Frontier Diplomats: Alexander Culbertson and Natoyist-Siksina' Among the Blackfeet

by Lesley Wischmann

Book Overview

This dual biography highlights the human dimensions of the Upper Missouri fur trade. Focusing on two major figures, Alexander Culbertson (1809-1879), trader with the American Fur Company, founder of Fort Benton, and the first white American to live among the Blackfeet Indians, and his wife, Natoyist-Siksina' ("Holy Snake") (1825-1893), daughter of Two Suns, the chief of the Blood (Kainah) tribe, Lesley Wischmann shows the great influence this couple...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806136073
• ISBN13: 9780806136073
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 404 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"