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Cataline : the life of BC's legendary packer /

Title

Cataline : the life of BC's legendary packer / Susan Smith-Josephy ; with Irene Bjerky, C'eyxkn.

Author

Smith-Josephy, Susan,

Publication

Halfmoon Bay, BC : Caitlin Press, 2020.
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Additional Authors

Bjerky C'eyxkn, Irene, 1960-

Description

183 pages : illustrations; 21 cm

Summary

"In the early days of British Columbia, pack trains of horses or mules were a lifeline for the early pioneer population. Explorers, trappers, traders, miners, merchants, workers and settlers and relied on them for the materials needed to live and work. Packers were also vital to the building of railways, roads, and telegraph lines. Pack mule train drivers followed trails created over the years by the First Nations people and later by the fur trading companies, to travel between settlements in the rugged backcountry. The most famous of all the men who ran the pack trains was Jean Caux, who would enter British Columbia's history as the legendary packer 'Cataline'. Cataline came to North America from Southern France with his brother, eventually landing in British Columbia in 1858. Having learned the trade from Mexican packers in California and Washington, Cataline established a pack train operation that grew to be one of the most well-known and reliable in the province, including securing contracts with the government and Hudson's Bay Company. Cataline witnessed many of the pioneering events that shaped the province, including the Fraser River Gold Rush of 1858, the Cariboo Gold Rush of 1862, the coming of the railway to Ashcroft in 1886, and the Grand Trunk Pacific to Hazelton in 1912. Cataline also crossed paths with significant historical figures such as Judge Matthew Begbie, famed anthropologist James Teit, and Amelia York (née Paul, daughter of Chief Kowpelst (Telxkn) of the Nlaka'pamux people of Spuzzum), a world-famous First Nations basketmaker, with whom Cataline had two children. In Cataline, the legend and life of the man has been remembered in the words of his friends, his family, and those who chronicled the times and development of the province."--

Subject

Genre/Form

Biographies.
History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN

9781773860244
1773860240

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library