PREFACE

letters, journals, account books, and memoranda in his
keeping, we beg to return our sincerest thanks. The same
is also due to such gentlemen as the Hon. Senator R. W.
Scott, Secretary of State for Canada, who kindly put at
our disposal a photograph of the first British Columbian,
Simon Fraser, whose portrait has hitherto never appeared
in print; to Messrs. R. E. Gosnell and E. Scholefield, of Vic-
toria, for the loan, by the former, of a volume of unpublished
letters by the pioneer traders and the blocks of some
illustrations, and for the readiness with which the latter
laid open for our benefit the well-guarded riches of the
Legislative Library at the provincial capital. Finally, the
services of Archbishop Orth, of Victoria, call likewise for
public acknowledgment, as do also those of Messrs. Nels
McInnes, of Alexandria; G. Hamilton, an old Hudson’s Bay
Company officer; James Bain, D.C.L., the obliging Librarian
of Toronto, and last, though not least, Bernard McEvoy,

the well-known poet and journalist, who so kindly lent us
his valued aid in seeing the work through the press.

VANCOUVER, B.C., February 12th, 1904.

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.

In deference to the wishes of not a few readers, the
portrait of the author accompanies this new edition. The
very few important misprints in the book have also been
corrected and some slight additions made, and it is hoped
that these little improvements will merit therefor a con-
tinuation, if not an increase, of the marked favor with
which it has been received by the reading public.

November, 1904.