03396nam 2200685Ia 450 991081533630332120240416205049.01-62895-120-61-60917-315-5(CKB)3170000000046451(EBL)1810084(SSID)ssj0000585481(PQKBManifestationID)11395152(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000585481(PQKBWorkID)10570130(PQKB)11189764(MiAaPQ)EBC3338245(OCoLC)794490754(MdBmJHUP)muse17427(Au-PeEL)EBL3338245(CaPaEBR)ebr10553688(EXLCZ)99317000000004645120110906d2012 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe daring trader Jacob Smith in the Michigan Territory, 1802-1825 /Kim Crawford1st ed.East Lansing Michigan State University Pressc20121 online resource (332 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-61186-026-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Witness to Murder : Saginaw, 1802 -- The Saginaw Trail -- Trouble in Detroit -- War Clouds -- War in the Michigan Territory -- The Arrest of Jacob Smith -- I Pray You Inform Me ... : The Character of Jacob Smith -- Abduction to Saginaw -- The Return of the Boyer Children -- Jacob Smith versus Louis Campau, 1815 -- Peace -- Conclude a Treaty for the Country upon the Saginac Bay -- The Treaty Councils Begin -- He Was Smart as Steel -- Mounting Trouble, Mounting Debt -- U.S. vs. Jacob Smith -- He Was Dissipated and Bad in His Habits -- It Is the Last Stir of the Dying Wind -- No One Was More Anxious to Secure Advantage Than Smith -- The White Man Takes Away What He Bought of the Indians.A fur trader in the Michigan Territory and confidant of both the U.S. government and local Indian tribes, Jacob Smith could have stepped out of a James Fenimore Cooper novel. Controversial, mysterious, and bold during his lifetime, in death Smith has not, until now, received the attention he deserves as a pivotal figure in Michigan's American period and the War of 1812. This is the exciting and unlikely story of a man at the frontier's edge, whose missions during both war and peace laid the groundwork for Michigan to accommodate settlers and farmers moving west. The book investigates Smith'sPioneersMichiganBiographyFur tradersMichiganBiographyIndian agentsMichiganBiographyFrontier and pioneer lifeMichiganIndians of North AmericaMichiganHistory19th centuryFlint Region (Mich.)History19th centuryMichiganHistoryTo 1837MichiganHistoryWar of 1812MichiganBiographyPioneersFur tradersIndian agentsFrontier and pioneer lifeIndians of North AmericaHistory977.4/03092Crawford Kim1957-1638108MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815336303321The daring trader3980316UNINA