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IN THE LAND OF THE FUR TRADER AND THE ESKIMOBrave were the white men who risked the life, limb and family in the chill of the Great White North. But this New World beckoned, full of danger but also of vast promise.The Hudson Bay Trading Company had tried to establish a treaty of peace between the Muskigon Indians of James Bay and the Eskimo of Hudson's Straits -- but violence still erupted.Here is the story of an expedition from Moose Fort into the wild. Here is that tale of the brave traders George Stanley and Frank Morton, Dick Prince the hunter, Massan their guide and the others including Mrs. Stanley and the Stanley's young daughter Edith.Here are their adventures.And here, most memorably, is the noble giant Eskimo Maximus.This is an exciting story of a time long ago, but still living in the top of Canada -- and in legend!

The Scottish juvenile fiction writer R. M. Ballantyne was born into a famous family of publishers. Leaving home at age 16 he went to work for the Hudson's Bay Company; after returning home to Scotland R. M. Ballantyne published his first book "Hudson's Bay" detailing his experiences in Canada. Later Ballantyne would write about more of his experiences with Native Americans and the Fur trappers he met in the most remote regions of Canada. With his success as a writer he withdrew from the business world to become a full time writer for the rest of his life. With over a hundred different books he has become one of the most cherished juvenile fiction writers today. Along with his other exploits throughout his life he also was tremendously successful with his artwork as his water color paintings were displayed at the Royal Scottish Academy.

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Gilt decorated title on blue floral boards - gray with floral decorative inside covers and end pages -367 pages No date but c.1900. PREFACE "The following story is intended to illustrate one of the many phases of the fur-trader's life in those wild regions of North America which surround Hudson's Bay. Most of its major incidents are facts - fiction being employed chiefly for the purpose of weaving these facts into a readable form".Illustrated by Henry Austin.

One of the first accounts of life in the far north, pre-dating Jack London by nearly half a century. Ballantyne's Ungava is a terrifying, illuminating tale, based on real events as the first trading post in the Land of the Esquimaux is established on Ungava Bay. The first Europeans that far north encounter both Native Americans and Esquimaux-with often grisly and inexplicable result-but therein lies its utter truth unvarnished and fascinating, even when painful.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

The following story is intended to illustrate one of the many phases of the fur-trader’s life in those wild regions of North America which surround Hudson’s Bay. Most of its major incidents are facts—fiction being employed chiefly for the purpose of weaving these facts into a readable form. If this volume should chance to fall into the hands of any of those who acted a part in the first settlement of Ungava, we trust that they will forgive the liberty that has been taken with their persons and adventures, remembering that transpositions, modifications, and transformations are necessary in constructing a tale out of the “raw material.” We take this opportunity of expressing to the Leader of the adventurous band our grateful acknowledgements for his kindness in placing at our disposal the groundwork on which this story has been reared.