Contribution to Book
The Hudson’s Bay Company Brigades of 1832-33 and the Malaria Epidemic in California
The Fur War in the West: Ecological and Cultural Consequences
(2013)
Abstract
The ecological and cultural impacts of the Hudson’s Bay Company fur brigades to California were long term and important, but the expedition of 1832-33 caused a catastrophe by introducing the intermittent fever. The “intermittent fever” led to mortality rates from 50-90 percent or more, and it is likely more than 30,000 people died from the fever in the affected areas of California.
Keywords
- Fur trade,
- intermittent fever,
- beaver,
- California,
- Hudson's Bay Company
Disciplines
Publication Date
2013
Editor
David A Bainbridge
Publisher
Rio Redondo Press
Citation Information
David A Bainbridge. "The Hudson’s Bay Company Brigades of 1832-33 and the Malaria Epidemic in California" San Diego, CAThe Fur War in the West: Ecological and Cultural Consequences (2013) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/david_a_bainbridge/40/