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Gloom at Astoria—an ingenious stratagem—the small-pox chief—launching of the Dolly—an arrival—a Canadian trapper—a freeman of the forest—an Iroquois hunter—winter on the Columbia—festivities of New Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Expedition by land—Wilson P. Hunt—his character—Donald M'Kenzie—recruiting service among the voyageurs—a bark canoe—chapel of St. Anne—votive offerings—pious carousals—a ragged regiment—Mackinaw—picture of a trading post—frolicking voyageurs—swells and swaggers—Indian coxcombs—a man of the north—jockeyship of voyageurs—inefficacy of gold—weight of a feather—Mr. Ramsay Crooks—his character—his risks among the Indians—his warning concerning the Sioux and Blackfeet—embarkation of recruits—parting scenes between brothers, cousins, wives, sweethearts and pot companions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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St. Louis—its situation—motley population—French Creole traders and their dependants—Missouri Fur Company—Mr. Manuel Lisa—Mississippi boatmen—vagrant Indians—Kentucky hunters—old French mansion—fiddling—billiards—Mr. Joseph Miller—his character—recruits—voyage up the Missouri—difficulties of the river—merits of Canadian voyageurs—arrival at the Nodowa—Mr. Robert M'Lellan joins the party—John Day, a Virginia hunter—description of him—Mr. Hunt returns to St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Opposition of the Missouri Fur Company—Blackfeet Indians—Pierre Dorion, a half-breed interpreter—old Dorion and his hybrid progeny—family quarrels—cross purposes between Dorion and Lisa—renegadoes from Nodowa—perplexities of a commander—Messrs. Bradbury and Nuttall join the expedition—legal embarrassments of Pierre Dorion—departure from St. Louis—conjugal discipline of a half breed—annual swelling of the rivers—Daniel Boon, the patriarch of Kentucky—John Colter—his adventures among the Indians—rumors of danger ahead—Fort Osage—an Indian war-feast—troubles in the Dorion family—Buffaloes and turkey-buzzards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Return of spring—appearance of snakes—great flights of wild pigeons—renewal of the voyage—night encampments—Platte River—ceremonials on passing it—signs of Indian war parties—magnificent prospect at Papillion Creek—desertion of two hunters—an irruption into the camp of Indian desperadoes—village of the Omahas—anecdotes of the tribe—feudal wars of the Indians—story of Blackbird, the famous Omaha chief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Rumors of danger from the Sioux Tetons—ruthless character of those savages—pirates of the Missouri—their affair with Crooks and M'Lellan—a trading expedition broken up—M'Lellan's vow of vengeance—uneasiness in the camp—desertions—departure from the Omaha, village—meeting with Jones and |
