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The Chouteaus first family of the fur trade
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Title
The Chouteaus [electronic resource] : first family of the fur trade / Stan Hoig.
ISBN
9780826343475 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780826343499 (e-book)
Published
Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2008.
Physical Description
xi, 337 p. : ill., maps, ports.
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Notes
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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ProQuest ebook central.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 29, 2018
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-315) and index.
Contents
Threshold to an empire
Beyond the great river
War and peace on the Missouri
In a Spanish dungeon
Scions to the fore
Amid an Indian war
A frontier in havoc
The "Osage outfit"
VIPs at the Verdigris
Probing the plains
To the prairies unknown
Debt unto death
Steamboats "to the mountains"
A mile wide and six inches deep
Deadly cargoes : whiskey and cholera
Charles Chouteau at the helm
Passions of war
Requiems in retrospect
Addendum : the Chouteau women
Appendix A : Chouteau families and Osage offspring
Appendix B : Chouteau-related trading posts
Appendix C : Chouteau-involved Indian treaties.
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