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- Title
SHORT TEMPERS AND LONG KNIVES: Hostilities Between the Blackfeet Confederacy and American Fur Trappers from 1806 to 1840.
- Authors
BUCKLEY, JAY H.
- Abstract
The article focuses on the history of hostilities between American fur trappers and the American Indians of the Blackfeet Confederacy between 1806 and 1840 along the upper Missouri River, and the experiences of the American Lewis and Clark Expedition with the hostilities. The author emphasizes that the Blackfeet sought to prevent American trappers and traders from trading with, and consequently strengthening other Indian tribes including the Crows, Flatheads and Shoshones. The author discusses the Lewis and Clark Expedition's contact with the Blackfeet Confederacy during their exploration of the territory of Louisiana, acquired by the U.S. under the Louisiana Purchase.
- Subjects
MISSOURI River; UNITED States; 19TH century Native American history; TRAPPERS; FUR traders; LEWIS &; Clark Expedition (1804-1806); LOUISIANA Purchase; HISTORY
- Publication
We Proceeded On, 2013, Vol 39, Issue 2, p8
- ISSN
0275-6706
- Publication type
Article