“Far be it from me to be influenced or guided by improper or personal feeling, in the execution of my duty; but, Sir, I submit my opinion to a candid world, in relation to the subject, and feel fully convinced you will be able to see at once the course which will ever place the Indian Trader, and the present policy of Government, in relation to the Indians, at eternal war.”
Major Dougherty, approximately 1844
Probably the deadliest of things that the traders, and missionaries, brought to the Otoe, was smallpox. Brought by the white man, most often unknowingly, this disease was perhaps the most dreaded thing the white man could have brought. Add to this the governments limited assistance, and the Otoe tribe almost became, for lack of a better word, extinct.
For more information on the trading industries and some of its most famous men, please visit these sites:
The Fur Trade: “Beaver Powered Mountaineering”
More about…The Fontenelle and Cabanne Trading Posts
Andreas’ History of the State of Nebraska – Sarpy Co.
Thomas “Broken Hand” Fitzpatrick
Catlin’s Letter and Notes – Letter 34
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