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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 Sioux friendly to the . The article includes both official and personal letters from Wilson.

Cataloging Information:

Names: Peter Wilson, , , Henry Leavenworth, Duke Paul of Wuerttemberg, Josiah Snelling, Benjamin O’Fallon, Little Soldier

Place Names: Fort Atkinson, Nebraska; Liberty, Missouri; L’eau qui coure [], Nebraska; Grand Bend of Missouri, near Chamberlain, ; Council Bluffs,

Keywords: Peter Wilson, William Clark, Joshua Pilcher, Henry Leavenworth, Josiah Snelling, Benjamin O’Fallon, Little Soldier, Teton Sioux, Ricaras [], Yankton Sioux, Mandan, , 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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