The Fist in the WildernessDoubleday, 1964 - 490 Seiten Narrative account of John Jacob Astor's endeavors through his field manager, Ramsay Crooks, to exploit and control early American fur trade. |
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The Key and the Door | 1 |
Robert Dickson and the Ways of | 17 |
The Americans Stir | 34 |
Urheberrecht | |
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Aird American Fur Company Aricaras Astor Astoria barges beaver boats buffalo Cabanné camp Canadian canoe Cass charge Chicago Chippewas clerks company's Crooks and Stuart Crooks's Detroit factories Farnham Fond du Lac fur trade Governor Green Bay horses Hunt Illinois Indian agent Indian country Indian trade Island James John Joseph keelboat Lake Superior land Letter Book Lewis and Clark licenses liquor Lisa Louis Mackenzie Mackinac Mandan McClellan McKenney merchandise Michigan Michilimackinac Michilimackinac Company miles Mississippi Missouri Fur Company Montreal mountains mouth Nor'Westers North West Company ordered outfits Pacific partners party pelts perhaps Peter's Pierre Chouteau portage Prairie du Chien Puthuff Ramsay Crooks reached returned River Robert Dickson Robert McClellan Robert Stuart Rockies Rolette Sault savages ship Sioux South West summer Taliaferro Territory trappers traveled treaty tribes trip United upper village voyageurs Washington western whisky wilderness William Clark winter Wisconsin wrote York