PART IV THE AMERICAN INVASIONS

12. THE INVASION OF 1775*
By C. Frederick Hamilton.

13. BATTLEFIELDS OF 1812-14*
By William Wood.

PART V THE RED MAN IN CANADA

14. PONTIAC: THE WAR CHIEF OF THE OTTAWAS*
By Thomas Guthrie Marquis.

15. BRANT: THE WAR CHIEF OF THE SIX NATIONS
By Louis Aubrey Wood.

16. TECUMSEH: THE LAST GREAT LEADER OF HIS PEOPLE*
By Ethel T. Raymond.

PART VI PATHFINDERS AND PIONEERS

17. THE 'ADVENTURERS OF ENGLAND' ON HUDSON BAY
By Agnes C. Laut.

18. PATHFINDERS OF THE GREAT PLAINS
By Lawrence J. Burpee.

19. PIONEERS OF THE PACIFIC COAST*
By Agnes C. Laut.

20. ADVENTURERS OF THE FAR NORTH
By Stephen Leacock.

21. THE UNITED EMPIRE LOYALISTS
By W. Stewart Wallace.

22. THE RED RIVER COLONY*
By Louis Aubrey Wood.

23. THE CARIBOO TRAIL*
By Agnes C. Laut.

PART VII POLITICAL FREEDOM AND NATIONALITY

24. THE 'FAMILY COMPACT'*
By W. Stewart Wallace.

25. THE REBELLION IN LOWER CANADA*
By A. D. DeCelles.

26. THE TRIBUNE OF NOVA SCOTIA*
By William L. Grant.

27. THE WINNING OF POPULAR GOVERNMENT*
By Archibald MacMechan.

28. THE FATHERS OF CONFEDERATION*
By Sir Joseph Pope.

29. THE DAY OF SIR JOHN MACDONALD*
By Sir Joseph Pope.

30. THE DAY OF SIR WILFRED LAURIER*
By Oscar D. Skelton.

PART VIII NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

31. ALL AFLOAT
By William Wood.

32. THE RAILROAD BUILDERS*
By Oscar D. Skelton.

TORONTO: GLASGOW, BROOK & COMPANY

Note: The volumes marked with an asterisk are in preparation. The others
are published.

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[Illustration: PRINCE RUPERT From the painting in the National Portrait
Gallery]

THE 'ADVENTURERS OF ENGLAND' ON HUDSON BAY

A Chronicle of the Fur Trade in the North

by

Agnes C. Laut

[Illustration: Printers mark]

Toronto
Glasgow, Brook & Company
1914

Copyright in all Countries subscribing to
the Berne Convention

CONTENTS

Page

I. THE FUR HUNTERS 1

II. THE TRAGEDY OF HENRY HUDSON 9

III. OTHER EXPLORERS ON THE BAY 23

IV. THE 'ADVENTURERS OF ENGLAND' 34

V. FRENCH AND ENGLISH ON THE BAY 51

VI. THE GREAT OVERLA