NMAI copy 39088013371950 is a gift from the Library of Alvin M. Josephy, Jr. Prologue -- Beaver and mountain men -- Jedediah Strong Smith: From the big lake to the sea -- Jedediah Strong Smith: End of ...
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(Painted 1851.) The flight of a Mountain Trapper from a band of Black-Foot Indians consitutes an incident in the life of Capt. Joe Meek, the present marshal of Oregon Territory. He was a native of ...