The Chouteaus
Subtitle: first family of the fur trade
By: Stan Hoig.
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Albuquerque
Language: eng
Number of pages: 337
ISBN-13: 9780826343475
Subjects: Chouteau family; Pioneers -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- Biography; Fur traders -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- Biography; French Americans -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- Biography; Businessmen -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- Biography; Fur trade -- Missouri River Valley -- History; Frontier and pioneer life -- Missouri River Valley; Saint Louis (Mo.) -- Biography; Missouri River Valley -- Biography; Missouri River Valley -- History
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-315)  and index.
Table of contents: title: Threshold to an empire; title: Beyond the great river; title: War and peace on the Missouri; title: In a Spanish dungeon; title: Scions to the fore; title: Amid an Indian war; title: A frontier in havoc; title: The "Osage outfit"; title: VIPs at the Verdigris; title: Probing the plains; title: To the prairies unknown; title: Debt unto death; title: Steamboats "to the mountains"; title: A mile wide and six inches deep; title: Deadly cargoes : whiskey and cholera; title: Charles Chouteau at the helm; title: Passions of war; title: Requiems in retrospect; title: Addendum : the Chouteau women; title: Appendix A : Chouteau families and Osage offspring; title: Appendix B : Chouteau-related trading posts; title: Appendix C : Chouteau-involved Indian treaties.