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Article Title: The Letters of Peter Wilson, First Resident Agent Among the Teton Sioux
Full Citation: Harry H Anderson, ed., “The Letters of Peter Wilson, First Resident Agent Among the Teton Sioux,” Nebraska History 42 (1961): 237-264
URL of article: http://www.nebraskahistory.org/publish/publicat/history/full-text/NH1961PeterWilson.pdf Date: 12/02/2011
Article Summary: In 1824 Peter Wilson assumed his post as sub-agent for the upper Missouri. He was to lay the ground work for an expedition the following summer among the tribes of that region and to keep the Missouri River Sioux friendly to the United States. The article includes both official and personal letters from Wilson.
Cataloging Information:
Names: Peter Wilson, William Clark, Joshua Pilcher, Henry Leavenworth, Duke Paul of Wuerttemberg, Josiah Snelling, Benjamin O’Fallon, Little Soldier
Place Names: Fort Atkinson, Nebraska; Liberty, Missouri; L’eau qui coure [Niobrara River], Nebraska; Grand Bend of Missouri, near Chamberlain, South Dakota; Council Bluffs, Iowa
Keywords: Peter Wilson, William Clark, Joshua Pilcher, Henry Leavenworth, Josiah Snelling, Benjamin O’Fallon, Little Soldier, Teton Sioux, Ricaras [Arikara], Yankton Sioux, Mandan, Poncas, Mahars [Omahas], Ogllallas (sic), Mandan
Photographs / Images: tents of the Poncas on the Bank of the Missouri (based on Charles Bodmer painting)
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