Have you ever carried something that weighs 200 to 450 pounds over long distances? Have you ever paddled a canoe for 15 to 18 hours a day for months? The voyageurs did. Often. And they thought nothing of it and considered it a part of life and living and tried often to outdo each other - best each other in what they could accomplish and do ...
Read this book:
THE VOYAGEUR, by Grace Lee Nute (Minnesota Historical Society, c1931 - reprinted subsequently)
Find out what life was like in North America before the Revolution in the United States. About the fur trade in North America... And what kind of people came before us and how they lived and what they did and could do.
If you are at all interested in the past ENJOY this book. See for yourself.
Take Care, John H.
Read this book:
THE VOYAGEUR, by Grace Lee Nute (Minnesota Historical Society, c1931 - reprinted subsequently)
Find out what life was like in North America before the Revolution in the United States. About the fur trade in North America... And what kind of people came before us and how they lived and what they did and could do.
If you are at all interested in the past ENJOY this book. See for yourself.
Take Care, John H.