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Among the Indians: Eight Years in the Far West: 1858-1866. Embracing Sketches of Montana and Salt Lake

Name: Among the Indians: Eight Years in the Far West: 1858-1866. Embracing Sketches of Montana and Salt Lake
ISBN: 9781779794468

Henry A. Boller,

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Among the Indians: Eight Years in the Far West: 1858-1866. Embracing Sketches of Montana and Salt Lake

Henry A. Boller,

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Among the Indians: Eight Years in the Far West, 1858–1866 by Henry A. Boller is one of the great firsthand chronicles of frontier life in the American West — a richly detailed narrative that captures both the hardship and fascination of a world on the brink of irrevocable change. Drawing from his years as a fur trader, explorer, and observer, Boller offers a rare perspective on the Upper Missouri country, its Native peoples, and the early settlements that would become Montana and Utah.

Originally published in 1868, this compelling memoir recounts Boller's experiences among the Blackfeet, Sioux, Assiniboine, and Crow tribes, his encounters with trappers and missionaries, and the day-to-day realities of trading, travel, and survival in a vast and untamed land. His descriptions of frontier social life — the mingling of cultures, the barter and rivalry, the moral ambiguities of expansion — ring with the authenticity of lived experience.

What sets Among the Indians apart from many contemporary accounts is its tone of respect and curiosity. Boller avoids sensationalism, portraying Native communities with fairness and intelligence, attentive to their customs, humor, and humanity. His depictions of Montana's early landscape, Salt Lake City in its pioneer years, and the changing fur trade economy make the book as valuable to historians as it is to lovers of classic adventure.

For readers of Western history, exploration narratives, and Native American studies, Among the Indians remains a cornerstone work — an essential record of the frontier's closing chapter, told by a man who lived it with open eyes and a generous spirit.

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