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Bonneville's Early Trail Into Montana Lands
A historical recount of Captain Bonneville's 1832 expedition from Fort Osage, detailing his 110-person party, trade goods, and encounters with White Plume and the Crow and Gros Ventre tribes. It describes landmarks, fur trade intrigues, and vivid descriptions of trapping culture and the rugged frontier setting en route to what is now Montana.
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Bonneville
State OF
Montana
M. E. Plassmann
Washington Irving
Scott
Cross the Plains
Irving
Lfe
B. L. E. Bonneville
France
America
Thomas Paine
West Point
7Th Regiment
New York
Astor
Ashley
Manuel Lisa
American Fur Company
Harvey
Rocky Mountains
United States
Pacific
Macomb
Bonnaville
Fort Osage
Walker
Cerre
White Plume
Platte
Nebraska
Chimney Rock
Scott’s Bluff
Laramie Fo K
Ife
Plains
Rocky Mountain