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THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
In 1849, Thomas Lowe, who was retiring from the HBC, made his way up the Columbia River to Fort Nez Perces #WallaWalla to deliver a boat and goods to that HBC post. #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #WAHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/up-the-columbia/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
From their campsite at the base of the Tulameen Plateau, the outcoming brigades climbed Collin's Gulch on their first leg of the journey over the mountains that separated #Kamloops from #FortLangley. #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #BCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/collins-gulch/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
Joachim Lafleur was a Canadien who was employed for many years at Fort Okanagan. He was known to be very afraid of snakes. #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #WAHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/joachim-lafleur/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
In 1848, Alexander Anderson met John Lee Lewes, a man of the theatre who was known as the "fop of the fur trade." #TheHBCBrigades #Journeys #WAHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/fur-trade-fop/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
In 1848, Chief Factor Peter Skene Ogden reported to Governor Simpson on the effects that the Caliifornia gold rush was having on the HBC headquarters of Fort #Vancouver #WA #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #WAHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/california-gold-rush/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
In 1848, the HBC Brigades passed over the new brigade trail for the first time, and Henry Newsham Peers kept the journal of the rough ride through the mountains that separated #Kamloops from #FortLangley #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #BCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/henry-newsham-peers-journal/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
In 1848, Alexander Anderson led the men of the HBC Brigades north from #FortLangley, heading up the Fraser River to Kequeloose, on their way home to #Kamloops and Fort Alexandria. #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #BCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/1848-brigade/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
In 1847, the Indigenous people who lived on the Columbia plateau near #WallaWalla and elsewhere, were infected by measles. Many died, and those who survived the contagious disease took their revenge on the missionaries who they thought had caused the infestation. #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #WAHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/waiilatpu-massacre/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
One of the most life-changing occurrences on the Columbia River was the measles epidemic that came North with the Indigenous people who visited Sutters post, in #California, in 1846 and 1847. #WAHistory #TheHBCBrigades #Journeys https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/measles-1847/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
A Walla Walla chief named Peu-Peu-Mox-Mox led his men south to the Sacramento River, where at Sutter's Post they contracted measles. On their way home many died, and after they reached home they spread the disease among many of the Indignenous people of the Columbia basin. #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #WAHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/peu-peu-mox-mox/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
When I wrote my first book, I mentioned that the furs had an odour. My beta reader asked me to explain what the furs smelled like. It was an interesting project. #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #HBCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/smell-of-furs/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
The "harangue" was a tradition of the HBC trade, taken from the Indigenous culture and used by the white man to encourage the First Nations people to work harder. All traders used the harangue to communicate with their traders. #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #History https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/harangue/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
As he came down the Fraser River toward #FortLangley in 1846 and in 1847, Anderson saw both the historic Salish Wool Dogs and the blankets that were woven from its wool. #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #Indigenous https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/salish-wool-dog/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
In 1847, Alexander Anderson and. his team of men navigated their way down the Fraser River, using some of the Indigenous bridges that made the journey possible. #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #BCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/native-bridges/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
In 1847, Alexander Anderson and his team of men were guided down the banks of the Fraser River by a group of Indigenous men. Among these men was an Okanagan man named Tsilaxitsa, who showed Anderson the Similkameen trail up the hills behind Boston Bar. #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #BCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/tsilaxitsa-okanagan-chief/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
One of the men who accompanied Alexander Anderson on his exploring expedition was Michel Fallardeau, a long time HBC employee at Fort Alexandria who ended up at the #Kamloops post, where he died. #TheHBCBrigades #BCHistory #Journeys https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/michel-fallardeau/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
In the summer of 1847, Alexander Anderson and his small party of explorers made their way up the Fraser River to Kequeloose, the Indigenous community at the base of the footpath that led travellers past the Canyons of Hell's Gate. #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #BCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/kequeloose-brigade-trail/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
Alexander Anderson named Seton Lake #BC for his first cousin, Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Seton, who had just died in the sinking of the Birkenhead off South Africa. #Journeys #History #TheHBCBrigades https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/alexander-seton/

THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS: FORT VANCOUVER TO HUDSON BAY, 1826-1849
John Greig retired from the HBC in Fort #Victoria, and although he travelled in both the York Factory Express and the HBC Brigades, it was the stories of the Express. that he shared with his settler neighbours. #Journeys #WAHistory #YorkFactoryExpress #TheHBCBrigades https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/john-greig/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
Pahallak was a chief among the Sto:lo who lived on the lower Fraser River in the 1840s. He guided the HBC men around the canyons of the Fraser River, bringing them from the Thompson River south to #FortLangley #Indigenous #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/pahallak/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
Montrose McGillivray was one of the mixed-blood men who accompanied Alexander Anderson on his expedition from #Kamloops to #FortLangley in 1847. Here is his story. #TheHBCBrigades #Journeys #BCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/montrose-mcgillivray/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
In 1847, Alexander Anderson and his small team of men make their way on foot along the south bank of the Thompson River, heading West toward the Fraser. #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #Kamloops #BCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/mighty-thompson-river/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
Provisioning for the HBC brigades was a tough job, as the men had no time to go hunting and yet they must be fed. The boats were loaded with freshly-butchered meat and dried fish, and potatoes, as a result. #TheHBCBrigades #WAHistory #BCHistory #Journeys https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/brigade-provisions/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
In 1847, John Warren Dease, brother of Peter Warren Dease, became sick at Fort #Vancouver but was chased away from the fort by the Chief Factor, who was a doctor. #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #WAHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/john-warren-dease/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
In 1846, a First Nations man had sheltered at Fort Alexandria for the winter. A year or so later he rewarded the HBC's kindness by shooting one of their men as they made their way up the Fraser River near #Quesnel. #TheHBCBrigades #Journeys #BCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/alexis-bellanger/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
From Nicola Valley, the incoming brigades rounded the east end of Nicola Lake and mounted the hills on the north side of the valley. A two day ride brought them to the post of #Kamloops. #Journeys #BCHistory #TheHBCBrigades https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/nicola-lake/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
The Nicola Valley is a large flat grassland that lies between two ranges of hills. It is covered in trails, both Indigenous and HBC brigade trails, and everyone who worked at #Kamloops or who rode out with the Brigades rode through this valley. #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #BCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/nicola-valley/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
At the top of the Tulameen Plateau and just above Rhododendron Flats, Anderson's Tree (which of course was named for Alexander Anderson) sits on the edge of a mountain lake. #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #BCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/andersons-tree/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
Alexander Anderson led his men from #FortLangley to the place where the future Fort Hope would be constructed. East of that place, he and his men followed the Sumallo River to the historic Rhododendron Flats -- a unique grove of California Rhododendron. #TheHBCBrigades #Journeys #BCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/rhododendron-flats/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
In 1846, Anderson returned to #Kamloops via the Fraser River east of #FortLangley. Here is his journal, following his trail up the Nicolum River and through the valley that the Hope Slide now blocks. #Journeys #TheHBCBrigades #BCHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/nicolum-river-hope-slide/