HISTORY OF EARLY
STEAMBOAT NAVIGATION
ON THE
MISSOURI RIVER

LIFE AND ADVENTURES
OF
JOSEPH LA BARGE
PIONEER NAVIGATOR AND INDIAN TRADER
FOR FIFTY YEARS IDENTIFIED WITH THE COMMERCE OF THE
MISSOURI VALLEY

BY
HIRAM MARTIN CHITTENDEN
Captain Corps of Engineers, U. S. A.
Author of “American Fur Trade of the Far West,” “History
of the Yellowstone National Park,” etc.

WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS

IN TWO VOLUMES
VOL. II.

NEW YORK
FRANCIS P. HARPER
1903