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Where the Rivers Run North
Sam Morton
出版
Greenleaf Book Group
, 2014-06-03
主題
Fiction / Historical
ISBN
1938416716
9781938416712
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=Ww6CBAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND TRAVELERS had crossed the Oregon Trail during the gold rush of 1849. Even the most backwoods warrior understood what that meant: disease, death, and conflict with the whites. As a result of the Treaty of 1851, some Indians were convinced that the country to the north—called Absaraka—might be a better option for a home range. At the very least, it held the promise of less trouble from the whites. The danger from other tribes was another matter.