The Missouri Expedition 1818-1820: The Journal of Surgeon John Gale and Related Documents

by John Gale

Book Overview

Repeated clashes between American fur traders and the Plains Indians following the War of 1812 lent urgency to demands that the United States government protect its territory in the West. To remedy the situation, Secretary of War John C. Calhoun planned a military occupation of the upper Mississippi and Missouri River valleys through a cordon of army posts stretching from Green Bay on the Great lakes west to Montana. Calhoun projected a troop movement,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806151390
• ISBN13: 9780806151397
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"