ps... 'Caesars of the Wilderness' by Peter C. Newman
a 500 page chronicle about the history of the fur trade.. voyageurs, Hudson's Bay Company (Empire), Norwesters, Simon Frazer, David Thompson, MacKenzie,Simpson, Selkirk, Riel.... he doesn't leave much out..

if you pm me your email address... I'll fwd you an MP3 of Willie's song.. R.