Arikara raiders "attacked the Missouri Fur Company's …
Years: 1823 - 1823
January
Arikara raiders "attacked the Missouri Fur Company's Fort Recovery [a trading post for the Sioux] and killed two traders" in the beginning of 1823.
When Lewis and Clark reached Arikara settlements in 1804, the inhabitants had not shown hostility to the expedition, but in 1806, when an Arikara leader died during a trip to the United States capital, many Arikara believed that Americans were involved in his death.
Eventually, as a result of the growing activity of fur trading companies, contact between Arikara and white merchants had become more frequent, and skirmishes eventually followed.
The Sioux, both Yankton and Yanktonai east of the Missouri and Lakota on the west side, have for long been at war with the Arikara, interrupted by short truces on Sioux terms.
The Arikaras in question are living in a double village on the west shore of the Missouri, six or seven miles upstream from the mouth of Grand River.
A small creek separates the two fortified villages of earth lodges, each with a heavy frame of wood.
When Lewis and Clark reached Arikara settlements in 1804, the inhabitants had not shown hostility to the expedition, but in 1806, when an Arikara leader died during a trip to the United States capital, many Arikara believed that Americans were involved in his death.
Eventually, as a result of the growing activity of fur trading companies, contact between Arikara and white merchants had become more frequent, and skirmishes eventually followed.
The Sioux, both Yankton and Yanktonai east of the Missouri and Lakota on the west side, have for long been at war with the Arikara, interrupted by short truces on Sioux terms.
The Arikaras in question are living in a double village on the west shore of the Missouri, six or seven miles upstream from the mouth of Grand River.
A small creek separates the two fortified villages of earth lodges, each with a heavy frame of wood.
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- Arikara people (Amerind tribe)
- Lakota, aka Teton Sioux (Amerind tribe)
- Dakota, aka Santee Sioux (Amerind tribe)
- United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC)
- American Fur Company
- Missouri Fur Company
- Rocky Mountain Fur Company
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Years: 1823 - 1823
January
People
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- Arikara people (Amerind tribe)
- Lakota, aka Teton Sioux (Amerind tribe)
- Dakota, aka Santee Sioux (Amerind tribe)
- United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC)
- American Fur Company
- Missouri Fur Company
- Rocky Mountain Fur Company
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