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Suzanna Melendez
November 11, 2016
4-6 Primary Sources
Fraser, Simon, and W. Kaye Lamb. 1960. Letters and Journals, 1806-1808. Toronto: Macmillian Co. of Canada.
- Emphasized in his biography, explorer Simon Fraser is one of the most neglected explorers in Canada. While Lewis and Clark explored the Louisiana Territory in 1805-6, Simon crossed the Rocky Mountains and built trading posts. During my research, I want to focus on his journey because Frenchmen that utilized his trading posts were Frenchmen married to native women.
MacDonald, Lois Halliday, Francis Eratinger, and Edward Ermatinger. 1980. Fur Trade Letters of Francis Ermatinger; Written to his brother Edward During his Service with the Hudson’s Bay Company, 1818-1853. Glendale, Calif.: A. H. Clark Co.
- The framework of the scholarship highlights the North Americans fur trade and mountain men. It is important to point out that majority of native women married to French men participated in the fur trade. The scholar utilized letters, post journals, fur trade accounts, and official government documents. My intention is not only to focus on the social history of interracial marriages between native women and French men, but also research the political and economic factors.
Morton, Desmond, and Reginald Herbert Roy. 1972. Telegrams of the North-West Campaign, 1885. Toronto: Champlain Society.
- A critical re-examination of European official interactions between the native populations in North America. The vividly details the violent confrontations between two different societies. He utilized diaries, letters telegrams and other government documents. It will be interesting to research the native women’s position, especially, during these violent altercations.
Petitot, Emile Fortune Stanislas Joseph, John S Moir, Paul Laverdure, Jacqueline Moir 2005. Travels Around Great Slave and Great Lakes, 1862-1882. Toronto: Champlain Society.
- Although the story is set in Canada, the primary sources in the book provided by four Frenchmen explorers are critical to my historiography. Letters, diary entries, essays, artifacts, and a compile of dictionaries and grammar of native languages emphasize their presence not just in America but also in Canada. As I organize my essay, I will try and find connections related with native women despite the difference in location.