HISTORY OF EARLY STEAMBOAT NAVIGATION ON THE MISSOURI RIVER
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LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF JOSEPH LA BARGE PIONEER NAVIGATOR AND INDIAN TRADER FOR FIFTY YEARS IDENTIFIED WITH THE COMMERCE OF THE MISSOURI VALLEY
BY HIRAM MARTIN CHITTENDEN Captain Corps of Engineers, U. S. A. Author of “American Fur Trade of the Far West,” “History of the Yellowstone National Park,” etc.
WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS
IN TWO VOLUMES VOL. I.
NEW YORK FRANCIS P. HARPER 1903
Copyright, 1903, BY FRANCIS P. HARPER.
Edition Limited to 950 Copies.
TO THE MEMORY OF THE Missouri River Pilot