Outpost : John Mcloughlin and the Far Northwest

by Morrison, Dorothy Nafus

• ISBN13: 9780875952673
• ISBN10: 0875952674
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-10-01
• Publisher: Univ of Washington Pr

Summary

This gripping, skillfully woven biography tells the story of John McLoughlin, a pivotal Northwest figure known for his blistering temper and compassionate heart.

Table of Contents

Prologue ∼ The House	xv
CANADA
Quebec
The Litigious Frasers, 1746--1778	3	(5)
Across the St. Lawrence, 1778--1798	8	(6)
A Very Young Doctor, 1798--1803	14	(6)
To the Fur Country, 1803	20	(11)
Lords of the Lakes and Forests
The Fur Companies, 1600--1803	31	(7)
Fort Kaministiquia, 1803	38	(5)
An Apprentice Again, 1803--1808	43	(8)
Brother David, 1808--1811	51	(6)
Physician-Clerk, 1808--1814	57	(8)
The Great Fur War
The Honourable Company, 1670--1812	65	(6)
Lord Selkirk's Colony, 1803--1815	71	(10)
The Battle of Seven Oaks, 1815--1816	81	(6)
The Storming of Fort William, 1815--1818	87	(8)
The End of an Era, 1819--1821	95	(8)
Coalition, 1821--1824	103	(12)
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
To the Columbia
John Jacob Astor's Company, 1810--1824	115	(6)
Over the Stony Mountains, 1824	121	(11)
Winter at Fort George, 1824--1825	132	(11)
The Early Years
Up the River, 1825	143	(3)
The First Fort Vancouver, 1825--1828	146	(10)
The Snake Brigade, 1825--1829	156	(10)
Ships and Their Captains, 1825--1828	166	(8)
Establishing Peace, 1828--1829	174	(15)
The Second Fort Vancouver
The Grand Emporium, 1825--1829	189	(10)
An Immensity of Trouble, 1829--1830	199	(7)
The Intermittent Fever, 1830--1832	206	(6)
Moving North, 1829--1834	212	(9)
My Son John, 1825--1834	221	(10)
The End of Isolation
The Boston Ice Man, 1832--1836	231	(11)
The Macedonian Cry, 1834--1840	242	(11)
The Reverend Beaver, 1836--1838	253	(7)
Bonneville, Kelley, and Young, 1834--1836	260	(6)
The Willamette Cattle Company, 1836--1838	266	(5)
Sails and Steam, 1834--1838	271	(6)
Daughters and Sons, 1832--1838	277	(12)
OREGON
The Winds of Change
McLoughlin in England, 1838--1839	289	(9)
Reaching Out, 1839--1840	298	(6)
``The Germe of a Great State,'' 1838--1840	304	(5)
The Stirring of Government, 1841	309	(4)
An American Lieutenant, 1841	313	(6)
Golden California, 1839--1841	319	(10)
Stikine
Upheaval, 1841--1842	329	(5)
Oahu, 1842	334	(5)
A Rack to One's Feeling, 1842--1843	339	(14)
The American Dream
Willamette Valley, 1842	353	(7)
The Wolf Meetings, 1842--1843	360	(5)
Champoeg, 1843	365	(8)
The Provisional Government, 1843	373	(4)
The First Great Immigration, 1843	377	(10)
The Oregon City Land Claim, 1829--1844	387	(12)
The Fall
On His Own, 1844--1845	399	(7)
Yerba Buena, 1841--1845	406	(7)
Joining Hands, 1845	413	(6)
The Trap, 1845	419	(10)
The City Beside the Falls
Starting Over, 1846--1847	429	(7)
The Boundary Treaty, 1846--1847	436	(7)
An American Citizen, 1847--1849	443	(12)
The Companionship of Adders, 1849--1851	455	(9)
A Dieu, 1850--1857	464	(8)
Last Things	472	(11)
Notes	483	(118)
Sources	601	(22)
Index	623