History of Yuba County, California, with illustrations descriptive of its scenery, residences, public buildings, fine blocks and manufactories (1879) (14785056795)

Identifier: historyofyubacou00cham (find matches)
Title: History of Yuba County, California, with illustrations descriptive of its scenery, residences, public buildings, fine blocks and manufactories
Year: 1879 (1870s)
Authors: Chamberlain, William Henry, 1855- Wells, Harry Laurenz, 1854-1940
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Publisher: Oakland, Calif. : Thompson & West
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: California State Library Califa/LSTA Grant



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came into the Sacramento valleyfrom the north and until the next spring spent the tune in trapping onthe streams flowing through the great valley. The Hudson Bay Com-pany continued sending out its employes into this region imtil aboutthe year 1845. Their trappers in California belonged to the ■•SouthernTrapping Party of the Hudson Bay Company, and were divided intosmaller parties composed of Canadians and Indians, with their wives,The trapping was carried on during the whiter hi order to secure agood class of furs. The free trappers were paid ten shillings sterlingfor a prime beaver skin, while the Indians received a moderate com-pensation for their services. The outfits and portions of their foodwere purchased from the company. The Hudson Bay Company em-ployed about ninety or one hundred men hi this State. The greaterpart of the Indians were fugitives from the Missions, and w era honest >:lj;;.;5^§ I f^r WW**1 JTO<* ilia BrijKH _ .Geo. nortm,!^;: ^agricultural implements)!
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