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Fort McKenzie massacre and Culbertson peacemaking
The article recounts the Fort McKenzie massacre tied to Harvey Chardon and the American Fur Company on the upper Missouri. Major Culbertson builds a new post near present day Fort Benton, negotiates peace with Blackfeet, and averts further tribal hostilities while liquor trade and prior grievances shape the crisis.
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American Fur Company
Upper
Missouri
Fort Benton
Martha Edgerton Plassmann
Berger
The
Piegans
Marias River
Fort McKenzie
Harvey
Chardon
Judith River
Fort F. A. C
Major Culbertson
New York
Pabol’s Island
Ah-Kow- Mah-Ki
Big Swan
Culbertson
Thomas H. Benton
Hudson Bay Company
Peter Koch
Fort Leavenworth
Yellowstone
Fort Union
Wyeth
Oregon