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WEST, John. The Substance of A Journal. During A Residence At The Red River Colony, British North America; And Frequent Excursions Among The North-West American Indians In The Years 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823. London: Printed For L.B. Seeley And Son, 1824. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. cloth backed boards, (xii), 210, (1)p. errata. With a frontispiece and 2 plates. Heavy foxing to the frontispiece, moderate foxing to the titlepage and plate facing p. 84, some scattered foxing throughout, lacking the printed paper spine label, with some chipping to the head of the spine but still a near fine copy in original boards. In 1820 "the Anglican presence in Western Canada was established when the Rev. John West arrived in York Factory. From there he came to Fort Douglas (now in present-day Winnipeg), part of the Red River Settlement, and held the first Church of England service in the colony. West was sent to Canada by the Church Missionary Society (C.M.S.). West established the Red River Academy and, true to C.M.S. policy, encouraged the indigenous people to raise up their own missionaries and teachers. Henry Budd, James Hope, Charles Pratt, and James Settee were protégés of West, educated at the Red River Academy in the Red River Settlement, north east of present day Winnipeg." TPL 1307, Peel 81, Streeter III 3696. $1,000.00 (CAD) |