Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-246) and index.
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Machine generated contents note: List of Maps ix -- Foreword by Martin Ridge xi -- Chapter 1: To Prevent Disputes and Differences 3 -- Chapter 2: The Wild and Untrammelled Life 13 -- Chapter 3: One of the Most Unprincipled Men 19 -- Chapter 4: We Hold This Country by So Slight a Tenure 36 -- Chapter 5: They Are Too Lazy To Come In with Their Furs 49 -- Chapter 6: No Money Would Induce Me to Risk Again 62 -- Chapter 7: Let Rules Be Made They Will Soon Be Broken 75 -- Chapter 8: We Must Endeavour to Annoy Them 87 -- Chapter 9: Do You Know in Whose Country You Are? 101 -- Chapter 10: Go We Will Where We Shall Be Paid 114 -- Chapter 11: They Are Now to Be Found in All Parts -- of the Snake Country 135 -- Chapter 12: The Cheapest Shop Will Carry the Day 148 -- Chapter 13: It Is a Lottery with All Expeditions 161 -- Chapter 14: Our Own People Are Now Perfectly Satisfied 171 -- Chapter 15: The Country Virtually Falls into Our Keeping 191 -- Notes 205 -- Short Title List 231 -- Acknowledgments 247 -- Index 249.
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Title
Contested empire.
International Standard Book Number
0806133740
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Ogden, Peter Skene,1790-1854-- Relations with Americans.
Ogden, Peter Skene,1790-1854-- Relations with Indians.
Ogden, Peter Skene,1790-1854-- Travel-- Snake River Valley (Wyo.-Wash.)
Ogden, Peter Skene,1790-1854
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Hudson's Bay Company
Hudson's Bay Company.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Frontier and pioneer life-- Snake River Valley (Wyo.-Wash.)
Fur trade-- Social aspects-- Snake River Valley (Wyo.-Wash.)-- History-- 19th century.
Fur traders-- Canada, Biography.
Indians of North America-- Snake River Valley (Wyo.-Wash.)-- History-- 19th century.
Ethnic relations.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Fur trade-- Social aspects.
Fur traders.
HISTORY-- State & Local-- General.
Indians of North America.
Relations with Americans.
Relations with Indians.
Travel.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Snake River Valley (Wyo.-Wash.), Description and travel.
Snake River Valley (Wyo.-Wash.), Ethnic relations.