By Nikki Rajala
Treacherous Waters
The Chronicles of an Unlikely Voyager
André nearly drowns in an icy St. Lawrence River. Those memories plague him when he sets out on a fur trade brigade to Indian territory west of Lake Superior, in addition to battling the harsh environment — and a man intent on killing him.
Author
Nikki Rajala
Nikki Rajala delights in creating fiction and nonfiction alike, and especially enjoys rewriting. But that hasn’t always been so. For years she struggled with “writing phobia.” After she married Bill Vossler, a full-time freelance writer, he encouraged her to find her authentic voice. She and her husband live in Rockville, Minnesota.
Other Books by Nikki Rajala
Waters Like the Sky
The Chronicles of an Unlikely Voyager
Book 1
Some Like It Hot
The Sauna, Its Lore and Stories
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“Fans of Book 1 of Waters Like the Sky can set forth with André Didier on new adventures. They won’t be disappointed. Treacherous Waters, the second book in the series, is even more nail-bitingly perilous than the first. In addition to being a cracking good adventure story, Treacherous Waters is also a well-researched portrait of life on the Minnesota frontier in early decades of the nineteenth century.”
– Wayne Backman
Nikki Rajala’s Official Voyager’s Blog
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Dog sleds—voyageurs’ winter mode of travel
Voyageurs needed dog and dogsleds to continue trading during the winter. The athletes—both dogs and their mushers—have inspired books and marathon races.
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Help wanted: Voyageurs!
Voyageurs were hardy men who paddled birch bark canoes and portaged trade goods for the fur trade from Montreal or from the hinterlands from the mid 1600s -1800s. Guides, interpreters and steersmen had the highest skills. They rarely rose in the job hierarchy.
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Voyageurs had pensions?!
Some old voyageurs received monies from a pension fund. Wonder what that means? You can check family ancestry to see what voyageurs they earned and where they wintered. They often paid in a percent — did they ever collect a benefit?
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