Presented by:
Michael Dickey
Publish Date:
December 8, 2015
Presentation Length:
1 hour 14 minutes 22 seconds (1:14:22)
Description:
The early trade economy of St. Louis was largely dependent upon furs provided by the Osage Nation. Cultural conflicts, however, periodically threatened that relationship: the early French colonials were resigned to the reality of Osage power, while the Spanish, who assumed control of Louisiana in 1762, were far less conciliatory. St. Louis merchants frequently found themselves at odds with the Spanish government’s policy towards the Osage. Michael Dickey, administrator of the Arrow Rock State Historic Site and author of Arrow Rock: Crossroads of the Missouri Frontier and People of the River’s Mouth: In Search of the Missouria Indians, explores the sometimes uneasy détente that existed between the Spanish government in St. Louis and the most powerful native nation south of the Missouri River.
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