With a lifespan that runs approximately from 1815 to 1875, this
addition to the publisher's series again tells the tale of westward
expansion as it related to the forts along the upper Missouri River
- Buford, Berthold, Union, Randall, Rice and Pierce among others.
Furs and the search for valuable minerals were two of the
mainsprings which brought the white man into contact with Rees and
Sans Arcs, Omahas and Assiniboins, Hankpapas and the fighting
Sioux. But as the soldiers came and the forest grew, the tribes
were less and less able to hold their own. Gradually they became
docile or dispersed. Scurvy, dysentery, hunger, liquor (a problem
for both white and red men), politics, boredom and the redoubtable
"teepee of ill-fame" all contributed to the difficulties of taming
the northern Louisiana Purchase. A well-documented book with an
easy style and passages which give some feeling of the times, this
is an up-close of some of the forts which helped to win some of the
west - a volume more for the reader who has already gone the primer
route or for those with a predicated interest in the region.
(Kirkus Reviews)
This book brings to life one of the most exciting eras in American
history. In late 1819 Colonel Henry Atkinson led an expedition to
explore the wilderness of the Upper Missouri and establish sites
for a string of military posts, which would extend successful
contacts with the Indians as well as exploit trade with British
companies. The result of his efforts was a fort system which played
a dramatic and significant role in the opening of the territories
of the upper plains and the Rockies. Robert G. Athearn was a
leading authority on the history of the Northern Plains and the
Rocky Mountains.
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