12 At Heaven’s Command

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Preface xiii
5. Company and Colony
6. Dwellers Along the Shore 3
7. Tide of Empire 20
8. “This Miserable Affair” 32
9. The Smouldering Volcano 50
10. Putting Out Pires
11. Policy Making 75
12. Of Slaves and Liquor 85
13. Among the Vikings of the North Pacific 95
14. Piracy and Punishment 108
15. Policing the Passage 129
16. The Pulls of Alaska 148
17. Extending the Frontier
18. The “Customary Authority” Under Dominion Auspices 161
19. At Heaven’s Command 172
20. New Zones of Influence: Nass, Kimsquit, and Skeena 189
21. Retrospect 210
22. Appendix I 217
23. Appendix II 219
24. Abbreviations 224
25. Notes 225
26. Bibliography 267
27. Index 271