Contents -- Tables and Maps -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART ONE: OVERVIEW -- Historical Background -- The Distant Past -- The Recent Past -- The North West Company -- Slave Lake District, 1786-99 -- Mackenzie River District, 1795-1800 -- James Porter's Journal, 1800-1 -- John Thomson's Journal, 1800-1 -- Arrival of Opposition in Athabasca, 1800-4 -- Early Journals of W.F. Wentzel, 1802-5 -- Alexander McKenzie's Journal, 1805-6 -- Alexander Henry Jr's Journal, 1806 -- George Keith's Journals, 1805-7 -- W.F. Wentzel's Journals, 1805-08 -- Declining Returns from the Mackenzie, 1807-15 -- Roderic McKenzie Correspondence, 1807-24 -- Aftermath, 1816-21 -- Wentzel's "Account of Mackenzies River with a Chart," 1821 -- Conclusions -- PART TWO: NORTH WEST COMPANY DOCUMENTS -- James Porter's Slave Lake Journal of 1800-1 -- John Thomson's Journal of 1800-1 -- W.F. Wentzel's Journals of 1802 and 1804-5 -- Alexander McKenzie's Journal of 1805-6 -- Alexander Henry, Jr's Journal of 1806 -- George Keith's Journals of 1805-6 and 1806-7 -- W.F. Wentzel's Journals and "Account of Mackenzies River," 1805-21 -- Biographical Notes, Mackenzie River and Slave Lake Districts, 1795-1821 -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- M -- O -- P -- S -- T -- V -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- X -- Y.