'Corruption' at Moose
On the cold, desolate, wind-swept shore of Hudson Bay, winters were long and there was nothing but brandy and talk to relieve the boredom of the endless ice and the interminable meals of salt geese and dried pease. Tempers grew shorter as the winter lengthened and the new recruits succumbed to the b...
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ftunivcalgary:oai:prism.ucalgary.ca:1880/44177 2023-08-27T04:09:53+02:00 'Corruption' at Moose Pannekoek, Frits, 1949- 1979 8164189 bytes application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/1880/44177 https://doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/29819 eng eng Canada's National History Society University of Calgary Library & Cultural Resources The Beaver, Spring 1979, pp. 5-12 http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/29819 0005-7517 http://hdl.handle.net/1880/44177 Hudson Bay Bayside James Duffield Canada 1740s Rupert's Land James Knight Richard Staunton journal article 1979 ftunivcalgary https://doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/29819 2023-08-06T06:21:48Z On the cold, desolate, wind-swept shore of Hudson Bay, winters were long and there was nothing but brandy and talk to relieve the boredom of the endless ice and the interminable meals of salt geese and dried pease. Tempers grew shorter as the winter lengthened and the new recruits succumbed to the bottle and inevitable melancholia. Rebellions brewed and violence was too often the order of the day. Only a few found life even tolerable. These few lived a careful compromise between the heavily regulated life of the Company fort and the freedom offered by the camps of the 'Home Guard' Indians? those Indians who lived near the fort year-round and provided local food supplies to the Company. Yes Article in Journal/Newspaper Hudson Bay PRISM - University of Calgary Digital Repository Bayside ENVELOPE(-56.882,-56.882,49.567,49.567) Canada Hudson Hudson Bay |
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On the cold, desolate, wind-swept shore of Hudson Bay, winters were long and there was nothing but brandy and talk to relieve the boredom of the endless ice and the interminable meals of salt geese and dried pease. Tempers grew shorter as the winter lengthened and the new recruits succumbed to the bottle and inevitable melancholia. Rebellions brewed and violence was too often the order of the day. Only a few found life even tolerable. These few lived a careful compromise between the heavily regulated life of the Company fort and the freedom offered by the camps of the 'Home Guard' Indians? those Indians who lived near the fort year-round and provided local food supplies to the Company. Yes |
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