YORK FACTORY EXPRESS JOURNAL, 1826:
"We gave the chiefs some Tobacco to have a Smoke when they ranged their Tribes about and indulged in that luxury -- making a harangue with their people. On leaving the Shore a quantity of Tobacco was thrown among the Crowd, and it was not a little amusing to see the scramble that ensued. Two miles below the Shoots,we came to the Dalles Rapids, a long & intricuate chain rushing with great force through narrow & Crooked canyons.. #WAHistory #Books #Bookstodon

YORK FACTORY EXPRESS BLOGPOST:
Botanist David Douglas visited the territory West of the Rocky Mountains, and then departed with Edward Ermatngers 1827 Express. Here he is, travelling up the Columbia River north of Fort Colvile. #Blogpost #History #WAHistory #BCHistory #Books http://nancymargueriteanderson.com/david-douglas/

YORK FACTORY EXPRESS JOURNAL, 1826:
"At our night's Encampment the Indians collected about us in great numbers, but conducted themselves peaceably, having got Tobacco to Smoke, of which they are passionately fond.
"Tuesday. The morning Gloomy. At 5 am we Embarked & pursued our route down the Columbia, altho' it commenced rain which continued during the remainder of the Day. At 2 pm we arrived at the Shoots Falls where we had to make a Portage... #WAHistory #HistoricJourney to #VancouverWA

YORK FACTORY EXPRESS JOURNAL, 1826:
"The morning Showery. We Embarked at 4 am, having descended the River SE about 4 Leagues we arrived at the confluence of the Yaccama #Yakima River falling in from the West. It is to the confluence of this River the HBC proposes removing the Establishment of #WallaWalla. On descending about 3 Leagues further we arrived at the Junction of Lewis & Clark's Branch, the supposed boundary of the United States... #CanadaHistory #WAHistory #AmWritingHistory #Books

YORK FACTORY EXPRESS JOURNAL, 1826:
"The Morning showery with strong Breezes from the Southward, but the Weather became fair at 9 am and continued so during the Day. The face of the Country continues to present the same singular formation, a range of Hills along the River at the Rocky Island Portage seems somewhat different, the face is columnar but a good deal fractured, giving it the appearance of an immense Pile of Cubical Masses,the Stone resembles lava.... #WAHistory #HistoricJourney Home.

YORK FACTORY EXPRESS JOURNAL, 1826:
"Fine & clear Weather. Having to run a chain of rapids below our Encampment we did not Embark until daylight, when we commenced our run of the Rapids, which form a sweeping chain for about 8 Miles [Nespelem Canyon]. Below these rapids the River follows its course in a very Winding direction for about 3 1/2 Leagues, when you arrive at the Junction of the Okinagan [#Okanogan] River, where we arrived at 9 am. #Okanagan #Bookstodon #HistoricJourney #WAHistory

YORK FACTORY EXPRESS JOURNAL, 1826:
"Along our days Track the country presented a very sterile appearance, hardly a Tree to be seen & only a parch'd like grass forming a thin covering over its surface, with a confused heap of Detached Rocks strewed over it. But the singular apeparance in these ridges of Hills intersecting the Country, curiously arranged in Tabular Masses, one above the other, each base forming a horizontal line distinctly defined... #WAHistory #HistoryBooks #Nonfiction #History

YORK FACTORY EXPRESS BLOGPOST:
William Sinclair Junior was an interesting man: one of the few #Métis men who was trusted to lead out the York Factory Express to Hudson Bay. He is in all my stories, but I never really knew who he was until I sat down and figured it all out. #History #BritishColumbia #WAHistory http://nancymargueriteanderson.com/william-sinclair-jr/

YORK FACTORY EXPRESS, 1826:
"The Scenery about these Falls is very grand, the rigid & projecting cliffs hanging in fantastic forms over this awful clash of Water, which from the channels being contracted by these projecting Cliffs, the stream urges its way through with such accumulated force that its surface forms immense Whirlpools; on the left of the falls is an Eminence on whose Summit you see a great number of the burial places of the Natives... #History #Books #AmWritingHistory #WAHistory

YORK FACTORY EXPRESS JOURNAL, 1826
"Thick fog in the Morning. The Boats and Cargoes having been transported across the Portage to the foot of Kettle Falls, we Embarked at 9.45 am & continued our descent of the Columbia River. The Kettle Falls are formed by shelving Masses of Rock extending across the Bed of the River, the higher Shelf forms a fall of about fifteen feet, and a second Shelf forms another of about eight feet. The Scenery about these Falls is very Grand... #WAHistory #Bookstodon

YORK FACTORY EXPRESS BLOGPOST:
The Grand Coulee was a geological feature of Washington Territory before the Columbia River was dammed. But the Express men did not usually use the trail that ran through it: altho' in 1848, and because of the Indian wars that threatened their regular route, Thomas Lowe reached Fort Colvile by the Grand Coulee trail. #Blogpost #WAHistory #CanadaHistory #HistoricJourney to Hudson Bay and Return. http://nancymargueriteanderson.com/grand-coulee/

YORK FACTORY EXPRESS JOURNAL, 1826:
Fort Colvile: "We found this Post merely in progress, a few Houses only being completed & no Stockades up for defence. The ground about here appears well calculated both for grazing & agricultural purposes, & produces at present potatoes of an excellent quality." My g.g.grandfather planted those potatoes. "The face of the Country has quite a lawn like appearance. The Indians we found here are #Spokane, Kootenay, Nez Perces, and Kettle Fall tribes. #WAHistory

YORK FACTORY EXPRESS JOURNAL, 1826:
"We arrived at Fort Colvile at 4.30 pm. We were received here by a number of Indians, the chiefs Mounted on Horses, whom we were obliged to Shake cordially by the hand in return for this complement. To a stranger they appear grotesque figures, their faces painted a variety of colours & their leather robes fancifully decorated according to their fashion, giving them a very fantastic air. We found this post merely in progress... #Bookstodon #WAHistory #Journeys

YORK FACTORY EXPRESS BLOGPOST:
From Fort Nez Perces #WallaWalla #WA the outgoing York Factory Express men journied by varying routes -- either overland by the historic Shawpatin Road, or up the Columbia River itself -- to Fort Colvile, the HBC post just north and west of modern-day #Spokane #WA. #WAHistory #HBCHistory #Blogpost #HistoricJourney #Books http://nancymargueriteanderson.com/second-leg/

YORK FACTORY EXPRESS BLOGPOST:
The York FActory Express men began their long journey to the east from Fort #Vancouver #WA, every March. Here is the story of the new headquarters for the HBC, built in 1825 and 1826 on a bluff that overlooked the river valley where the second Fort Vancouver was built four years later. #Blogpost #History #WAHistory http://nancymargueriteanderson.com/fort-vancouver/

BLOGPOST: THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS.
The French Canadian voyageurs who came to the territory West of the Rocky Mountains brought their ancient maritime traditions with them. For example: "Never start a journey on a Friday."
But why not???? http://nancymargueriteanderson.com/voyageur-superstition/ #History #Blogpost #CanadaHistory #WAHistory

BLOGPOST: THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS.
The outgoing York Factory Express began its journey at Fort #Vancouver #WA, on the Columbia River, shortly after March 20th every year. It was a tradition that every man, woman, and child in the fort came down to the riverbank to wish the Express men well. It would be a long journey, and seven months before they returned home to Fort Vancouver. #Blogpost #WAHistory #CanadaHistory http://nancymargueriteanderson.com/first-leg/

BLOGPOST: The story of the outgoing York Factory Express of 1826 -- the first Express to leave Fort #Vancouver #WA for Hudson Bay and Return. http://nancymargueriteanderson.com/birnie-three/ My great-great-grandfather travelled out and in in this Express. #History #WAHistory #Books

YORK FACTORY EXPRESS 1826:
"We were soon gratified by a sight of immense herds of Bison extending along the plains as far as you saw, & besides these there were also large Herds of Deer & here & there you saw flocks of Wolves prowling about for prey. You also see the Eagle soaring over the plains, ready to pounce upon his prey. Our Hunter mounted one of the fleetest Horses & went in pursuit of a band of Animals, & was soon out of sight... #CanadaHistory #Books #HistoricJourneyHome #WAHistory

YFE JOURNAL 1826: Cedar Lake #Manitoba "is indented by some very deep bays & thickly studded with Islands, and is a much larger sheet of Water than the Maps shew it. We now re-entered the #Saskatchewan, ascending which by a Swampy branch of the River for 3 Leagues. We Crossed the great & little Muddy Lakes & again re-entered the Saskatchewan, which we ascended for 2 Leagues, which brought us to the Pine Encampment where we put up for the night.... #CanadaHistory #HistoricJourney to #WAHistory