The Countries of the World: Indians of North America ; Arctic regions ; Canada ; Pacific CoastCassell, 1876 |
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Page 146
... company of merchantmen sank into mere hucksters - buyers and sellers of furs - and the last of the great monopolies ceased to be . The sum was paid by Canada as the price of the cession of the political rights and privileges of the ...
... company of merchantmen sank into mere hucksters - buyers and sellers of furs - and the last of the great monopolies ceased to be . The sum was paid by Canada as the price of the cession of the political rights and privileges of the ...
Page 154
... Company , viz . , the North - West Fur Company of Montreal , which was made up of a combination of the chief merchants engaged in the fur trade of Canada . From small beginnings it spread until it became the most powerful organisa- tion ...
... Company , viz . , the North - West Fur Company of Montreal , which was made up of a combination of the chief merchants engaged in the fur trade of Canada . From small beginnings it spread until it became the most powerful organisa- tion ...
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... Company voluntarily , after the North - West competition ceased , abandoned as an article of traffic , though they could get twice the amount of furs at half the price by giving rum for them , Moreover , the Company used to give a ...
... Company voluntarily , after the North - West competition ceased , abandoned as an article of traffic , though they could get twice the amount of furs at half the price by giving rum for them , Moreover , the Company used to give a ...
Contents
THE ARCTIC REGIONS IN GENERAL | 17 |
SEA ICE GLACIERS AND ICEBERGS | 48 |
LIFE IN POLAR LANDS | 71 |
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