Matonabbee (ca. 1736-1782)

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Glover, Richard
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1983
• Subjects: Biographies; Chipewyan Indians; Cree Indians; Expeditions; Explorers; Fur trade; Hearne; Samuel; 1745-1792; History; Hudson's Bay Company; Inuit-Indian relations; Matonabbee; ca. 1736-1782; Churchill region; Manitoba; Coppermine River; N.W.T./Nunavut; Nunavut; Pacific; Indian; Baffle; Arctic; Chipewyan; Churchill; Cree indians; inuit
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65317

. one may doubt whether either . [Sitting Bull or Tekumseh] was abler than the Chipewyan diplomat, trader, and explorer, Matonabbee - Samuel Hearne's guide on his final, and successful, journey to the Coppermine River. . Nearly all we know about him comes from Hearne, who was so long employed a...