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by Merrill J. Mattes
During the peak season emigrants camped in Robidoux Pass in great numbers; one emigrant counted three hundred wagons camped here one evening. At the same time many emigrants abandoned their overloaded wagons here and made their way further west by pack animals, so the Robidouxs had easy pickings in cast-off merchandise. […]

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by Merrill J. Mattes
In my research I have found well over 300 references in emigrant journals to Robidoux Pass and the trading post there. More than half of these also tell of one or more “French-men” there as traders. Many of them refer to a “Robidoux” with a great variety of spellings, but only […]

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by Merrill J. Mattes
In 1833 Prince Maximilian of Wied, en route to Fort Union trading post on the steamer Yellowstone, observed this post. It was noted also by the Rev. Samuel Parker, en route from Liberty, Missouri to the mission at Belleview, Nebraska, where he started his marathon journey to Oregon. In 1853 also, […]

As best as I can tell, this article was originally published in the Overland Journal (6:3) 1988. I believe that this article is important to the understanding of Otoe-Missouria genealogy, so I am posting my reference copy of the article here, unless I hear otherwise from the publisher, the author or his agent. All links […]

When researching Indian names, it’s important to realize that a name may be spelled in different ways, depending on who recorded it and how they heard it pronounced. Also, individuals usually changed their name throughout their life. Anyone who’s ever studied a foreign language knows that other languages contain sounds and inflections that are absent […]