books about: larpenteur (narrative explorers 1833-1872)

books about: larpenteur

books:

Forty Years a Fur Trader on the Upper Missouri The Personal Narrative of Charles Larpenteur 1833-1872 Volume ...

2 reviews
Elliott Coues

Francis P Harper, 1898

A classic
Captivating! This is an accurate and vivid account of the day to day and year to year activities associated with the early American fur trade era. Pick up any book on this subject and you will find that this book is used as a reference. Larpenteur spent much of his time at the Fort Union trading post in present day Montana where the Yellowstone River empties into the Missouri. This is his story ...

Forty Years a Fur Trader on the Upper Missouri: The Personal Narrative of Charles Larpenteur, 1833-1872 ...

Francis P. Harper, 1898

Two volume set

The Assiniboines: From the Accounts of the Old Ones Told to First Boy (James Larpenteur Long)

1 review

University of Oklahoma, 1961

Emmercive, eye opening, truthful, and serves to bridge a cultural gap
Spirit World: The Assiniboines believed that the spirits of the dead journeyed toward the east. Jame Larpenteur Long tells the account of his grandfather's journey: "In the lodge where my grandfather lay ill with the disease, two other members of the family were dead and their bodies were left where they died. Many families fled to other parts of the country. Grandfather was so near death that ...