David Douglas, a Naturalist at Work Quotes

“Many of the agents Douglas met during his travels had much more soul than a beaver skin, and developed lifelong friendships with the collector. One of those was Archibald McDonald, whom Douglas had asked to help replace his chewed-up grouse skins. Archie’s mixed-blood son Ranald, who knew Douglas between the ages of one and ten, later recalled him as a close companion of his youth. John”
― Jack Nisbet, David Douglas, a Naturalist at Work: An Illustrated Exploration Across Two Centuries in the Pacific Northwest