South Dakota Historical Collections (Volume 1)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...order, present February 29, 1816. to October 31, 1817; discharged at Plattsburg, N. Y., November 2, 1817. term of service expired, a sergeant. Hs reenlisted November 2, 1817, for five years, and was discharged November 2, 1822, by expiration of service, a sergeant. Company G. Sixth United States Infantry. He again re-enlisted November 2, 1822, in the same company, and died July 3, 1823. Jedediah S. Smith. (See note 46.) Cheyenne River---Shyan, an old form of spelling, was probably intended. Fort Brasseaux--This post was, according to the Indian tradition, located on the west bank of the Missouri near the mouth of White River, and was owned by Antoine Brasseaux, of St. Louis, who was probably allied with the American Fur Company. Captain Chittenden thinks this post may have been located farther north, in the neighborhood of old Fort Lookout. Brasseaux married an Indian woman and left several descendants on the river. The wife of Brasssaux later became the wife of Primeau, the trader, who, in the early sixties, was established near Fort Pierre. See Dr. D. W. Robinson's note upon the Mandans, this volume. See Dr. Robinson's note. Fort Recovery was located upon the lower end of American Island, opposite Chamberlain. It was the property of the Missouri Fur Company and was built in 1822. Portions of the stockade were still standing as late as 1880. 'Major Wooley--See note 41. Major Ketchem--See note 42. 2: William Gordon, one of the attaches of the Missouri Fur Company, has left his name indelibly impressed upon the west as one of the fearless frontiersmen who was undaunted by any of the terrors of the river or trail. He served in Pilcher's brigade with the rank of second lieutenant. The letter to Pilcher indicates t...