"One of the best accounts is...A History of the Missouri River, by Phil E. Chappell, one of the oldest Missouri River pilots...it is estimated that $100,000 in gold went down with the boat." -St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Dec. 24, 1911"According to Phil Chappell's 1904 'A History of the Missouri River'...most steamboat wrecks in the 1800s occurred on the river bends." -Baltimore Sun, August 19, 2000"Phil E. Chappell of Kansas City...was for thirty years a...

A Seattle Times selection for one of Best Non-Fiction Books of 2010Winner of the New England Historial Association's 2010 James P. Hanlan AwardWinner of the Outdoor Writers Association of America 2011 Excellence in Craft Award, Book Division, First Place"A compelling and well-annotated tale of greed, slaughter and geopolitics." —Los Angeles TimesAs Henry Hudson sailed up the broad river that would one day bear his name, he grew concerned that...

Covering more than two centuries, The Beaver Men recounts the beginning of the beaver trade along the St. Lawrence to the last great rendezvous of traders and trappers on Ham’s Fork, in what is now Wyoming, in 1834. The Beaver Men is the third in Mari Sandoz’s trilogy of books narrating the history of the American West in relation to an animal species.

Recognizing that the past is nothing more than the stories we tell about it, Girty examines the myth of Simon Girty, the legendary "white savage" who terrorized the American western frontier during the American War for Independence and the Northwest Indian War. No serious book published since the nineteenth century has focused on this great villain of frontier mythology. While Daniel Boone and Simon Kenton were presented as great trailblazers and heroic Indian fighters, Simon Girty was dem...

The native tribes collectively known as the Abenaki once thrived along the Granite State's great rivers.Comprised of the Penacook, Winnipesaukee, Pigwacket, Sokoki, Cowasuck, and Ossipee tribes, influences of these "men of the east" abound even today, from the boiling of sap for maple syrup to the game of lacrosse, and even traditional corn-and-bean succotash. Historian Bruce Heald has mined, curated, and saved the real story of this land's first people. Learn unwr...

According to Wikipedia: "The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of the Americas, their descendants, and many ethnic groups who identify with those peoples. They are often also referred to as Native Americans, First Nations, Amerigine, and by Christopher Columbus' geographical mistake Indians, modernly disambiguated as the American Indian race, American Indians, Amerindians, Amerinds, or Red Indians. According to the still-debated New World migration model,...

This describes the Historical background about the early Indians Wars that were basically mentioned, but not really exemplified as the integral part of History that played a major role into the formation of the United States. When President George Washington received disturbing news from the Ohio Territory, the surrounding areas within the GreatLakes Region, pertaining to the incursions from the Indians. decided to send experienced Indian Fighterswhom he felt could control the situ...

For fifty-four years in the 19th century, Benjamin Armstrong spent his life with Native American tribes, learning their customs and languages, and becoming the adopted son of a Chippewa chief. Armstrong sat before Presidents Filmore and Lincoln on separate occasions as interpreter and advocate for Native American visitors to Washington.In this remarkable book, Armstrong relates his many years in the west with a depth and sympathy for his Native American friends that found few paral...

Thomas Guthrie Marquis's "The War Chief of the Ottawas: A Chronicle of the Pontiac War" offers a meticulously researched account of one of the pivotal conflicts in North American history. Through a blend of narrative and historical documentation, Marquis showcases the roles of key figures, particularly Pontiac, the Ottawa leader, and examines the socio-political ramifications of resistance against British colonial expansion. The book's literary style is characterized by its vivid storytell...

This volume is an important contribution to history and education.The unknown history and culture now made accessible the extraordianry research and compilation of old and new writings, with interviews.The Great Lakes Tribes, the Northwest Territory and the great competition for the wealth of the heart of the country.From the Origins and migration to the disease and wars, a complete and amazing culture and history.The Chiefs, Midiwiwinn, Metis, religion, hun...

Office of United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, Washington, D. C., November 1, 1877. The collection of photographic portraits of North American Indians described in the following "Catalogue" is undoubtedly the largest and most valuable one extant. It has been made at great labor and expense, during a period of about twenty-five years, and now embraces over one thousand negatives, representing no less than twenty-five tribes. Many of the individuals portrayed ...

 A Brief look at the campaign that pushed Harrison into his presidency.