The Substance of a Journal during A Residence at The Red River Colony, British North America; and frequent excursions Among the North-West American Indians, in the years 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823.
London. Printed for L.B. Seeley and Son. 1824. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 8vo, 22.2cm, The First Edition, xi,[1],210,[1]p.,(errata), complete with half title, with 3 steel engraved plates, in original quarter sheep backed grey paper over boards, gilt titles along the spine, uncut, small stain on the bottom front corner of the frontis otherwise a fine copy of a rare book, certainly in this condition. (wst) T.P.L. 1307. Lande 1510. Peel (3),156. Sabin 102738. Field 1634. Wagner-Camp 27:1. Streeter 3696. Matthews 1232. Morgan p388. Story p705. One of the earliest accounts of the Red River settlement by the first Protestant missionary appointed to that country. He come to western Canada by way of Hudson's Bay, York Factory and Lake Winnipeg, arriving at the Red River Settlement in 1820. The work offers a good picture of life at the settlement and vicinity during the years 1820 - 1823. During his term of service he visited each year many of the company's stations and in 1823 went overland from Fort York as far north as Fort Churchill. The final chapters deal with the Eskimos of Churchill and with arctic exploration. His journal offers a good picture of the life and travel in the Canadaian West for this period. Item #37635
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