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Title
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Pierre Chouteau, Jr. and Company
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Description
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There are numerous references in the book to the Chouteau family and in particular Pierre Chouteau, Jr. and his involvement in the fur trade on the upper Missouri River. The focus of the book is the history of Fort Union, a fort of the Upper Missouri Outfit. The working arrangements between the Indians and fur traders early on is contrasted between the later dealings of the Indians with the U.S. government and the military.
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Date
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2001
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Fighting the Smallpox Epidemic of 1837-38: The Response of the American Fur Company Traders
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Description
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Article describes the varied responses of traders working for the American Fur Company at Forts Clark and Union on the upper Missouri River during the smallpox outbreak of 1837 and 1838. A map is provided that displays the locations of the forts as well as other fur trading posts and U.S. Indian agencies.
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Date
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1983
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Bad Medicine: Medical Knowledge and Practice of the Upper Missouri Fur Trade
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Description
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The article begins with a summary of various medicines and medical practices used by fur traders on the North American frontier. The next section is a transcription of various portions of Robert Thomas' Modern Domestic Medicine, published in 1829. The transcribed sections contain lists of drugs, herbs, and chemicals in use at the time and their various effects. The following section are transcribed portions of supply inventories from Fort Union from 1831-1834. The inventories describe medicines and their definitions. The next section is a list of patent medicines and their definitions taken from the same Fort Union inventories. The final section is a transcribed portion of a letter written by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs at Fort Union in 1859. The transcribed portion is a list of so-called Indian medicines and brief descriptions of their use at Fort Union during the period.
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Date
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2004
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
