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Manuel Lisa, Fur Trader on the Upper Missouri
Hiram Martin Chittenden (1858–1917) was a leading historian of the American West, especially the fur trade. A graduate of West Point, he was the Seattle district engineer for the Army Corps of Engineers.
Manuel Lisa, also known as Manuel de Lisa (1772 – 1820), was a Spanish fur trader, explorer, and United States Indian agent. He was among the founders in St. Louis of the Missouri Fur Company, an early fur trading company. Lisa gained respect through his trading among Native American tribes of the upper Missouri River region, such as the Teton Sioux, Omaha and Ponca.
After being appointed as US Indian agent during the War of 1812, Lisa used his standing among the tribes to encourage their alliance with the United States and their warfare against tribes allied with the United Kingdom. Although he was already married to a European-American woman in St. Louis, where he kept a residence, in 1814 Lisa married Mitain, a daughter of Big Elk, the principal chief of the Omaha people, as part of securing their alliance.
Contents:
Manuel Lisa
His supposed attempt in the Santa Fe trade
His journeyings
Made sub-agent
His work in the War of 1812
Becomes president of the Missouri Fur Company
His death
Magnitude of his work
His energetic nature
His enemies
His marriage
His Indian marriage
His name and language
His religion.
Founding of Fort Lisa
This book originally published in 1901 has been reformatted for the Kindle and may contain an occasional defect from the original publication or from the reformatting.
Manuel Lisa, also known as Manuel de Lisa (1772 – 1820), was a Spanish fur trader, explorer, and United States Indian agent. He was among the founders in St. Louis of the Missouri Fur Company, an early fur trading company. Lisa gained respect through his trading among Native American tribes of the upper Missouri River region, such as the Teton Sioux, Omaha and Ponca.
After being appointed as US Indian agent during the War of 1812, Lisa used his standing among the tribes to encourage their alliance with the United States and their warfare against tribes allied with the United Kingdom. Although he was already married to a European-American woman in St. Louis, where he kept a residence, in 1814 Lisa married Mitain, a daughter of Big Elk, the principal chief of the Omaha people, as part of securing their alliance.
Contents:
Manuel Lisa
His supposed attempt in the Santa Fe trade
His journeyings
Made sub-agent
His work in the War of 1812
Becomes president of the Missouri Fur Company
His death
Magnitude of his work
His energetic nature
His enemies
His marriage
His Indian marriage
His name and language
His religion.
Founding of Fort Lisa
This book originally published in 1901 has been reformatted for the Kindle and may contain an occasional defect from the original publication or from the reformatting.
21 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 16, 2015
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September 30, 2016
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Love the fur trade history of our nation. This is one of the notable early sagas of the uncharted and largely unknown frontier.
Love the fur trade history of our nation. This is one of the notable early sagas of the uncharted and largely unknown frontier.
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