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Broken Hand, the life of Thomas Fitzpatrick, mountain man, guide and Indian agent / by Leroy R. Hafen.

Summary:

Life in the Old West as seen by a well known Indian agent.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780803272088
  • ISBN: 0803272081 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9780803272088 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: xiii, 359 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
  • Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [1981] c1973.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A Bison book."
Reprint of the ed. published by Old West Pub. Co., Denver.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Up the Missouri and the Arikana fight, 1823 -- Over South Pass and in Green River Valley, 1824 -- Ashley and the rendezvous, 1825-26 -- Smith, Jackson and Sublette, 1926-30 -- Head of Rocky Mountain Fur Company, 1830 -- Fitzpatrick's perilous ride, 1832 -- Passing of Rocky Mountain Fur Company, 1832-34 -- Last years as mountain man, 1835-40 -- Piloting the first emigrants, 1841-42 -- Guide and adjutant, 1843-44 -- With Kearny and Abert, 1845 -- The Army of the West, 1846 -- Ambassador to the Plains tribes, 1847-48 -- Peace plans for the frontier, 1849-50 -- The Great Indian Council, 1851 -- The closing years, 1852-54.
Subject:
Fitzpatrick, Thomas, 1799-1854.
Frontier and pioneer life > West (U.S.)
West (U.S.) > History > To 1848.
Pioneers > West (U.S.) > Biography.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lummi Library F 592 .F58 H34 1973 244332 Stacks Available -

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