History of Early Steamboat Navigation on the Missouri River, Volume 1 (of 2) / Life and Adventures of Joseph La Barge

CONTENTS.

	PAGE
Preface,	xi
CHAPTER I.
Ancestry of Captain La Barge,	1
CHAPTER II.
Childhood and Youth,	13
CHAPTER III.
Enters the Fur Trade,	22
CHAPTER IV.
Cholera on the “Yellowstone,”	32
CHAPTER V.
Further Service at CabannÉ’s,	40
CHAPTER VI.
Last Year at CabannÉ’s,	49
CHAPTER VII.
Captain La Barge in “Opposition,”	59
CHAPTER VIII.
The Missouri River,	73
CHAPTER IX.
Kinds of Boats Used on the Missouri,	90
CHAPTER X.
Steamboat Navigation on the Missouri River,	115
CHAPTER XI.
The Steamboat in the Fur Trade,	133
CHAPTER XII.
Voyage of 1843,	141
CHAPTER XIII.
Voyage of 1844,	154
CHAPTER XIV.
Changed Conditions,	167
CHAPTER XV.
Incidents on the River (1845–50),	177
CHAPTER XVI.
Incidents on the River (1851–53),	189
CHAPTER XVII.
Ice Break-up of 1856,	200
CHAPTER XVIII.
The Head of Navigation Reached,	216
CHAPTER XIX.
Fort Benton,	222
CHAPTER XX.
Abraham Lincoln on the Missouri,	240

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