“These people were well dressed in skins, had some guns, but armed generally with bows and arrows and such other instruments of war as are common among the Indians of the Missouri.”
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William Henry Ashley
William Henry Ashley, born in 1778, was a prominent American politician who played a crucial role in the American frontier movement. He served as a legislator in the Nebraska Territory and supported the federal government during the American Civil War. more
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