
Canada--Description and travel, Fort Carlton (Sask.), and Fort Edmonton (Edmonton, Alta.)
Subject (Name):
Harriott, John Edward, 1797-1877 and Hudson's Bay Company
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America--Alberta, Indians of North America--Saskatchewan, and Voyages and travels--History--19th century
The brig Lydia was on a fur trading voyage from Boston to the northwest coast of North America in 1805-1807, Capt. Samuel Hill in command. Along with the log, the volume contains an account of the rescue of John Thompson and John R. Jewitt from the Indians.
Subject (Geographic):
Northwest Coast of North America
Subject (Name):
Hill, Samuel, Jewitt, John Rodgers, 1783-1821, Lydia (Brig), Thompson, John, and Walker, William, Jr.
Subject (Topic):
Fur trade--Northwest Coast of North America--19th century, Indian captivities, Indians of North America--Northwest Coast of North America, Seafaring life, and Voyages and travels--History--19th century
