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State Papers, Ind. Affs., L, 562. The most striking feature of the English period was the Northwest Company. From a study of it one may learn the character of the English occupation of the Northwest. It was formed in 1783 and fully organized in 1787, with the design of contesting the field with the Hudson Bay Company.
State Papers, VI., Ind. Affs., II., 203; Ind. Treaties, 399 et seq.; Wis. Hist. Colls., VII., 269; Washington Gazette, 1821, 1822, articles by Ramsay Crooks under signature "Backwoodsman," and speech of Tracy in House of Representatives, February 23, 1821; Benton, Thirty Years View; id., Abr. The goods used in the Indian trade remained much the same from the first, in all sections of the country.
"Captain Luttrell asked me to look after you. He has got some work on hand for the moment. We'll see after your affs." "Thank you." "You might show me, by the way, where your cartridges are." Hillyard selected the camel on which they were packed and Rayne called a Sudanese sergeant to take them into the mess. "Now we will go upstairs. I expect that you can do with a whisky-and-soda," he said.
But the message came through in a secret cipher and it might be important. I think you should pack your affs. and hurry along to Senga, where I shall expect you." Martin Hillyard folded the letter and put it away in his pocket. "He will find food in our camp," he said to Hamet, with a nod towards the postman. "We may as well go on."
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