Nor'westers

Indeed it seemed as though that were true, for the tales of the reckless doings of that post of the Nor'westers on the Saskatchewan over which De Courtenay presided became more frequent and always they were characterised by a wildness and folly that were only exceeded by their daring.

The Maid of the Whispering Hills

Sweeping forward, the brigade of the Nor'westers, for such it proved to be, headed near in a circle and the head canoe turned in to shore.

The Maid of the Whispering Hills

Here had the Indians summarily sent ashore all of the Nor'westers who had been with De Courtenay and who had followed in the uncertainty of fear, not daring to desert lest they be overtaken and massacred.

The Maid of the Whispering Hills

But as in Florida they have the "Nor'westers" and the "Nor'easters," on the Riviera they have the "mistral."

"Marse Henry" : an autobiography, 1921

The fierce Nor'westers, the traders of Montreal, the Company of the X Y, Astor himself, had to give way.

The Call of the North Stewart Edward White 1909

Nor'westers, the traders of Montreal, the Company of the X Y, Astor himself, had to give way.

Conjuror's House A Romance of the Free Forest Stewart Edward White 1909

Hudson's Bay fur traders with Nor'westers, and John Jacob Astor attempted the same ends between the St. Louis and New York companies, so a master mind arose among the Russians, grasping the situation, and ready to cope with its difficulties.

Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward 1903

In spite of the cordial relations between the Nor'westers and Lewis and Clark, these fur traders cannot conceal their fear that this trip presages the end of the fur trade.

Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark 1903

Captain Lewis knew that his company must winter on the east side of the mountains, and there were a dozen traders -- Hudson Bay and Nor'westers -- on the ground practising all the unscrupulous tricks of rivals, Nor'westers driving off Hudson Bay horses, Hudson Bay men driving off Nor'-westers ', to defeat trade; so

Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark 1903

That was the record of the Hudson's Bay Company and Nor'westers in Canada, and the Rocky Mountain men and American

Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward 1903