Notes from the Century Before: A Journal from British ColumbiaAccount of author's travels in northern B.C., talks with long-time residents on the history of the area. |
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Page 68
... furs every year . Altogether , counting the take of the inde- pendents and the other Bay posts , $ 175,000 in furs used to leave Telegraph Creek in the spring . A village grew up around his cabin , and the small strike on Gold Pan Creek ...
... furs every year . Altogether , counting the take of the inde- pendents and the other Bay posts , $ 175,000 in furs used to leave Telegraph Creek in the spring . A village grew up around his cabin , and the small strike on Gold Pan Creek ...
Page 132
... furs . I make $ 280 with furs one winter ; sometimes only $ 50 or $ 80 or $ 105 . Spend all money in Telegraph Creek and got no money when I get to Caribou Hide . Now I die any minute , I'm all in , they have to feed me I'm very old , I ...
... furs . I make $ 280 with furs one winter ; sometimes only $ 50 or $ 80 or $ 105 . Spend all money in Telegraph Creek and got no money when I get to Caribou Hide . Now I die any minute , I'm all in , they have to feed me I'm very old , I ...
Page 189
... furs . Next to a butchering table is a screened wooden cache with strips of smoked moose hanging over a bin of blackened wood . There's also a horse sled , and a frame for a weather station , partly equipped . In the second cabin is the ...
... furs . Next to a butchering table is a screened wooden cache with strips of smoked moose hanging over a bin of blackened wood . There's also a horse sled , and a frame for a weather station , partly equipped . In the second cabin is the ...
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New York to Wrangell | 16 |
The Boat the Stikine | 33 |
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