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Index
Agua Mansa, California, 199, 201, 209
Alvarez, Manuel, 70, 72, 79, 87, 132, 153–54; Santa Fe official, 152, 158, 162; correspondence with Louis, 164, 174, 176
American Fur Company, 47, 60, 80; Western Department, 86–88, 92, 95–96, 100–103, 107, 114, 116, 119, 145, 182, 184; subsidiary Missouri Company, 110; license, 111
Apache Indians, 163
Aram, Joseph, 182–83
Arapaho Indians, 68, 157
Arikara Indians, 11, 30; dangerous tribe, 54–55, 91; at war, 59–61
Arikara War, 58–59
Armijo, Manuel, New Mexico governor, 148, 151–54, 162, 170–71
Army of the West, 168
Ash Hollow, 182, 187, 189, 191
Ashley, William H., 54–55; Arikara War, 58–59; new business plan, 61, 70, 75; rendezvous, 76; mentioned, 89, 98, 124–26, 145
Astor, John Jacob, 47, 86, 95
Atkinson, Henry, 50, 57
Austin, Stephen and Moses, 56
Ayois Indians. See Ioway Indians
Ayuntamiento, Santa Fe town council, 122, 149
Baca, Bartholomu, 61, 76
Baird, James, 35, 81
Bandini, Juan, 163, 200
Barbour, James, 88, 90
Bear Flag Revolt, 174
Beaubien, Carlos Hipolite, 120
Becknell, William, 56–57
Beckwith, E. G., 125
Benevides, Carmel, common law wife of Antoine, 120, 124, 208
Bent, Charles, 46, 77, 121, 129, 149, 158, 161
Bent, William, 121
Bent's Fort, 146–47, 158, 161, 166, 168–70
Benton, Thomas Hart, 46, 78, 133–34, 170
Bernard Pratte & Company, 65, 70–71, 77, 80, 82, 86, 88, 95
Berthold, Bartholomew, 39, 70, 72, 89, 96
Berthold, Chouteau & Company, 47
Biddle, Thomas, 51
Bidwell, John, 130, 152
Bissonnet, Bazil, 37–38
Black Bird, Omaha Indian chief, 11
Blackfeet Indians, 30; dangerous tribe, 54, 59, 98
Blacksnake (Le Serpent Noir) Hills, 21, 25, 31, 97, 101, 102; arrival of Joseph III, 103–7; established post, 108, 110, 113–14, 125, 133–43
Bodmer, Karl, 112
Bonaparte, Napoleon, sale of Louisiana, 16–19
Bordeaux, James, 182
Boyd, Robert, 183
Brazeau, Joseph, 21, 29
Breckinridge, John, 23
Brichnell, Edward, 185–86
Bridger, Jim, 126
Briggs, Thomas, 158
Browne, Joseph, 27
Bruff, J. Goldsborough, 189–93
Buchanan County, Missouri, 136, 138–39, 142, 144, 179, 202
Cabanné, Jean Pierre, 37–38, 47; factor of French Company, 54, 60, 65, 70, 96, 100–103, 109, 119; dispute with Robidoux, 71–77, 80, 88–95
Calhoun, John C.: secretary of war, 48; regulating Indian trade, 49–51
California Gold Rush, 198
Calvo, Casa, 16–18
Camp, Rachael, 44–45
Cantonment Missouri, 50–51
Carondelet, Francois Luis Hector, Baron de, 9; trade regulation, 10–14
Carson, Kit, 129–30, 145–46, 154–56, 172, 176, 182
Cass, Lewis, 88
Castillo, Flavia, 209
Castro, Don Jose, 175
Cavalier and Petit, 18, 32–33, 38
Cerre, Pascal, 107
Cerro del Oro mine, 131
Chambers, Talbot, 50
Charbonneau, Jean Baptiste, 98
Charbonneau, Touissant, 25
Chauvin, Jacques, 16
Chenie, Antoine, 37
Cheyenne Indians, 11
Chimney Rock, 182–83, 191
Chouteau, A. P., 39, 43
Chouteau, Auguste, 1; siblings, 2; mentioned, 13, 15, 25, 30; executor for Joseph II, 32–34, 38, 43
Chouteau, Berthold & Pratte, 54
Chouteau, Gabriel, 54
Chouteau, Marie, 1–2
Chouteau, Pierre Jr. (Cadet): as Robidoux business confidant, 39–40, 57, 70, 75–77, 113, 119; in Cabanne-Robidoux dispute, 89–95; engaged in Indian trade, 96, 100–103, 184; trade at Blacksnake Hills, 104–5, 107, 110–11, 116; correspondence with Robidoux, 114, 134, 137–38, 140; Dorwin issue, 115–17; mortgage, 143
Chouteau, Pierre, 2, 13, 30, 37
Chouteau, René, 1
Clamorgan, Jacques, head of Missouri Company, 10–15
Clark, William, 25–30; superintendent of Indian Affairs, 46, 50, 54, 64, 78; issue passports, 76; licenses, 77, 80, 87–89, 94, 103, 111, 119; visit by Indians, 112; Dorwin issue, 115; Platte Purchase, 134
Clyman, James, 75
Cochetopa Pass, 67, 125, 127
Collell, Boneventura, 9
Collins, James, 153
Colter, John, 28, 30
Columbia Fur Company, 86, 91
Comanche Indians, dangerous tribe, 56, 69, 120, 168
Committee on Invalid Pensions, 205
Committee on Military Affairs, 174, 206, 208
Corby, John, 183
Council Bluffs, 22, 27, 38, 47–60, 65, 88–99
Craig, James, 207
Crooks, Ramsey, 31, 86; involved in Cabanné dispute, 92–94; in Indian trade, 98, 138
Crow Indians, 30
Culberson, Thaddeus, 195
D'Abbadie, Jean Jacques, 1
Davis, Jefferson, 205
D'Eglise, Jacques, 9
De Smet, Father Pierre, 156
Dearborn, Henry, 27–28
Delassus, Charles de Hault, 15, 17–18; dealing with Lewis, 23–24
Delaurier, Henry, 37
DeMun, Jules, 39
Deroin, J. B., 30, 96
Deroin, Jeffrie (Jeffre, Jeffrey): freedom case, 43–45; Indian interpreter and trader, 114–16; Robidoux competitor, 117, 133–35
Digger Indians, 131, 156
Dorwin, Geoffrey. See Deroin, Jeffrie
Dougherty, John, 43, 105, 133, 135
Drips, Andrew, 46, 77, 80; expedition to the Green River, 96, 98–101; Plains trade, 184, 189, 202
Drouillard, George, 30
Duff, John, 203
Dumont, Alexander, 100
Ellis, Powhatan, 132
Embargo Act, 31–33
Evans, John, search for Welsh Indians, 12
Extranjeros, 72, 80
Farnham, Thomas, 130, 131, 146, 147
Ferris, Warren Angus, 96–98, 129, 130
Field, Matt, 149–51
Fitzpatrick, Thomas, 75, 126, 168, 194
Flores, Don Jose, 175–76
Fontenelle, Drips & Company, 109
Fontenelle, Lucien, 47, 77, 80; expedition to Green River, 96–101; Indian trade, 103, 109–10, 119, 135; failed land claim, 136
Forbes, John Murray, 203–4
Forsyth, John, 133
Fort Atkinson, 50–51, 54, 58, 64–66, 74–75, 77
Fort Bridger, 156
Fort Davy Crockett, 146–47
Fort Hall, 145, 156, 161
Fort John, 189, 197
Fort Kearny, 178, 182, 192
Fort Lancaster, 161
Fort Laramie, 99, 166, 181–82, 189, 192, 20
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Fort Leavenworth, 50, 90, 93, 105, 107, 133, 168, 192
Fort Lisa, 38, 50
Fort Osage, 41
Fort Pierre, 184
Fort Robidoux: on the Missouri River, 29; on the Uintah, 128, 131, 145, 154–57, 159–62; destroyed, 165
Fort Uintah. See Fort Robidoux
Fort Uncompahgre, 125, 131, 157; destroyed, 165–66
Fort Union, 118
Fort William. See Fort Laramie
Fowler, Jacob, 56
Fox Indians: trade with, 54, 107, 137–38, 186; government annuities, 102; Platte Purchase, 134
Fraeb, Henry, 98, 126
Franklin, Missouri, 56, 65, 69, 96
Fremont, John C.: location of Fort Robidoux, 128, 154; Bear Flag Revolt, 174
French Company, 47, 54, 59
Frink, Margaret, 190–91
Garcia, Guadalupe, common law wife of Louis, 80, 87, 164
Garreau, Joseph, 9
Gates, John, 31
Gervais, Jean Baptiste, 98, 126
Gibbs, George, 192
Gibson, George Rutledge, 169
Gilliam, Cornelius, 178
Glenn, Hugh, 56, 58
Gordon, William, 69, 72
Government factory system, 46, 64
Gray, John, 98–99
Gregg, Josiah, 132
Gros Venture Indians, 11
Hacienda nationals, 124, 129
Hall, George, 205, 210
Hammond, Samuel, 28
Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad, 183, 203–4
Hardin, Benjamin, 185–87
Harrison, William Henry, 27
Hempstead, Thomas, 3, 53
Henry, Andrew, 30, 54–55, 58–59
Hester, Sallie, 189
Huddart, William, 68–69, 72
Hudson's Bay Company, 12, 46, 64, 97–98, 145, 156
Hughes, Andrew, Indian agent, 114–16, 133–34
Hughes, James M., 103
Husband, Bruce, 189
Immel, Michael, 35, 53, 55, 57; killed by Blackfeet, 59
Independence, Missouri, 56, 107, 183–84, 189
Ioway Indians: trade with, 21, 47, 51, 54, 59; also called Ayois, 89; government annuities, 102; trade at Blacksnake Hills, 102, 105, 111, 116–18, 137, 140; attack on Omaha, 112; sub agency, 114–15; Platte Purchase, 134
Jackson, David, 125–26
James, Thomas, 56
Jefferson, Thomas: sale of Louisiana, 18–19; western expedition, 23–24, 27; embargo, 31
Jones, Robert, 53, 55; killed by Blackfeet, 59
Julien, Denis, 127
Kansa Indians, trade with, 8, 54