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Drawing on diaries of Montreal fur-traders and travelers’ accounts from the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the book reconstructs the sounds, landscapes, and journeys of fur-country life across portages, camps, rapids, and inland waters. The preface frames the work as an effort to restore romance, color, and historical service to memory, supported by archival and translation assistance.","THE VOYAGEUR  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nTHE VOYAGEUR  \nBY  \nGRACE LEE NUTE  \nIllustrations by Carl W. Bertsch  \nMINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESS  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nFirst published in 1931 by D. Appleton and Company  \nReprinted in 1955 by the Minnesota Historical Society First paperback printing, 1987, by the Minnesota Historical Society  \n[www.mnhs.org/mhspress](www.mnhs.org/mhspress)  \nManufactured in the United States of America  \n10 9 8 7 6 5  \nThe paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48–1984.  \nInternational Standard Book Number 0-87351-213-8  \nE-book ISBN: 978-0-87351-706-5  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nNute, Grace Lee, 1895-1990  \nThe voyageur.  \nReprint. Originally published: New York: D. Appleton, c1931 .  \nBibliography: p.  \nIncludes index.  \n1. French-Canadians. 2. Fur trade—Canada. 3. Canada—Social life and customs. I. Title.  \nF 1027.N96 1986  \n971′.004114 86–28468  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nTO  \nHELEN BIGELOW MERRIMAN  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \n“SAID ONE OF THESE MEN, LONG PAST SEVENTY YEARS OF AGE: ‘I COULD CARRY, PADDLE, WALK AND SING WITH ANY MAN I EVER SAW. I HAVE BEEN TWENTY-FOUR YEARS A CANOE MAN, AND FORTY-ONE YEARS IN SERVICE; NO PORTAGE WAS EVER TOO LONG FOR ME. FIFTY SONGS COULD I SING. I HAVE SAVED THE LIVES OF TEN VOYAGEURS. HAVE HAD TWELVE WIVES AND SIX RUNNING DOGS. I SPENT ALL MY MONEY IN PLEASURE. WERE I YOUNG AGAIN, I SHOULD SPEND MY LIFE THE SAME WAY OVER. THERE IS NO LIFE SO HAPPY AS A VOYAGEUR’S LIFE!’”  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nPREFACE  \nIt is time to write the story of the voyageur. His canoe has long since vanished from the northern waters; his red cap is seen no more, a bright spot against the blue of Lake Superior; his sprightly French conversation, punctuated with inimitable gesture, his exaggerated courtesy, his incurable romanticism, his songs, and his superstitions are gone.  \nIn certain old books and in many unpublished manuscripts, however, he still lives. Read the diaries of Montreal fur-traders and the books of travelers on the St. Lawrence, the Saskatchewan, and the Great Lakes in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. From their pages peals the laughter of a gay-hearted, irrepressible race; over night waters floats the plaintive song of canoeman, swelled periodically in the chorus by the voices of his lusty mates; portage path and campfire, foaming rapids and placid fir-fringed lake, shallow winding stream and broad expanse of inland sea, whitewalled cottage of Quebec hamlet and frowning pickets of Northwest post—become once more the voyageur ’s habitat; the French régime comes to its tragic close on the Plains of Abraham; the British rule lasts but a brief half-century in a large portion of the fur country; Washington supersedes London in the allegiance of many of the red children of the far western waters—still the voyageur places his wooden crosses by dangerous sault and treacherous eddy, sings of love in sunny Provence, and claims his dram on New Year ’s morning, undisturbed by wars, treaties, and the running of invisible boundary lines.  \nThough he is one of the most colorful figures in the history of a great continent, the voyageur remains unknown to all but a few. This little book seeks to do justice to his memory for the romance and color he has lent to American and Canadian history, and for the services he rendered in the exploration of the West.  \nMy thanks are hereby offered to the many persons who have given me assistance and encouragement in the preparation of this study. I am especially indebted to several members of the staff of the Minnesota Historical Society, who have called my attention to data relating to the voyageurs; and to my sister, Virginia Beveridge, who typed the manuscript for me. Mr. Marius ","cbCaipVo9yj8rKhD","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaipVo9yj8rKhD","pdf",3897391,1,231,"English","en",105,"# Preface\n# Chapter\n## I. Fursand Fur Traders\n## II. Portrait of the Voyageur\n## III. The Voyageur’s Canoe\n## IV. Voyaging\n## V. Fort Life\n## VI. Voyageur Songs\n## VII. The Voyageur as Soldier\n## VIII. The Voyageur as Settler\n## IX. 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