Includes bibliography and index. Illustrated with photographs in black &amp; white. Dust jacket slightly faded at spine.

Fort Supply, Indian Territory;: Frontier outpost on the plains

History

Carriker, Robert C.

Americas

University of Oklahoma Press

"Carriker has done his task well. The research is thorough, and the presentation is clear, concise, and readable. Fleshing out a significant phase of southern plains history, Fort Supply will be welcomed by students of the American West."--Southwestern Historical Quarterly
"The research is thorough, and is based primarily on abundany unpublished official records and other contemporary sources. The narrative is supported by extensive documentation, a lengthy bibliography, four maps, and several photographs and drawings. The book is generally well written, unusually interesting, and unquestionably definitive."--Arizona and the West
Robert C. Carriker, who holds the Ph.D. degree from the University of Oklahoma, is Professor of History at Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington, and a specialist in the history of the American West.

Fort Supply, Indian Territory: Frontier Outpost on the Plains

Carriker (history, Gonzaga U.) describes Jesuit missionary De Smet's work with the Native American tribes of the West, and discusses his fundraising efforts, his writing, and his role as a peacemaker in intertribal conflicts and in conflicts between Natives Americans and the military. Includes b&amp;w photos and illustrations. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Father Peter John De Smet: Jesuit in the West (Oklahoma Western Biographies)

Religion & Spirituality

Other Religions, Practices & Sacred Texts

Univ of Oklahoma Pr

Drouillard's service to the Lewis and Clark Expedition was long obscured by the stronger light shown on the leaders and on Sacagawea, the Indian woman who accompanied them. This classic biography, first published in 1964 and out-of-print for over thirty years, rescues this most important member of the Corps of Discovery from that shadow land. From the various journals of the expedition and from many more obscure documents, letters and legal records, Dr. Skarsten presents not merely an account of the pursuits in which Drouillard engaged, but an idea also of the kind of man he was, as a member of the famous expedition and later as a partner of Manuel Lisa in the fur trade. The variety of responsibilities assigned to Drouillard form an impressive list –recruiting of personnel, message bearing, retrieving a deserter, pursuing strayed and stolen horses, trading for horses and for canoes, horse gelding, as river-boat helmsman, diplomat to the Indians, boon companion to Lewis –in addition to the hunting and interpreting for which he was specifically hired. Further, Drouillard played a major role in each of the four or five crises of the expedition, and later, as a fur trader, furnished Clark with mapping details of the present Montana-Wyoming area. As partner to Manuel Lisa in the fur trade, in company with John Colter, Thomas James and others, on the Yellowstone, Big Horn, Shoshone, Rosebud and Tongue rivers, and the Three Forks of the Missouri, Drouillard¹s activity during 1807 to 1810 receives detailed attention; together with his attempt to trade with the Blackfeet, and later, his death at their hands in April 1810. Drouillard¹s trial for the murder of Bissonette, and other court actions with Drouillard as both defendant and plaintiff, add new and interesting material.

George Drouillard: Hunter and Interpreter for Lewis and Clark and Fur Trader...

Biographies & Memoirs

Skarsten, M. O.

Historical

The Arthur H. Clark Company

An Army Wife on the Frontier: The Memoirs of Alice Blackwood Baldwin, 1867-77

Carriker, Eleanor R.

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