Forty years a fur trader on the upper Missouri; the personal narrative of Charles Larpenteur, 1833-1872;

Elliott Coues, Charles Larpenteur

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THE GIFT OF FLORENCE V. V. DICKEY TO THE CALIFORNIAUNIVERSITY OF AT LOS ANGELES THE DONALD R. DICKEY LIBRARY OF VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY 2013 Ilea Digitized the Internet Archiveby in 2007 with funding from IVIicrosoft Corporation http://www.archive.org/details/fortyyearsfurtra01larpiala II. AMERICAN EXPLORERS SERIES. Xarpeuteur'5 Hutobioarapbs* VOL. I. r ^^€€r^t/ FORTY YEARS A FUR TRADER ON THE UPPER MISSOURI PERSONAL NARRATIVETHE OF CHARLES LARPENTEUR J833-J872 EDITED, WITH MANY CRITICAL NOTES, BY ELLIOTT COUES MAPSy VIEWS. AND PORTRAITS IN TWO VOLUMES Vol. I NEW YORK FRANCIS p. HARPER 1898 Copyright, 1898, BY FRANCIS P. HARPER. jEdftton XfmiteD to 050 Copies. College Library r DEDICATED EMINENT ANTHROPOLOGISTTO THE WASHINGTON MATTHEWS, M. D., LL. D., major and surgeon, u. s. army, of ethnography and philology of the hidatsa,author etc., etc., etc., identified with the west described bylong larpenteur, and but for whom this work would not be: the great respect and warm regard of his friend,with The Editor. A CONTENTS. UMEVOL I. CHAPTER I. (1807-33.) My Parentage and Early Life. PAGE France— — Baltimore— St. Louis— Des MoinesAmerica Rapids—Keokuk—Captain Throckmorton—Interpreter Blondeau—St. Louis—Ashley's Outfit in—Sublette and Campbell—Determined to Engage in the Fur Trade in 1833—Recommendation Secured—American Fur Com- pany Declined—Rocky Mountain Fur Company Ac- cepted—Good-by to Civilization—St.

Sujets

• Fur trade
• Missouri River Valley
• Indigenous peoples of the Americas
• Western United States

Informations

• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 4
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 9 Mo

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THE GIFT OF
FLORENCE V. V. DICKEY
TO THE
CALIFORNIAUNIVERSITY OF
AT LOS ANGELES
THE DONALD R. DICKEY
LIBRARY
OF VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY2013
IleaDigitized the Internet Archiveby
in 2007 with funding from
IVIicrosoft Corporation
http://www.archive.org/details/fortyyearsfurtra01larpialaII.
AMERICAN EXPLORERS SERIES.
Xarpeuteur'5 Hutobioarapbs*
VOL. I.