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Journal of a fur-trading expedition on the Upper Missouri
1812-1813
by
John C. Luttig
John C. Luttig ascended the Missouri River in 1812 as clerk of a party of
the Missouri Fur Company, led by Manuel Lisa. Luttig's Journal is
an important historical source for the fur trade in these war-time years.
Luttig's manuscript is in the collection of the Missouri Historical
Society.
It has been previously published in book form as Journal of a
fur-trading
expedition on
the Upper Missouri, 1812-1813, by John C. Luttig, edited by Stella M.
Drumm. Published: St. Louis, Missouri Historical Society, 1920.
This on-line edition includes footnotes by James R. Kyle.
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A Short
History of Man and the Missouri River