Copyright, 1903,
BY
FRANCIS P. HARPER.

CONTENTS.

PAGE
CHAPTER XXI.
The Civil War,[249]
CHAPTER XXII.
Gold in Montana,[265]
CHAPTER XXIII.
Incidents on the River (1862–67),[277]
CHAPTER XXIV.
La Barge again in Opposition,[287]
CHAPTER XXV.
Voyage of 1863—The Tobacco Garden Massacre,[298]
CHAPTER XXVI.
The Blackfoot Annuities,[315]
CHAPTER XXVII.
Collapse of the La Barge-Harkness Opposition,[324]
CHAPTER XXVIII.
Captain La Barge in Montana,[331]
CHAPTER XXIX.
Captain La Barge in Washington,[340]
CHAPTER XXX.
The Indian of the Missouri Valley,[351]
CHAPTER XXXI.
The Army on the Missouri,[365]
CHAPTER XXXII.
The Steamboat in the Indian Wars,[382]
CHAPTER XXXIII.
The Peace Commission of 1856,[394]
CHAPTER XXXIV.
The Murder of Captain Spear,[408]
CHAPTER XXXV.
The Battle with the Railroads,[417]
CHAPTER XXXVI.
Last Voyages to Benton,[425]
CHAPTER XXXVII.
Declining Years,[438]
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
Destiny of the Missouri River,[445]
Index,[449]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
VOL. II.

Kenneth McKenzie,[Frontispiece]
Facing page
La Barge Rock,[299]
A Steamboat at the Bank,[331]
Removing Snags from the Missouri,[421]
“Improving” the Missouri River,[424]
Steamboat Wreck on the Missouri River,[439]

HISTORY OF
EARLY STEAMBOAT NAVIGATION
ON THE MISSOURI RIVER