The records of the Hudson's Bay Company, from various company stations, include: "Fort Pelly Scroll Book, Outfit 1868," various accounts and equipment lists (39 p.); "Journal of Daily Occurrences kept at the Honble. the Hudsons Bay Company's Last Mountain House," 1869-70 (49 p.); "Journal of Daily Events at Fort Qu'Appelle," 1872-79 (2 v.); and "Standing Rules and Regulations of the Honble. Hudson's Bay Company's Fur Trade Established by the Council for the Northern Department of Ruperts Land," 1873-1875 (64 p.), including regulations enacted 1843-1875. 4 items.
Subject (Geographic):
Fort Pelly (Sask.), Fort Qu'appelle (Sask.), and Last Mountain House (Sask.)
Subject (Topic):
Fur trade--Northwest, Canadian--History--19th century
The records of the Hudson's Bay Company, from various company stations, include: "Fort Pelly Scroll Book, Outfit 1868," various accounts and equipment lists (39 p.); "Journal of Daily Occurrences kept at the Honble. the Hudsons Bay Company's Last Mountain House," 1869-70 (49 p.); "Journal of Daily Events at Fort Qu'Appelle," 1872-79 (2 v.); and "Standing Rules and Regulations of the Honble. Hudson's Bay Company's Fur Trade Established by the Council for the Northern Department of Ruperts Land," 1873-1875 (64 p.), including regulations enacted 1843-1875. 4 items.
Subject (Geographic):
Fort Pelly (Sask.), Fort Qu'appelle (Sask.), and Last Mountain House (Sask.)
Subject (Topic):
Fur trade--Northwest, Canadian--History--19th century
Doylestown (Penn.), New Mexico, Pennsylvania, and Santa Fe (N.M.)
Collection Created:
William Watts Hart Davis, attorney, editor, military officer, and historian, was born on July 28, 1820 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He served in the Mexican War and Civil War and as a government official in the Territory of New Mexico (1853-1857)
A manuscript map of the region that Ten Broeck traveled through and described, drawn by Ernest Backus and inscribed to his wife, accompanies the report. The map also displays the route finally settled on for the wagon route. and Manuscript copy of an account kept by Peter G. Stuyvesant Ten Broeck, 1852 Mar 25-Apr 7, during his exploration of the northeast Arizona region where the Hopi live, transcribed and annotated by Major Backus on April 23, 1852. The report describes the six day journey by Ten Broeck and his military party to the Hopi village, Ten Broeck's first impressions of the Hopi village, and his observations of a Hopi dance ceremony intended to encourage rain for recently planted crops. Ten Broeck records the government, customs, beliefs, dress, family structure, and agricultural practices of the Hopi as well as their creation story. The account includes a description of the trip back to Fort Defiance as well events which occurred upon the party's return, including an apparent theft from two Mexican boys by a band of Indians, and the military's subsequent violent attempt to find the accused. Five pages of the account analyze a Navajo creation story, and discuss beliefs gleaned from the fort's Navajo interpreter, Santiago. A note from Backus appended to the manuscript indicates that the account was prepared for Backus's family and friends as entertainment.
Description:
Peter G. Stuyvesant Ten Broeck was a surgeon in the United States Army, and was stationed at Fort Defiance in Arizona. In 1852 he was ordered by Major Ernest Backus to investigate a practicable wagon route to the Moqui (Hopi) village, and to report on the manners, customs, and history of the Hopi people. and Purchased from William Reese Co. on the Walter McClintock Memorial Fund, 2003.
Subject (Geographic):
Fort Defiance (Ariz.)
Subject (Name):
Backus, Ernest and Ten Broeck, Peter G. Stuyvesant
Subject (Topic):
Hopi dance, Hopi Indians--Agriculture, Hopi Indians--Arizona--Social life and customs, Hopi Indians--Government relations, Hopi Indians--Politics and government, Hopi Indians--Religion, Hopi Indians--Rites and ceremonies, Hopi language, Hopi mythology, Kachinas, and Navajo Indians--Religion and mythology
Holograph manuscript journal, with corrections and revisions, illustrated with drawings and maps in watercolors and in pen and ink. Volume one describes Olmsted's experiences as a passenger on the whaler North America during a voyage from New London, Connecticut, to Honolulu. Volume two continues his account of his stay in Honolulu and describes his return voyage, with several missionaries, to New York on the cargo vessel Flora. Accompanying volume two are six additional sheets written in holograph. The journal, revised and with new illustrations, was published as Incidents of a Whaling Voyage (New York: D. Appleton, 1841).
Alternative Title:
Incidents of a whaling voyage.
Description:
Title written as: Journal of a Voyage Around Cape Horn, 1840.
Subject (Geographic):
Hawaii--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Flora (Barque : New York) and North America (Whaler : New London, Conn.)
Holograph manuscript journal, with corrections and revisions, illustrated with drawings and maps in watercolors and in pen and ink. Volume one describes Olmsted's experiences as a passenger on the whaler North America during a voyage from New London, Connecticut, to Honolulu. Volume two continues his account of his stay in Honolulu and describes his return voyage, with several missionaries, to New York on the cargo vessel Flora. Accompanying volume two are six additional sheets written in holograph. The journal, revised and with new illustrations, was published as Incidents of a Whaling Voyage (New York: D. Appleton, 1841).
Alternative Title:
Incidents of a whaling voyage.
Description:
Title written as: Journal of a Voyage Around Cape Horn, 1840.
Subject (Geographic):
Hawaii--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Flora (Barque : New York) and North America (Whaler : New London, Conn.)
The journal describes an 1849 voyage from Boston to San Francisco via Cape Horn on the Brig Colorado with lenghty stops at St. Catherines, Bermuda and Valparaíso, Chile. True comments daily on the weather, living conditions, and the passenger's amusements, which included producing and reading aloud a weekly paper, The Boston and California Pioneer. True often discourses on religion and describes the characters of passengers and crew. The journal includes a passenger list and notes ships met or sited. True's diary ends before the ship reaches San Francisco.
Description:
For another account of this voyage see Samuel Brackett's Journal of a Voyage from Boston to California (WA MSS S-1417). and The journal is annotated in pencil in what seems to be a much later hand. There are several pages of text following the diary which date from the 1860s.
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