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Contents
Preface vi
Acknowledgments ix
CHAPTER ONE
The Fort 1
CHAPTER Two
The Columbian Trading Network 18
CHAPTER THREE
Tribes of the District 34
CHAPTER FOUR
Indian Society, Polity, and Religion 49
CHAPTER FIVE
A Register of Noted Men 70
CHAPTER SIX
Bourgeois 83
CHAPTER SEVEN
The Fort as a Social System 97
CHAPTER EIGHT
Gardins, Tribes, and Company 113
CHAPTER NINE
Routines 122
CHAPTER TEN
Trading at the Fort: The Company Perspective 132
CHAPTER ELEVEN
Trading Operations in Fort and Field 149
CHAPTER TWELVE
Trade and Order 167
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
The Political Events of1831-1832 176
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Concluding Remarks 204
Notes 210
Bibliography 247
Index 268
