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Article Title: General ’s Report of the Yellowstone Expedition of 1825

Full Citation: Roger L Nichols, “General Henry Atkinson’s Report of the Yellowstone Expedition of 1825,” Nebraska History 44 (1963): 65-82

URL of article: http://www.nebraskahistory.org/publish/publicat/history/full-text/NH1963Atkinson.pdf Date: 4/12/2012

Article Summary: Atkinson’s report includes a narrative of the trip and descriptions of the Indian tribes he encountered. The War Department based its actions and policies on such reports.

Cataloging Information:

Names: Henry Atkinson, James Monroe, John C Calhoun, William H Ashley, Henry Leavenworth, Benjamin O’Fallon, Jacob Brown

Place Names: , Teton River, Yellow Stone River, Council Bluffs (Nebraska), St Louis (Missouri), (Nebraska), Fort Lookout (South Dakota)

Tribes Visited by Atkinson (as spelled in his report): Ottoes, Grand Paunees, Paunee Loups, Mahas, Poncar, Yanctons, Yanctonies, Tetons, Augallallas, Siones, Chayennes [or Chyennes], Hunkpapas, Ricaras, Mandans, Minetaries, Crows

Keywords: Henry Atkinson, Yellowstone Expedition, Benjamin O’Fallon, Arikaras, Expedition up the Missouri, Blackfeet, Assinaboins

Photographs / Images: schematic map of the Yellowstone Expedition, 1825

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