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Record Nr.

UNINA9910794983103321

Autore

Trudeau Jean-Baptiste <1748-1827, >

Titolo

A fur trader on the Upper Missouri : the journal and description of Jean-Baptiste Truteau, 1794-1796 / / Jean-Baptiste Truteau ; edited by Raymond J. DeMallie, Douglas R. Parks, and Robert Vezina ; translated by Mildred Mott Wedel, Raymond J. DeMallie, and Robert Vezina

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, [Nebraska] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Nebraska Press, , [2017]

©[2017]

ISBN

1-4962-0126-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (696 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps

Collana

Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians Series

Disciplina

917.804

Soggetti

Indians of North America - Missouri River Valley

Missouri River Valley Description and travel

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"In cooperation with the American Indian Studies Research Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Extract from the journals of the voyage of Jean-Baptiste Truteau on the Upper Missouri -- From St. Louis to the Arikara villages, June 7, 1794-May 14, 1795 -- At the Arikara villages, May 24-July 20, 1795 -- From the  Arikara Villages to St. Louis, July 22, 1795-June 4, 1796 -- Abridged description of the  Upper Missouri -- First notebook -- Second notebook -- Third notebook -- Instructions given to Truteau by the Company of the Upper Missouri -- Account of the Indian trade / Jacques Clamorgan -- Appendix 1: The language of Truteau / Robert Vézina -- Appendix 2: A glossary of voyageur French / Robert Vézina.

Sommario/riassunto

"The first annotated scholarly edition of Jean-Baptiste Truteau's journal of his voyage on the Missouri River in the central and northern Plains from 1794 to 1796 and of his description of the Upper Missouri."--Provided by publisher.