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| Title: | George McDougall's trip diary
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| Fonds title: | George and John McDougall family fonds |
| Dates: | August 28-October 16, 1873
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| Physical Description: | 19 pages
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| Description: | Consists of a diary of a 50 day trip made by Reverend McDougall (and his visitor, Dr. Lachlan Taylor, General Secretary of the Methodist Missionary Society) from Fort Edmonton to Fort Benton and back. The party travelled by horse and wagon and the diary entries describe the prairie landscape, stays in Cree and Blackfoot camps, buffalo herds, hunting and fishing, difficulties fording rivers, conflicts between First Nations and American whiskey traders, meeting with intoxicated "wolfers", and Fort Whoop-up.
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| Repository: | Glenbow Archives |
| Creator: | McDougall, George
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| Topics: | First Nations
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Religions
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Transportation
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| Language: | The material is in English.
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| Standard number: | M-729-11
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