Adventures on the Columbia River: Including the Narrative of the Residence of Six Years on the Western Side of the Rocky Mountains, Among Various ... with a Journey Across the American Continent

Ross Cox was a fur trader for the Pacific Fur Company. In 1811 he sailed from New York around the Horn to Hawaii and up the Columbia River. He resided on the Columbia River and surrounding areas for six years. He was not a hero but he was a survivor, and a sharp observer who wrote one of the best first-hand accounts of the fur trapper's life.