The Red River Trails
The Red River Trails

Author: Rhoda R. Gilman

Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society

Published: 1979

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13: 9780873511339

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The many difficulties and occasional rewards of early travel and transportation in Minnesota are highlighted in this book, along with the state's relations with what became western Canada and insights into the development of business in Minnesota. The meeting of Indian and European cultures is vividly manifested by the mixed-blood Mtis who became the mainstay of the Red River trade.

Civilizing the Wilderness
Civilizing the Wilderness

Author: A.A. den Otter

Publisher: University of Alberta

Published: 2012-04-05

Total Pages: 473

ISBN-13: 0888645465

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Eleven essays explore the dichotomy of "civilizing" and "wilderness" in 1850s Euro-British North America.