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Title: Economic beginnings of the Far West: how we won the land beyond the Mississippi
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Coman, Katharine 1857-1915
Subjects: Mormons and Mormonism -- General works United States, West -- History Utah Economic conditions
Publisher: New York: Macmillan
Contributing Library: Church History Library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Digitizing Sponsor: Corporation of the Presiding Bishop, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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arty in order to see forhimself the possibilities of the Louisiana Purchase.He describes with enthusiasm the keel boat, thevoyageurs, and the equipment. Our barge was thebest that ever ascended this river, and manned withtwenty stout oars-men. Mr. Lisa, who had been asea-captain, took much pains in rigging his boatwith a good mast, and main and topsail; these beinggreat helps in the navigation of this river. Ourequipage is chiefly composed of young men, thoughseveral have already made a voyage to the upperMissouri, (a feat) of which they are exceedinglyproud, and on that account claim a kind of pre-cedence over the rest of the crew. We are in all,twenty-five men, and completely prepared for de-fence. There is, besides, a swivel on the bow of theboat, which, in case of attack, would make a formi-dable appearance; we have also two brass blunder-busses in the cabin, one over my birth, and theother over that of Mr. Lisa. These precautionswere absolutely necessary from the hostility of the
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THE FUR TRADE 305 Sioux bands, who, of late had committed severalmurders and robberies on the whites, and manifestedsuch a disposition that it was believed impossiblefor us to pass through their country. The greaterpart of the merchandise, which consisted of stroud-ing, blankets, lead, tobacco, knifes, guns, beads, &c,was concealed in a false cabin, ingeniously contrivedfor the purpose; in this way presenting as little aspossible to tempt the savages. But we hoped thatas this was not the season for the wandering tribesto come on the river, the autumn being the usualtime, we might pass by unnoticed. 9 Parties oftraders were met coming down the river with thewinters catch of beaver and buffalo skins. Theyfloated with the current on rafts made of two canoeslashed together, and a platform raised upon them10or in bull-boats such as the Indians used, a frameof willow boughs covered with buffalo skins, stretchedtight and dried in the sun. They reported a pros-perous season and the Indian

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