The Brothers Robidoux and the Opening of the American West

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245 Agua Mansa, California, 199, 201, 209 Alvarez, Manuel, 70, 72, 79, 87, 132, 153– 54; Santa Fe official, 152, 158, 162; correspondence with Louis, 164, 174, 176 American Fur Company, 47, 60, 80; Western Department, 86–88, 92, 95– 96, 100–103, 107, 114, 116, 119, 145, 182, 184; subsidiary Missouri Company , 110; license, 111 Apache Indians, 163 Aram, Joseph, 182–83 Arapaho Indians, 68, 157 Arikara Indians, 11, 30; dangerous tribe, 54–55, 91; at war, 59–61 Arikara War, 58–59 Armijo, Manuel, New Mexico governor, 148, 151–54, 162, 170–71 Army of the West, 168 Ash Hollow, 182, 187, 189, 191 Ashley, William H., 54–55; Arikara War, 58–59; new business plan, 61, 70, 75; rendezvous, 76; mentioned, 89, 98, 124–26, 145 Astor, John Jacob, 47, 86, 95 Atkinson, Henry, 50, 57 Austin, Stephen and Moses, 56 Ayois Indians. See Ioway Indians Ayuntamiento, Santa Fe town council, 122, 149 Baca, Bartholomu, 61, 76 Baird, James, 35, 81 Bandini, Juan, 163, 200 Barbour, James, 88, 90 Bear Flag Revolt, 174 Index Beaubien, Carlos Hipolite, 120 Becknell, William, 56–57 Beckwith, E. G., 125 Benevides, Carmel, common law wife of Antoine, 120, 124, 208 Bent, Charles, 46, 77, 121, 129, 149, 158, 161 Bent, William, 121 Bent’s Fort, 146–47, 158, 161, 166, 168–70 Benton, Thomas Hart, 46, 78, 133–34, 170 Bernard Pratte & Company, 65, 70–71, 77, 80, 82, 86, 88, 95 Berthold, Bartholomew, 39, 70, 72, 89, 96 Berthold, Chouteau & Company, 47 Biddle, Thomas, 51 Bidwell, John, 130, 152 Bissonnet, Bazil, 37–38 Black Bird, Omaha Indian chief, 11 Blackfeet Indians, 30; dangerous tribe, 54, 59, 98 Blacksnake (Le Serpent Noir) Hills, 21, 25, 31, 97, 101, 102; arrival of Joseph III, 103–7; established post, 108, 110, 113–14, 125, 133–43 Bodmer, Karl, 112 Bonaparte, Napoleon, sale of Louisiana, 16–19 Bordeaux, James, 182 Boyd, Robert, 183 Brazeau, Joseph, 21, 29 Breckinridge, John, 23 Brichnell, Edward, 185–86 Bridger, Jim, 126 246 Index Briggs, Thomas, 158 Browne, Joseph, 27 Bruff, J. Goldsborough, 189–93 Buchanan County, Missouri, 136, 138– 39, 142, 144, 179, 202 Cabanné, Jean Pierre, 37–38, 47; factor of French Company, 54, 60, 65, 70, 96, 100–103, 109, 119; dispute with Robidoux , 71–77, 80, 88–95 Calhoun, John C.: secretary of war, 48; regulating Indian trade, 49–51 California Gold Rush, 198 Calvo, Casa, 16–18 Camp, Rachael, 44–45 Cantonment Missouri, 50–51 Carondelet, Francois Luis Hector, Baron de, 9; trade regulation, 10–14 Carson, Kit, 129–30, 145–46, 154–56, 172, 176, 182 Cass, Lewis, 88 Castillo, Flavia, 209 Castro, Don Jose, 175 Cavalier and Petit, 18, 32–33, 38 Cerre, Pascal, 107 Cerro del Oro mine, 131 Chambers, Talbot, 50 Charbonneau, Jean Baptiste, 98 Charbonneau, Touissant, 25 Chauvin, Jacques, 16 Chenie, Antoine, 37 Cheyenne Indians, 11 Chimney Rock, 182–83, 191 Chouteau, A. P., 39, 43 Chouteau, Auguste, 1; siblings, 2; mentioned , 13, 15, 25, 30; executor for Joseph II, 32–34, 38, 43 Chouteau, Berthold & Pratte, 54 Chouteau, Gabriel, 54 Chouteau, Marie, 1–2 Chouteau, Pierre Jr. (Cadet): as Robidoux business confidant, 39–40, 57, 70, 75–77, 113, 119; in Cabanne-Robidoux dispute, 89–95; engaged in Indian trade, 96, 100–103, 184; trade at Blacksnake Hills, 104–5, 107, 110–11, 116; correspondence with Robidoux, 114, 134, 137–38, 140; Dorwin issue, 115–17; mortgage, 143 Chouteau, Pierre, 2, 13, 30, 37 Chouteau, René, 1 Clamorgan, Jacques, head of Missouri Company, 10–15 Clark, William, 25–30; superintendent of Indian Affairs, 46, 50, 54, 64, 78; issue passports, 76; licenses, 77, 80, 87–89, 94, 103, 111, 119; visit by Indians, 112; Dorwin issue, 115; Platte Purchase, 134 Clyman, James, 75 Cochetopa Pass, 67, 125, 127 Collell, Boneventura, 9 Collins, James, 153 Colter, John, 28, 30 Columbia Fur Company, 86, 91 Comanche Indians, dangerous tribe, 56, 69, 120, 168 Committee on Invalid Pensions, 205 Committee on Military Affairs, 174, 206, 208 Corby, John, 183 Council Bluffs, 22, 27, 38, 47–60, 65, 88–99 Craig, James, 207 Crooks, Ramsey, 31, 86; involved in Cabann é dispute, 92–94; in Indian trade, 98, 138 Crow Indians, 30 Culberson, Thaddeus, 195 D’Abbadie, Jean Jacques, 1 Davis, Jefferson, 205 D’Eglise, Jacques, 9 De Smet, Father Pierre, 156 Dearborn, Henry, 27–28 Delassus, Charles de Hault, 15, 17–18; dealing with Lewis, 23–24 Delaurier, Henry, 37 DeMun, Jules, 39 Deroin, J. B., 30, 96 Deroin, Jeffrie (Jeffre, Jeffrey...