The Voyageur Express

Episode 8: Voyageur Express 008 Roderick MacKenzie, George Henry Monk, John McGlaughlin

October 11th, 2025  |  1 hr 8 mins

fon du lac, fur trade, george henry monk, history, john mcgloughlin, lake superior, leech lake, ojibwe, roderick mackenzie

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You can look at the originals by hunting around in the "Manuscripts" tab of this website from McGill University:
https://digital.library.mcgill.ca/nwc/toolbar_1.htm
To See the versions that were eventually published at the Masson Collection:
Volume 1:
https://archive.org/details/P000159/P000159/page/n1/mode/2up
Volume 2:
https://archive.org/details/lesbourgeoisdela02massrich/lesbourgeoisdela02massrich

Episode 7: The Voyageur Express Episode 7 Van Den Bogaert's 1634 Journey into Mohawk and Oneida Country

February 11th, 2025  |  Season 1  |  54 mins 26 secs

colonization, dutch, five nations, fort orange, fur trade, history, indigenous, lgbtq history, mohawk, new netherland, oneida, van den bogaert

If you have any thoughts about Van Den Bogaert's journal and want to be on the podcast, or just talk about them, you can post on NAVC's facebook feed linking this episode or email me directly and we can talk about how to send in a voice memo:
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Here is a Link to a lovely new edition (I didn't realize existed when I made the Audiobook) complete with maps and Language analysis.
https://archive.org/details/journeyintomohaw0000boga_f8i2/page/n27/mode/2up
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Episode 5: The Voyageur Express Episode 5 Simon McGillivray’s 1815 Fort William Notebook

October 25th, 2024  |  Season 1  |  46 mins 21 secs

anishinaabe, fort william, fort william historical park, fur trade, hudson's bay company, lake superior, north west company, red river colony, selkirk, tobacco, voyageur

This episode is a reading of Simon McGillivray's 1815 Notebook, published with a lovely introduction by Jean Morrison as "The North West Company In Rebellion"
https://www.thunderbaymuseum.com/product/the-north-west-company-in-rebellion/
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Episode 4: Popular Culture of the Fur Trade (Ossian Poems) Voyageur Express 4

July 3rd, 2024  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 5 mins

albany river, bagpips, fur trade, hbc, highlands of scotland, nwc, orkney islands, osnaburgh house, ossian, poetry, song, voyageur

This episode is a reading from Donald Macpherson's collection of poetry he attributed to Ossian.
You can read the original here:
Fingal an ancient Epic Poem in Six Books: Together with several other Poems, composed by Ossian the son of Fingal Translated from the Galic Language (you can read it here: https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/works/o5164-w0010.shtml#image

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Episode 3: The Voyageur Express Episode 3, John Tanner’s Narrative Chapter 2

October 31st, 2023  |  Season 1  |  41 mins 39 secs

anishinaabe, fur trade, john tanner

The Voyageur Express Episode 3, John Tanner’s Narrative Chapter 2
I hope everyone has a lovely NAVC Fall Gathering, Sorry I can’t be there, but hopefully y’all can have an impromptu book club!
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This Episode comes from John Tanner’s Narrative, which was published around 1830:
A narrative of the captivity and adventures of John Tanner : (U. S. interpreter at the Saut de Ste. Marie, ) during thirty years residence among the Indians in the interior of North America Available to read here:
https://archive.org/details/bp_596018/page/38/mode/1up?view=theater
I’d also Recommend John Fierst’s Article: “A ‘Succession of Little Occurrences’
Scholarly Editing and the Organization of Time in John Tanner's Narrative
about working on an Annotated edition of John Tanner’s Narrative here:
https://scholarlyediting.org/2012/essays/essay.fierst.html
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I read from and reference an article talking about the problems with the stereotypes of alcoholism during the episode, you can read the article here:
https://psmag.com/news/whats-behind-the-myth-of-native-american-alcoholism
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Episode 1: The Voyageur Express 001 Saukamappee's Narrative

October 20th, 2022  |  38 mins 58 secs

david thompson, fur trade, saukamappee, small pox

The Voyageur Express 001 Saukamappee's Narrative

To register for the 2022 NAVC Virtual Fall Gathering go here:
https://mailchi.mp/d95739d2c009/register-today-navc-fall-virtual-gathering

To Read the Archive.org Version of David Thompson’s Book go here:
https://archive.org/details/davidthompsonsna00thom/page/326/mode/2up

I highly recommend getting the Moreau Editions of Thompson’s Writings:
https://www.amazon.com/Writings-David-Thompson-Travels-Version/dp/029598936X

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The Voyageur Express Episode 0: Introductions

October 20th, 2022  |  7 mins 57 secs

canada, canoe, fur trade, great lakes, history, paddle, voyageur

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