Adventures in the West: Henry Halpin, Fur Trader and Indian Agent

by David R. Elliott

This is the story of Irish-born Henry Ross Halpin, who by the age of 16 began a long association with the fur trade and Canada's native peoples, was thrice employed by the Hudson's Bay Company, and became an Indian agent (18851901). Halpin's work took him from Fort Garry, Manitoba, to Fort York on the shores of the Hudson Bay, and across the Prairies to British Columbia. This book is based on Halpin's previously unpublished menoirs, Hudson's Bay Company post journals and correspondence, the 1885 Rebellion trials where Halpin was a witness, and the reports and correspondence of the Department of Indian Affairs.

240 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

David R. Elliott, Ph.D., M.Div., is the Chair of the London/Middlesex Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society.

Library of Congress Authorities:
Elliott, David Raymond, 1948-

Reviews

[Grazyna Nawrocka · Rating 3 out of 5]

Although I have read this book with interest, I find it very ordinary for some reason.