By Barbara Belyea

Anthony Henday, a tender Hudson’s Bay corporation worker, set out from York manufacturing unit in June 1754 to iciness with “trading Indians” alongside the Saskatchewan River. He tailored willingly and simply to their lifestyle; he additionally saved a magazine during which he defined the plains quarter and took be aware of rival French investors’ luck at their inland posts. a replica of Henday’s magazine used to be instantly despatched to the corporate administrators in London. They rewarded Henday handsomely even though they have been doubtful the place he had travelled, what teams he had met at the plains, and what good fortune he had in opposing rival French investors. when you consider that then, uncertainty approximately Henday’s yr inland has elevated. the unique magazine disappeared; in basic terms 4 copies, relationship from 1755 to approximately 1782, are extant. each one textual content differs from the opposite 3; the variations variety from version spellings to note option to contradictory statements on important questions. All 4 copies are the paintings of an organization clerk, later issue, named Andrew Graham, who used them to help his personal perspectives on HBC buying and selling regulations. Twentieth-century students have established their claims for Henday’s significance as an explorer, dealer and observer of local cultures on a poorly edited transcript of the 1782 textual content. they've been unaware or careless of the journal’s textual ambiguity. A yr Inland offers all 4 copies for the 1st time, including contextual notes and a remark that reassesses the journal’s details on plains geography, humans and exchange.