The proprietor of the trading post in Moose Factory. Ferguson’s trading post is a hotbed of local gossip, and he gets all the latest news from the battlefields as well as the names of soldiers from the area who were killed in battle. Niska goes to Ferguson’s trading post to get news about Xavier, but Ferguson doesn’t want her in the trading post. He calls her a “dirty bush Indian” and a “heathen,” and he only agrees to let her stay and listen if she also agrees to supply him with fur for trade. Old Man Ferguson reflects the widespread racism of the wemistikoshiw (European people) against Indigenous people in Three Day Road.
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Old Man Ferguson Character Timeline in Three Day Road
The timeline below shows where the character Old Man Ferguson appears in Three Day Road. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Masinahikewin: Writing
...stopped to stare. She went directly to the trading post where the proprietor, Old Man Ferguson, yelled at her in incomprehensible words. Joseph Netmaker, an Indian man Niska remembered from long...
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Ferguson finally agreed to find out about Xavier if Niska agreed to begin trading with the...
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