Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2005-03-12 Public domain in the USA. 105 McLean, John 1799 1890 M'Lean, John Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory. Volume I. Reading ease score: 60.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions, Wallace McLean, William Flis, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory. Volume I." by John M'Lean is a historical account written in the mid-19th century. The narrative chronicles the author's experiences as an Indian trader and an employee of the Hudson's Bay Company, shedding light on the challenging realities of life in the vast and often harsh territories they operated in. M'Lean aims to provide insights into the lives of both the traders and the Indigenous peoples, aiming to reveal the often misunderstood hardships and dynamics in this colonial context. At the start of the narrative, the author outlines his motivations for documenting his experiences—primarily to combat loneliness and share his adventures with friends. He introduces the complexities of trade and the competition faced by the Hudson's Bay Company in a landscape populated by Indigenous tribes, other traders, and colonial rivalries. The opening chapters explore M'Lean's early service, including his interactions with various communities, his insights on the operations of the Hudson's Bay Company, and the cultural and social fabric within which these interactions occurred. Through detailed anecdotes, he sets the stage for a vivid portrayal of life on the frontier, marked by both camaraderie and conflict. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Labrador (N.L.) -- Description and travel Hudson's Bay Company Northwest, Canadian -- Description and travel Indians of North America -- Languages McLean, John, 1799-1890 F1001 Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - General Browsing: Travel & Geography 357877 357457 2024-10-07T05:08:22.141944 2023-09-07T06:55:15.437148 text/html text/html 349865 2020-12-14T07:01:04 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 131177 2020-12-14T07:01:04 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 234859 2024-10-07T05:08:31.315798 application/epub+zip 239614 2024-10-07T05:08:26.334874 application/epub+zip 196668 2024-10-07T05:08:24.802852 application/epub+zip 538544 2024-10-07T05:08:35.209852 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 508394 2024-10-07T05:08:30.342869 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 278261 2022-09-07T21:16:22.729442 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 322858 322721 2024-10-07T05:08:21.487845 2023-09-07T06:55:14.908108 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 322604 2020-12-14T07:01:04 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 124514 2020-12-14T07:01:04 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 322501 2020-12-14T07:01:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 124358 2020-12-14T07:01:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22761 2024-10-07T05:08:35.340812 application/rdf+xml 25083 2024-10-07T05:08:25.439840 image/jpeg 4638 2024-10-07T05:08:25.147901 image/jpeg 232275 2024-10-07T05:08:22.172851 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia