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The legend of Daniel Williams Freuchen, Peter, 1886-1957

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"Fiction. Williams, a bible-toting Negro and ex-slave, arrived in the Peace River country in the 1870's and worked for the Hudson's Bay Company in Dunvegan and Fort St. John. His career ended abruptly in March of 1880 when he was hanged for murder."-- Lowther, B. J., & Laing, M. (1968). A bibliography of British Columbia: Laying the foundations, 1849-1899. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 212.

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