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035. Some Notes on Bytown and the Fur Trade  

A look at the effects of the fur trade on Bytown along with the families who took up the fur trade in the National Capital Region and eventually made Bytown and Ottawa a centre of the trade. Written by Michael Newton whose interest was sparked by a report he prepared in 1987 on the Charron House in Hull's Jacques Cartier Park. Introduction by E.P. Laberge, Past Chairman of the Publications Committee.

January 1991.

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Author: Michael Newton
Copyright: January 1991
Pages: 36 pages
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Historical Language Advisory : No serious discussion on the affects of the fur trade on the indigenous population. Pg 1, para 2 "...Indians...", pg 1 para 3 "...Gabriel Foubert and his wife...", pg 2, para 2 "...Sieur Foubert et sa femme...", pg 2, para 3 "...natives...", pg 2, para 5 "...natives...", pg 5, para 4 "...aboriginal...", pg 5, para 6 "...Indians...", pg 6, map "Squaw Bay", pg 6, map "Native artifacts found.", pg 6, map "Native artifacts found here...", pg 7 map "Indian camp site...", pg 7, map "Squaw Bay...", pg 8, para 1 "...Indians...", pg 8, para 3 "...Indian...", pg 8, para 4 "...HBC men...", pg 9, para 1 "...former master...", pg 9, para 1 "...native...", pg 9, para 3 "...from shantymen...", pg 9, para 3 "...shantymen...referred to as "shanty gentry.", pg 10, para 4 "...Indians...", pg 11, para 3 "...Indian...", pg 11, para 5 " ...native peoples...", pg 12, para 1 "...Mrs. Andrew MacPherson, the native wife...", pg 12, para 2 "...Mrs Andrew MacPherson...", pg 12, para 3 "...Mrs. MacPherson...native peoples...", pg 12, para 4 "Mrs. MacPherson...", pg 12, para 5 "...épouse d'André McPherson...", pg 13, para 1 "...Indians by marriage...Mrs. McPherson's...", pg 13, para 2 "...Mrs. McPherson's...", pg 13, para 3 "...Mrs. McPherson's...selling whiskey to the natives.", pg 13, para 4 "...married to the natives.", pg 14, para 1 "...canoemen...Indians.", pg 14, para 4 "...married to a native...", pg 15, para 2 "...native peoples...", pg 15, para 3 "...Indians...", pg 15, para 4 "...Indian-Métis...", pg 15, para 5 "...Indians...", pg 16, para 2 "...later Métis or mixed marriage traders...", pg 16, para 3 "...Indian Mission at Oka...were legitimatized by this marriage...McGregor moved his family...", pg 16, para 4 "...half-Indians of "French extractions"...men employed at...", pg 17, para 1 "The natives...lumbermen as canoemen...Indians...canoemen..."The natives"...canoemen...", pg 17, para 2 "...natives' fur hunts.", pg 18, para 2 "...natives...natives...", pg 19, para 2 "...natives...", pg 19, para 3 "...natives, crew of men...natives...", pg 19, para 4 "...native craft...", pg 20, para 2 "...by Indians.", pg 20, para 3 "...aboriginal burial ground.", pg 20, para 4 "...Mme. Viau...native...HBC men...", pg 21, para 1 "...shantymen...canoemen...natives..."