The American Fur Trade of the Far West, Bind 1U of Nebraska Press, 1. jan. 1986 - 994 sider Chittenden brought to this enduring work an appreciation of geography and a feeling for the lives and times of colorful trappers and mountain men like the Sublette brothers, Jedediah Smith, Jim Bridger, William H. Ashley, and Manuel Lisa, providing a perspective on the fur trade that remains sound after nearly a century. |
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Character of the Business | 3 |
Relations with the Indians | 11 |
Evil Effects of Competition | 18 |
The Liquor Traffic | 23 |
Characteristic Features of the Fur Trade | 32 |
Trading Posts | 45 |
The Trapping Fraternity | 53 |
Life in the Wilderness | 68 |
Review of the Enterprise | 227 |
Its Author and the Sources of His Inspiration | 238 |
Ashley and His Men | 246 |
Under William H Ashley | 261 |
tures of Jedediah S Smith | 283 |
Its Later History | 291 |
Establishment of the Western Department | 313 |
The Upper Missouri Outfit | 324 |
Historical | 73 |
Louisiana | 75 |
Rise of the American Fur Trade | 86 |
St Louis | 99 |
Expeditions of 1807 | 114 |
Manuel Lisa its Founder | 126 |
Sketch of its Varied Career | 138 |
Crooks and McLellan | 160 |
Origin and Scope of the Project | 164 |
The Expedition by Sea | 171 |
The Overland ExpeditionWest | 182 |
Beginnings on the Columbia and the Overland ExpeditionEast | 200 |
The Course of Events on the Columbia | 216 |
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