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Henry, Alexander, 1765?-1814
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1765?-1814
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Alexander Henry (The Younger) is estimated to have been born in 1765, he died in 1814 in Fort George, now known as Astoria, Oregon. He was a nephew of Alexander Henry (The Elder) and had various relatives in the fur trade. According to his journal that he begun in 1799, he married, against his will, an unknown Ojibwa woman who was the daughter of the Buffalo Chief Liard. They had about six children. In 1791, Henry worked with the North West Company and traded with the Ojibwe of the Lower Red River. In 1800, he wrote in his journal that he traded rum for dried buffalo with the Ojibwe. In his journal, Henry described Indigenous peoples as “creatures” and that he judged them by “European standards.” His journal is one of the most detailed records from the 19th century in providing information about the fur trade between Lake Superior and the Columbia River.
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nr 90000687
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Revised on June 10, 2024, by Leah Louttit-Bunker