biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (1785–1848)
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| biography:
| Trader, born in Callander, Central, C Scotland, UK. He emigrated to Canada (1807) and joined the Pacific Fur Co (1810). He was active in the Astoria colony (1810–12) and headed the American Fur Co in the upper Great Lakes area (1820–34). He settled in Detroit and became superintendent of Indian affairs for Michigan (1841–5). |
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