The Chouteaus and the Indian Trade of the West, 1764-1852University of California, 1921 - 560 pages |
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Page 30 - Louisiana, whether by the permission of the crown, or originating in the pecuniary rapacity of their governors general, this officer assumed to himself exclusively the right of trading with all the Indian nations in Louisiana ; and therefore proceeded to dispose of this privilege to individuals, for certain specific sums : his example was imitated by the governors of Upper Louisiana, who made a further exaction.
Page 127 - As 1 could not wait for the answer. Don Alberto told me to come back, when convenient, to know the General's answer. I must not omit to say that the Governor did not seem a moment to doubt that we had a right to frequent the east side of the mountains, and there to trade or catch beaver if we could ; for he advised me not to go to the south of Red river of Natchitoches, but from that river to the northward we might trade and hunt as we pleased.
Page 17 - Decreed that from this time in future no skin shall be weighed before it is thoroughly examined and has passed inspection as sound; but in order that no merchant can hold back from this reform, nor delay on frivolous...
Page 40 - Truteau, who must have already constructed his fort among the above-mentioned Mandans, if he has experienced no opposition on the part of the English who have had the audacity to unfurl their banner there.
Page 69 - Dubuque's administrator , at last succeeded in getting the appointment under the following circumstances: the Territory of Orleans was admitted to the Union as the State of Louisiana in April, 1812, and the northern part of the Louisiana Purchase (which from 1805 to 1812 had constituted the Territory of Louisiana) was organized into the Territory of Missouri, and a.ll of the Iowa country became part of St.
Page 5 - Observe, that all the establishments which the French had on the left bank of the Mississippi, were ceded to the English by the treaty of 1762, and that upon the right bank, which remained to the French, there was only the small village of Ste. Genevieve, in which M. de Laclede could not find a house capable of containing one-fourth of his merchandise. M. de Neyon, Commandant of Fort de Chartres, learning the embarrassment of M.
Page 7 - We set out immediately afterwards, to return to Fort de Chartres, where he said, with enthusiasm, to Monsieur de Neyon, and to his officers, that he had found a situation where he was going to form 'a settlement, which might become, hereafter, one of the finest cities of America — so many advantages were embraced in this site, by its locality, and its central position, for forming settlements.
Page 40 - Mackay said later that through his hands " were distributed, principally, the presents of merchandise necessary to secure the friendship of the Indians, and to estrange them from the influence and traffic of the British, Northwest, and Hudson's Bay Companies.
Page 39 - I was informed at Illinois that Mackey a Scotchman and Even a Welshman, started at the end of July 1795 from St Louis to ascend the Missouri in a 4 oared Barge.
Page 125 - Excellency, we started from this place on the 10th of same month, in company with Mr. Philibert, a trader, who had gone to the mountains the year before, and who had come back to get a supply of goods to enable him to buy horses to bring in his furs.