HISTORY

OF

THE AMERICAN FUR TRADE

OF THE

FAR WEST

THE

UNIV. OF
CALIFORNIA

American Fur Trade

OF THE

Far West

A History of the Pioneer Trading Posts and Early
Fur Companies of the Missouri Valley and

the Rocky Mountains and of
the Overland Commerce

with Santa Fe.

MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS

BY

HIRAM MARTIN CHITTENDEN
Captain Corps of Engineers, U. S. A., Author of
"The Yellowstone."

THREE VOLUMES

VOLUME III.

NEW YORK

FRANCIS P. HARPER

1902