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Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. **Bundle Up & Save On Postage** 8 X 8" 122 pages (2002) A very nice soft cover copy, gift inscription on first title page, otherwise very clean and well bound, without flaw. In 1900, northern Alberta was visited for a second time by a commission seeking native acceptance of Treaty 8. Accompanying the commission as its physician was Oliver Cromwell Edwards whose diary presents a memorable account of the region at that time. Edwards' description of northern travel is especially compelling - over the notorious Klondike Trail in wagons, down the mighty Peace in scows, and up the Athabasca in barges hauled by legendary Metis trackers. Also capturing the flavour of the northern wilderness are Edwards' excellent photos, several of which are reproduced in this volume. The cover photo shows a woman reported to be 107 years old.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. SUBTITLED : ` The Treaty 8 Diary of O.C. Edwards '. A b/w map on page viii of this 122 page study, shows the region of N.E. Alberta travelled by the 1900 treaty commission. LEARN more about : Peace River Crossing, Hudson's Bay Post, Fort Vermilion, Dunvegan, Beaver Indians, 1881, Fort Chi Father Isidore Clut, tracking, and Qui-barre. B/W photographs accompany text. INDEX at back. Cond : White paper wrapper with blue titling. Cover photo is of a First Nations woman - circa 1900. Tight in binding. Light fore corner wear. Minimal soiling. Gift inscription on half-title. No marks in textblock. Excellent reading copy. QUote (p. 53) : " A year has now passed and I am creditably informed that most of the half breeds have nothing to show in return for the thousands of dollars paid them last year. It seems absurd ._._._. . ". B/W Photographs (illustratore).…

Condizione: Very Good. No Dustjacket. 4vo pp. 122. book.

Softcover. Third Printing. pp. xviii, 122. Square 8vo. Pictorial glossy card covers. Rich with many black-and-white maps, photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, etc. Light curl to the front cover, else, near fine. Contents without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; near fine. …