10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ORKNEYMEN»
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Orkneymen in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
Strangers in Blood: Fur Trade Company Families in Indian Country
It is clear, however, that while the Lowland Scots were not viewed as particularly
distinct from the English ethnically or socially, the Orkneymen acquired
considerable visibility as a separate group, both in their own view and that of
others.
Jennifer S. H. Brown, 1996
2
Many Tender Ties: Women in Fur-trade Society, 1670-1870
Another of Nixon's recommendations, that Scots be employed as "they are a
hardy people both to endure hunger, and could [sic], and are subject to
obedience", presaged the Company's policy of hiring Orkneymen, which began
in the early ...
3
On the Side of the People: A History of Labour in Saskatchewan
THE ORKNEYMEN James Batt and William Taylor, leaders in the strike of 1777,
belonged to a crew sent inland by the hbc to run the trade at Cumberland House.
Their party included a number of Indian canoemen, fifteen Orkney labourers, ...
Jim William Warren, James Warren, 2005
4
The Globalisation of Addiction: A Study in Poverty of the Spirit
'Orkneymen'. The history of the Hudson's Bay Company, the 'oldest continuous
capitalist corpora— tion still in existence'52 provides an example where, at least
for some employees, max— imum dislocation was little confounded by poverty or
...
5
An Unstoppable Force: The Scottish Exodus to Canada
4 (March 1937) 39–43;John Nicks, “Orkneymen in the Hudson's Bay Company,
1780–1821,” in Carol M.Judd and Arthur J. Ray, Old Trails and New Directions:
Papers of the Third North American Fur Trade Conference (Toronto, Uni- versity ...
6
The Viking Age: A Reader
whatever ransom he demanded. they also agreed that svein and his men should
occupy the town and rule it, and the people of dublin swore an oath confirming
this. in the evening, the orkneymen went back to their ships, but next morning, ...
Russell Andrew McDonald, Angus A. Somerville, 2010
7
The Silver Chief: Lord Selkirk and the Scottish Pioneers of ...
John Nicks, “Orkneymen in the HBC 178o—1 821” in Carol M. Judd and Arthur J.
Ray, Old Trails and New Directions: Papers of the third North American Fur Trade
Conference (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1980) 1o2—3. I] 21 Feb.
8
The Story of Rolf and the Viking's Bow:
Rolf andFrodi weretied totheir bench, and saw nothing of the Orkneymen as they
came up astern.But at last the splash ofoars was heard;next agrapple came flying
aboard; then of a sudden the Orkney ship loomed alongside, and she was a ...
9
Contours of a People: Metis Family, Mobility, and History
... 48, 335—36, 350—51 Orkneymen. See Orcadians (Orkneymen) Osage, 46,
242, 244 Ottawa (Indigenous people), 31, 38, 39, 233, 240, 242, 244, 254,
256n28 Ottawa, Ont., 31, 38, 39, 207-208, 273 Palestinians, 122 Pan-Indian, 478
INDEX.
Brenda MacDougall, Nichole St-Onge, Carolyn Podruchny, 2012
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The Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists The ...
"It is not an easy matter to get the Orkneymen to drink it, particularly the old hands
." A smouldering fire of discontent that had been detected on board the ship on
crossing the ocean now broke out into a flame. The Irish and the Orkneymen ...
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ORKNEYMEN»
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Orkneymen is used in the context of the following news items.
Dave Hobson: Adam Grant Horne, noted city pioneer, was honoured …
... the 130 foot long sailing barque Tory in Orkney in November 1850, joining the 120 to 130 souls onboard, many of whom were Orkneymen. «Nanaimo Daily News, Jul 13»
Vancouver's bad trip
... to Kropotkin to Polanyi, Aboriginal Peoples to Orkneymen, Adolph Eichmann, America's War on Drugs, the Tobin Tax, addiction mythologies, ... «Rabble.ca, Jun 09»
Empire's role in Scottish history
"One company was dominated by Orkneymen, the other by Highlanders. Both Scots, but they had almost a suicidal fight over the profits of the ... «BBC News, Apr 07»
