Excerpt from Gentlemen of the North Clark's Expedition, Chittenden's American Fur Trade, H. H. Brackenridge's journal of his Missouri trip in 1811. Almost all the Indians named in the story were real characters. Old Tabashaw was killed by a Sioux war-party at Wild Rice River in the winter Of 1807. Eshkebugecoshe, or Flat Mouth, chief of the Pillager Chippewas, was about thirty years Old at the time Of the story, and was one of Henry's hunters on Red River. He is credited with influencing the Chippewas to cease their practice Of poisoning, and he refused to fight against the United States in 1812. Le Borgne is drawn after descriptions given by Brackenridge, members Of the Lewis and Clark Expe dition, Henry and others. For the sake Of speeding up the ac tion I have forced the coalition Of the N. W. And the X. Y. Companies by a few months. The merger was completed on November 5, 1804, and the winter express brought the news to Henry at the Pembina post on January I, 1805. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.