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Voyages from Montreal on the River St. Laurence, through the continent of North America, to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans, in the years 1789 and 1793: With a preliminary account of the rise, progress, and present state of the fur trade of t

Mackenzie, Alexander (Sir): 1763-1820. Born on island of Lewis; immigrated to New York then Montreal; entered service of Finlay, Gregory & Co., c. 1779; subsequently employed by Gregory, McLeod & Co. and NWC; in charge of Fort Chipewyan from 1788; retired to England, 1799; created knight bachelor, 1802; returned to Canada and fur trade, 1802-1808; cousin of Roderick Mackenzie (Wallace, Dictionary of Canadian biography ). // Combe, William: 1741-1823. Prolific English writer; assisted Alexander Mackenzie in preparation of Voyages , 1801 ( Dictionary of National Biography ). // Mackenzie, Roderick: d.1844. Fur trader; cousin of Sir Alexander Mackenzie; brother of Henry MacKenzie (Wallace, Dictionary of Canadian biography ). // After the preface there follow 132 pages on the history of the fur trade in the North West. Some authorities think this was written by his cousin, Roderick MacKenzie. According to the Dictionary of National Biography , Voyages , 1801, was compiled by William Combe from Mackenzie's notes. Includes vocabularies of the Knisteneaux, Algonquin, Chepewyan, Nagailer, and Atnah Indian languages. Errors in paging: page ix numbered xi; page 190 unnumbered; pages 212-216

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