Kjeldearkiv:Brev fra J. Villardson til Carl G.O. Hansen 1926-02-15
Brev fra J. Villardson til Carl G.O. Hansen 1926-02-15
| Brev fra J. Villardson til Carl G.O. Hansen 1926-02-16 | |
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| Informasjon om brevet | |
| Dato: | 1926-02-15 |
| Sted: | Winnipeg |
| Fra: | J. Villardson |
| Til: | Carl G.O. Hansen |
| Samling: | P0543, Carl G. O. Hansen papers |
| Oppbevaringssted: | NAHA |
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WINNIPEG Febr. 15th. 1926.
Mr. Carl G. O. Hansen,
Dear Old Friend : -
I was glad to hear from you regarding Norway House,
since the recept of your letter I have succeeded getting in touch
with Mr. Watson, who is the historian of The Hudson's Bay Co., and
is at present working on a history of the company to be used at
the schools in Canada, incidentally he is an author with one or
two successful novels to his credit, I have met him in a social way
several times, and he was very accommodating. However he didnt
have a great deal of information in his Norway House file, but
loaned me the enclosed, which I promised to return.
I know a good deal about present conditions up
there, as I have been in charge of the estate left by Hans Christian
Hyer (HØIER), who went up there from Wisconsin over 50 years ago,
first as a prospector, he was a mining engineer, later he started
trading with the Indians and became in time a very successful and
formidable competitor of The Hudson's Bay Co, and owned at the
time of his death four trading posts, Norway House, Oxford House
Island Lake and Gods Lake, the three last are about 200 miles north
east from Norway House. The old man was a very intersting character
a real old Viking, fearless and with a reputation for square and
upright dealing with every one including the Indians, he never
married, and like a great many others who prefer to live alone, he
was very eccentric, during the last part of his life he was badly
crippled with rheumatism, and about a year before he died, he began
to try to locate relatives both in U. S. and Norway, and through
Aftenposten in Oslo, he got in touch with first cousin who had
written him a letter over 50 years ago, that Hyer never replied
to, it was through him that I first came in contact with Hyer, and
resulted in the sending of Leif Sunde, a first cousin of mine, up
to Hyer, and he will undoubtedly tell you his experienses, and what
he knows about the history of the place, he has successfully carried
on the business for the heirs since the old man died. I do not
believe that the name has anything to do with the early Norwegian
arrivals up there, the Anglican missionary Rev. Marshall, who has
been up there 16 years once told me that the Hudson's Bay Co.,
originally called it Northway House. Better wait until you hear
from Sunde, he is a young man interested in everything, who has
visited all the posts both by cance and dog team, and went up there
the first time in December, 200 miles by dog team over Lake Winnipeg
and has had a very intersting life up there ever since.
Leif Sunde came to Winnipeg from Flekkefjord about six years
ago, so he was almost a newcomer, when he tackled the job at
Norway House, you may remember meeting his father, when you were
in Flekkefjord, Johan Sunde a successful merchant there, he is my
mothers brother, but we are about the same age.
Please remember me to Mr. Guldbrandsen, we enjoyed his too
short visit very much, hope he and Mr. Waugh arrived home safely
We hope he will keep his promise to repeat the
med al sin "bagage"
visit, when I will have a chance to show him Winnipeg.
Expect to be in Minneapolis for a short business trip
early in June, and will of course come in and bother you as usual.
With kindest regards to you and all yours, also to han Johan og
Martha
I am writing Leif to tell you all he knows, he did send
an interesting accout of his experienses to the newspapaper in
Flekkefjord, some years ago. Please return the enclosed clipping
when you are through with it.
Sincerely yours
J.Villardson
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