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Letters [manuscript], 1824-1834.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davenport, George, 1783-1845, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American Fur Company.
- Commerce.
- Fur trade.
- Indians of North America.
- Murder.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Production:
- [Place of production not identified : producer not identified, 1824-1834]
- Summary:
- Correspondence, 1824-1834, of George Davenport regarding Indian and fur trade matters. Subjects include the pursuit by a Sauk and Fox war party of Sioux believed to have killed a party of white cattle drivers and their herd (1824); trade with the Winnebagos on the Rock River (1826); territorial incursions by other American Fur Company trade outfits (1826); the apprehension of Fox Indians responsible for murdering Menominee and Winnebago Indians (1834); and a controversy regarding the delivery of annuity goods (1834).
- Notes:
- Indigenous Histories and Cultures in North America was originally published in 2013, as American Indian Histories and Cultures. The title was changed in 2024.
- AM reference: VAULT box Ayer MS 215.
- Indigenous Peoples metadata has been supplied by exonym as these are the terms most commonly used in the documents. Updates are being made to metadata to reference preferred names wherever possible. For more information on our approach to language and metadata in the resource visit the Language Statement.
- Description based on publisher-supplied metadata (viewed January 24, 2024).
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