by Nikki Rajala | Oct 5, 2019 | Featured
In all my reading about Lewis and Clark, I never paid attention to the French-Canadian role on the expedition. Guess what we’re going to do today? Starting with President Thomas Jefferson, who read Alexander Mackenzie’s 1801 book about his 1792 overland...
by Nikki Rajala | Sep 14, 2019 | Voyageur
Over the years I’ve really disliked Toussaint Charbonneau, a French-Canadian fur trader and the husband of Sacagawea. He has become more interesting to me! My negative beliefs about Charbonneau came from Elliot Coues, who thoroughly vilified him when editing the...
