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Death of Henry Vanderburgh in 1832 frontier chase
The article recounts Henry Vanderburgh of the American Fur Co dying after a pursuit by Jim Bridger and Pat Fitzpatrick in the 1832 Pierre’s Hole gathering. Vanderburgh and Cripps chased Bridger upstream through the Madison and Jefferson rivers, facing hostile Indians, with Vanderburgh killed in an ambush near Alder Creek while seeking rich fur country.
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Henry Vanderburgh
African Fur Co
Montana
Lewis and Clark
United States
Louisiana Territory
Three Forks of the Missouri
Pacific
Clark
Lewis
Missoula
Yellowstone
Missouri
Pierre Menard
Manuel Lisa
Big Horn
Menard
Pierre Chouteau
St. Louis
Andrew Henry
Henry
Three Forks
Continental Divide
Snake River
Teton Basin
Rocky Mountain and
American Fur Co
S Hole
Teton Pass
William L. Sublette
Pierre’s Hole
Nathaniel P. Wyeth
Northwest
Andrew Cripps
Lucien Fontenelle
Fort Union
Montana-North Dakota
Big Hole
Booneville
Washa Irving
Bonneville
the Platte
Pierre's Hole
Nez Perce
Flathead
Kootenai
Pend O'Reille
American Fur Ce
Jim Bridger
Thomas Fitzpatrick
Iy Mountain Company
Anderburgh
Cripps
Bridger
Fitzpatrick
Pierre's
Pierre
Vanderburgh
Rt Union
Ie Ferris
Salmon River
Jefferson River
Beaverhead
Horse Prairie
Dillon
Rocky Mountain
Ferris
Jefferson
Aneres? Company
Vanderburg
Madison
West Gallatin
Madison River
Yellowstone Park
Ennis
Steece
Vanderte
Vandertregh
W. A. Perris
R. C. Nelson
Alexis Pillon
Nelson
Alder
Ruby Rivers
Beaverhead Rock
Selish
Pend O’reilles
Pillow
He Vanderl
Kenneth McKenzie
Hugh Glass
Mike Fink
Rocky Mountain Co