On August 28, 1833 a group of Assiniboine and Cree Indians attacked a Blackfoot encampment at Fort McKenzie. Kenneth McKenzie (died 1861) was nicknamed the King of the Missouri, for as a fur trader for American Fur Company in the upper Missouri River valley, he controlled a territory larger than most European nations. In 1831, McKenzie succeeded in beginning trade with the native Peigan Blackfeet, eventually building Fort McKenzie in their territory as another trading post. Voyage dans l'interieur de l'Amerique du Nord, execute pendant les annees 1832-34. Karl Bodmer (1809-1893) was a Swiss printmaker, lithographer, painter, illustrator and hunter. He accompanied the German explorer Prince Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied on his Missouri River expedition. | |
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