Arikara warriors assault trappers working for General …

Years: 1823 - 1823
June
Arikara warriors assault trappers working for General William Henry Ashley's Rocky Mountain Fur Company on the Missouri River on June 2, 1823, killing about fifteen people.

The surviving trappers retreat  down the river and hide in shelters, where they will stay for more than a month.

A fictionalized representation of the 1823 attack by the Arikara on the Rocky Mountain Fur Company appears in the 2015 film The Revenant from the perspective of trapper Hugh Glass.

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