Red River Settlement: It's Rise, Progress, and Present State
Red River Settlement: It's Rise, Progress, and Present State
Red River Settlement: It's Rise, Progress, and Present State
ROSS, Alexander
Red River Settlement: It's Rise, Progress, and Present State. Limited Edition of 550 copies on large paper. 1856
ROSS, Alexander. The Red River Settlement: Its Rise, Progress, and Present State. With Some Account of the Native Races and Its General History, to the Present Day. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1856.
Frontis. xvi, 416pp. plus 16pp. of publisher's advts., dated March, 1856. . A very good copy. Field 1327. Sabin 73328. The writer has extensive experience with the Native American tribes of the northern Oregon and Washington regions. Scholars commend their work as an objective and thorough account. The text delves into the history of the Hudson's Bay Company and the fur trading industry.