Freshwater Passages: The Trade and Travels of Peter Pond

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CONTENTS List of Maps vii Preface ix A Note on Maps xiii Introduction: The Methye Portage 1 1. Provincial Soldier 10 2. A Connecticut Yankee’s Pathway to Detroit 31 3. The Great Lakes Trade 51 4. Imagining and Exploring a Continent 68 5. Mississippi Trader 85 6. Partners and Rivals 116 7. Saskatchewan River Trader 140 8. North to Athabasca 156 9. Back East 171 10. The Churchill River and Athabasca, 1781–1784 187 11. Observing the Northwest 207 12. Voyages, Schemes, and Petitions 221 13. Athabasca, 1785–1788 246 14. Final Explorations 273 15. Return 289 16. A New World 303 List of Abbreviations 315 Notes 317 Bibliography 343 Index 355 ...