Charles McKenzie's Narratives of the "Mississouri Indians:" A New Transcription
Editor(s): Thomas D. Thiessen
Year: 1980
Summary
The documents that follow are new literal transcriptions of several handwritten narratives describing the experiences and observations of Charles McKenzie among the Hidatsa and Mandan Indians from 1804 to 1806. They were originally published in 1889-90 by Louis Francois Rodrigue Masson as part of a collection of first-hand accounts of the fur trading operations of the North west Company (Masson 1960). These transcriptions are an interim product of a larger, in-progress study undertaken by W. Raymond Wood and the editor, of the trading relationships between the Siouan-speaking villagers of the upper Missouri and Euro-American fur traders of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Although previously published, the original manuscript narratives have been retranscribed in order to determine the extent to which they were editorially changed by Masson in the process of publication. During the course of this work, a number of unexpected problems arose, which are considered in the "Discussion" section of this volume.
Cite this Record
Charles McKenzie's Narratives of the "Mississouri Indians:" A New Transcription. Thomas D. Thiessen. Lincoln, Nebraska: Midwest Archeological Center, National Park Service, Department of the Interior. 1980 ( tDAR id: 375656) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8HT2P22
Keywords
Culture
Euroamerican
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Hidatu
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Historic
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Historic Native American
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Mandan
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Siouan
Investigation Types
Ethnographic Research
General
Alexander Henry
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Charles McKenzie
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Francois-Antoine Larocque
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Fur Trade
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Fur Trade Expedition
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Lewis and Clark Expedition
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Louis Francois Rodrigue Masson
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North West Company
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Transcriptions
Geographic Keywords
Knife River
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Missouri River
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North Dakota
Temporal Keywords
18th Century
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19th Century
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Assiniboine River
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Manitoba
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Souris River
Spatial Coverage
min long: -104.052; min lat: 46.37 ; max long: -98.053; max lat: 48.568 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Sponsor(s): Midwest Archeological Center, National Park Service
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