Forty Years a Fur Trader on the Upper Missouri

Larpenteur's thrilling account of a lifetime in the wilderness includes the following chapters: 

1. My Parentage and Early Life (1807—33) 
2. Over the Plains to the Rocky Mountains (1833) 
3. From Green River Rendezvous by the Big Horn and the Yellowstone to the Missouri (1833) 
4. Fort William (1833-34) 
5. Fort Union (1834-35) 
6. Fort Union: Continued (1835-36) 
7. Fort Union: Continued (1836-38) 
8. Round Trip to the States (1838) 
9. Composed of All Sorts (1838-42) 
10. Wintering at Woody Mountain (1843-44) 
11. Carnival of Crime (1844-45) 
12. Poplar River Camp (1845-46) 
13. Fort Louis and Thence to St. Louis (1846-47) 
14. Fort Benton and Elsewhere (1847-49) 
15. Fort Vermilion, Little Sioux, and Ponca Post (1849-55) 
16. Fort Stewart and the Poplar River Post (1855-61) 
17. Fort Stewart Again: Fort Galpin (1861-63) 
18. Fort Union Once More: Home Again (1864-66) 
19. On and After the Peace Commission (1866-72) 
20. Indian Laws and Customs 
21. Indian Agents and Agencies