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The American fur trade of the Far West : a history of the pioneer trading posts and early fur companies of the Missouri Valley and the Rocky Mountains and of the overland commerce with Santa Fe
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Hiram Martin Chittenden
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1902 (Publication)
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1 v. (xxiv, 1029 p.) : ill., 1 folded map ; 22 cm
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Volume 1. [Part 1]. Character of the business -- Relations with the Indians -- Evil effects of competition -- The liquor traffic -- Characteristic features of the fur trade -- Trading posts -- The trapping fraternity -- Life in the wilderness -- [Part 2]Louisiana -- Rise of the American fur trade -- St. Louis -- Expeditions of 1807 -- The Missouri Fur Company.--Manuel Lisa, its founder -- The Missouri Fur Company.--Sketch of its varied career -- Crooks and McLellan -- Astoria.--Origin and scope of the project -- Astoria.--The expedition by sea -- Astoria.--The Overland expedition--West -- Astoria.--Beginnings on the Columbia and the Overland expedition -- Astoria.--The course of events on the Columbia -- Astoria.--Review of the enterprise -- Astoria.--Its author and the "sources of his inspiration" -- The Rocky Mountain Fur Company.--Under William H. Ashley -- The Rocky Mountain Fur Company.--Adventures of Jedediah S. Smith -- The Rocky Mountain Fur Company.--Its later history-- The American Fur Company.--Establishment of the Western Department -- The American Fur Company.--The Upper Missouri outfit -- The American Fur Company.--Stress of competition -- The American Fur Company.--1834-1843 -- The American Fur Company.--Methods and men -- Captain Bonneville -- Nathaniel J. Wyeth.-- The Oregon Trail -- Volume 2. The Santa Fe trade--Santa Fe -- The Santa Fe trade--historical sketch -- The Santa Fe trade--character of the business -- The Santa Fe trade--the trail -- The Santa Fe trade--incidents of the trail -- The war of 1812 -- The Yellowstone expedition of 1819-1820 -- The Aricara campaign of 1823 -- The Yellowstone expedition of 1825 -- The smallpox scourge of 1837 -- Military occupation -- Geographical and scientific explorations -- Missionary work -- "The lost trappers" -- The battle of Pierre's Hole -- The death of Henry Vanderburgh -- The battle of Fort McKenzie -- Smuggling liquor of the Missouri -- Rose and Beckwourth, the Crow chiefs--Alexander Harvey, desperado -- Miraculous escape of Hugh Glass -- The treachery of Mike Fink -- The adventures of John Colter -- The Rocky Mountains -- Valleys and plains -- Rivers and lakes--the Missouri system and the plains rivers -- Rivers and lakes--the Colorado ad Columbia systems and the great basin -- Flora -- Fauna--the buffalo, beaver, and bear -- Fauna--other species of interest in the fur trade -- Native tribes--general observations -- Native tribes of the Missouri basin -- Native tribes of the southwest and the tra-Montane country -- Volume 3. Appendices.
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