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Last name Henry
First name Alexander
Display name Alexander Henry
Birth date 1739
Death date 1824
Gender m
Affiliations review
Bio notes Pioneer of the British-Canadian fur trade; a partner in the North West Company. In 1763-64, he lived and hunted with Wawatam of the Ojibwa, who had adopted him as a brother. Tried to grow corn at settlement along Lake Superior; mentioned by John Askin 1793

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Jacob Lindley's Account, 1793