Reading through the final proofs of my book, and I'm very excited to see how my colleagues respond to it. I have a lot of new readings of pretty well-worn texts, but I think they form a coherent picture.
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This article draft has gotten so unwieldy that I need to start a new document to put everything in order. Using this opportunity to try to switch to #LibreOffice in my research. :bugcatworkwithease:
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Even though I've had it at the top of my profile for the past two [bleeping] years, I've just now sent off the first post-dissertation draft of "The Prose Lives of Venantius Fortunatus" to Amsterdam University Press.
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FUR TRADE STORIES FROM THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS:
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In 1846 and 1847, Thomas Lowe led out the York Factory Express, and his journals play an important role in my book, The York Factory Express: Fort Vancouver to Hudson Bay, 1826-1849. But while he was at Fort #Vancouver, he also wrote about other journeys made by the York Factory Express men. https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/thomas-lowe-2/ -
Today, my main #writing task is going through the whole WIP and resolving little notes-to-self like "cite so-and-so here" and "delete everything and start over."
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THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
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Finan McDonald, the burley red-haired clerk that once worked for David Thompson, had adventures everywhere he went. But this is an adventure that he would not enjoy... https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/finan-mcdonald-2/ -
THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS OF THE FUR TRADE
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It was a tradition in the fur trade everywhere that when a group of HBC men crossed a height of land, they built a *maypole tree* for the man who was in charge of the expedition. There were maypole trees everywhere.... https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/andersons-tree/ -
THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
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When I wrote the book, I did not fully understand where this particular journey came from -- the 1835 York Factory Express journal written by James Douglas has an interesting backstory. https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/connecting-stories/ -
THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS OF THE FUR TRADE
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On the road between Hope and Princeton #BC is a special spot that I enjoy stopping at, especially in the last weeks of May and first of June, when the flowers are in bloom. https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/rhododendron-flats/ -
THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
#AmWritingHistory The most difficult part of the outgoing York Factory Express was the climb over the Rocky Mountains, from Boat Encampment to Jasper's House. #HistoricJourney https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/fourth-leg/ -
THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS OF THE FUR TRADE
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One of the fur trade expeditions that Anderson made in 1846, was by the Nicolum River east of #Hope #BC, following the highway as far as the Hope Slide, and a little beyond. Imagine this valley with no slide... #HistoricJourney #AmWritingHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/nicolum-river-hope-slide/ -
THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
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Some writers say that in the 1840s, when William Sinclair Jr. accompanied James Douglas to the Fraser River, that he was an experienced waterman. Not so. He was a kid. He was James Douglas's clerk-secretary. #HBCHistory #AmWritingHistory #HistoricJourney https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/william-sinclair-jr/ -
THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
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The Grand Coulee, an amazing red-rocked canyon created two million years ago by the violent smashing of an ice-dam that resulted in a flood of Biblical proportions and carved waterfalls and river beds through what is now Washington State... #HistoricJourney #AmWritingHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/grand-coulee/ -
THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS OF THE FUR TRADE
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Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Seton was a hero who died in the sinking of the Birkenhead off False Bay, near Cape Town, in November 1852. His cousin, A.C. Anderson, named Seton Lake #BC and Birkenhead [now Seton] Portage for him. #HBCHistory #AmWritingHistory #HistoricJourney https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/alexander-seton/ -
Funny research quandary today: I wanted to make the case that a certain medieval author used a specific word in a specific passage in order to call back to a thematically similar gospel passage.
Turns out the Vulgate uses the word, but almost every single author contemporary with mine DROPS THE SPECIFIC WORD I'M LOOKING FOR when quoting the gospel passage.
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THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
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How did the Sioux Island Rapid get its name? Henry James Warre named it, but as he came from Britain (and his partner, Vavasour, from eastern Canada), they mistranslated the voyageurs' word Sault, for Sioux. #HBCHistory #AmWritingHistory #HistoricJourney https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/sioux-island-rapid/ -
THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS OF THE FUR TRADE
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In 1846, A.C. Anderson explored for a new brigade trail, following the rugged north shores of Seton and Anderson Lakes to #FortLangley #BC -- of course, this cross country expedition only proved that this series of lakes would never work as a Brigade trail. But if you wonder why the lakes carry those two names.... #HBCHistory #AmWritingHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/anderson-seton-lakes/ -
THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
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James Douglas was a clerk when he led out the York Factory Express to Hudson Bay in 1835, although he returned to the west as a Chief Trader. #HBCHistory #HistoricJourney #AmWritingHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/clerk-james-douglas/ -
HBC BRIGADES, PETER WARREN DEASE'S 1831 JOURNAL:
"Left the Fort afternoon, & put up near the Nez Perces River [Snake]
"13. Strong side wind. Encamped below the White Bluffs [Hanford Reach]
"14. Encamped above the Bluffs, traded some salmon. Learn from Indians that 2 of the New Caledonia horses had run away from Okanagan & could not be overtaken by Gregoire, who was out 3 days after them. Two Indians were gone in search of them.
"15. Got up Priests Rapids... #HistoricJourney #AmWritingHistory -
THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
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This is Sioux Island Rapid, according to Henry James Warre. But there was no Sioux Island Rapids where this rapid is supposed to be -- *Sioux* was *Sault,* which meant rapids. Figuring out these stories is so much fun! #HBCHistory #AmWritingHistory #HistoricJourney https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/sioux-island-rapid/ -
THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS OF THE FUR TRADE
Brigade Trails were never just trails through the brush and over the mountains ranges: as they carried horses through the territory, there were certain necessary requirements that the trails must obey. #HBCHistory #AmWritingHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/hbc-brigades/ -
HBC BRIGADES, PETER WARREN DEASE'S 1831 JOURNAL:
"Put up opposite the Big Island, 2 dishes lost on the way down were found & brought by the Natives, who were recompensed for their honesty.
"10. The Weather very warm. One of the men (Joyale) fell over the side of the Boat & hurt himself, off duty.
"11. Arrived at Fort Nez Perces #WallaWalla #WA at midday. Delivered the outfit of the Post. Made out a new distribution of the ladings of the Boats. Mr. Kittson.... #HistoricJourney #AmWritingHistory -
THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
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From Fort Nez Perces #WallaWalla #WA the outgoing York Factory Express continued their journey upriver to Fort Colvile, near modern day #Spokane #HBCHistory #AmWritingHistory #HistoricJourney https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/second-leg/ -
THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS OF THE FUR TRADE
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Priests' Camp, above Summerland, BC, a historic spot where the men of the outgoing Brigades often stopped to rest and visit. #AmWritingHistory #HistoricJourney https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/priests-camp/ -
THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
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A jump backwards: I forgot to post the two journals that led the York Factory Express men from the east side of the Cascades to Fort Nez Perces #WallaWalla -- so here they are! #HBCHistory #AmWritingHistory #HistoricJourney https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/ten-half/ -
THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS OF THE FUR TRADE
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This is how Chief William, Chief of the Secwepemc people who lived near Williams Lake, #BC, is shown in the HBC journals of the time. He worked for the HBC. #HistoricJourney #AmWritingHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/chief-william/ -
HBC BRIGADES, PETER WARREN DEASE'S 1831 JOURNAL:
"A strong aft wind, one of the Boats was injured & obliged to put ashore to repair. Stopped 3 hours by the wind & reached the Islands below the Dalles, where we put up for the night.
"6th. Got to the Dalles. In towing the boats up the little Channel one of them filled, nothing lost. With the assistance of the Natives got over the Portage at 3 pm, left that and Encamped near the Chutes portage. Some salmon was... #HistoricJourney #AmWritingHistory -
THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
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Joe Burke went out to Hudson Bay in Thomas Lowe's York Factory Express. I later discovered who he was: botanist Joseph Burke who was employed at Kew Gardens! He brought home their Golden Chestnut. #HBCHistory #HistoricJourney #AmWritingHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/joe-burke/ -
THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, AND PERILOUS JOURNEYS OF THE FUR TRADE
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The Outgoing Brigade at #FortStJames in 1843, when A.C.Anderson took the place of Peter Skene Ogden, who had taken out the Express that year. #HBCHistory #HistoricJourney #AmWritingHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/fort-st-james/ -
HBC BRIGADES, PETER WARREN DEASE'S 1831 JOURNAL:
"Today a Keg Wine was brought of Fort Colvile outfit, for which the Indians were recompensed to encourage them in the search. This afternoon Mr. Francis Annance with the 2 boats came back from Fort #Vancouver #WA Being late and no room at the upper end of the Portage for the property, the pieces were not carried across. The Indians who rendered us service were rewarded and seemed to be well satisfied with... #HistoricJourney #AmWritingHistory